Channelknight Fadran

*Wisdom intensifies*

“The ThingPlace,” Fadran says in metaknowledge.

A new era is coming... though I know not yet what it is.

“It’s easier than you might think to set up a closed-circuit telepathic conversation. If Enter here can build a spaceship in three posts, then I can chat with Vapor and Eric while they sit in a prison cell.”

Mini lesson 1: Spell things right or people will laugh at you. We have two whole threads on the Shard dedicated to Sanderson’s typos. Lesson 1–hm, actually, I’ma start with a quick introduction. Hello, everyone! Welcome to class! *Roleplaying kicks in*. You are here because you want to know how the one and only Fadran writes his stuff. Well, you’ve come to the right place, because I’m the one and only Fadran, and I’ma tell you how I writes my stuff! I’m going to start big, and then go smaller. Because what I’m doing is fantasy-focused, I’ll start with worldbuilding, work down to plot, tie in characters, then get to the actual writing itself. Therefore, without further ado, let us begin... pause for effect... LESSON NUMBER ONE!!! (Not a Mulan 2 reference; I didn’t like that movie). Lesson 1: Building your World. First thing to note about Worldbuilding is that there’s Worldbuilding, and then there’s Building a World. Building a World is step one to Worldbuilding; it’s your first ideas, the first prospects of a new land. The barest of basics. Perhaps you simply want a world where you can show off your elvish (thank you, Tolkien, for existing); maybe you want a place where wizards shoot beams of light from sticks called “wands” (thank you too, Rowling, for also existing). The first steps you take here are crucial to your world. Brandon Sanderson’s first idea for having a world shrouded in mist was literally him driving through some fog and watching cool light effects through the aforementioned fog (in other words, one of our favorite book series’ could’ve been called Fogborn). He then created a world where mist plagued the land every night. That first step was Building a World. From there, you need to get Worldbuilding. This is the part where you flesh out details, and invent awesome ideas. Half of it is simply coming up with whatever you can to write the book you would want to read, but the other half is detailing and consistencizing (that is not a word but I don’t care). In my experience, there are five things you should map out for your world: Geography, Society, Economy, History, and Religion, not necessarily in that order. I’ll go into each of these in detail later on (I’ll also probably throw up a poll to see which one we should do first), but sufficeth to say for now that they are very important. In any case, when you’re first creating your awesome fantasy world, you need to start with step one: Building. Come up with the barest and plainest ideas; whatever it is that interests you. Should I make this an interactive class? I should totally make this an interactive class. Aight, y’all! Throw up the most random ideas you have for a fantasy world you can think of, and we’ll use those as an example as we continue this thread. Frick, I don’t know how to close this lesson. Uh... see y’all? Happy writing? Don’t die? Don’t die. I like that one. Don’t die, everyone, and see you next time!

“I need everyone here.” Fadran starts pacing. “Kindness, could you go find them? Or Nath, could you, like, send out a telepathic call to them? The sooner everyone knows the plan and their part in it, the better.”

*locks thread*

AHHH!!! MCWAFY’S BACK!!!

“Well... yes.”

“So, Herate... what are you best at ReForging? Where do your talents lie, and where do they stop?”

Little siblings can be annoying, I admit. I also understand that nothing I’ve posted yet has been useful; Hopefully I’ll have something substantial posted tomorrow. If not... well, it’ll take me awhile anyways, because posting on a phone is ANNOYING.

I’ll be covering that

“The plan is... complicated. However, we are headed out for the Cosmere, so if you want to hitch a ride and offer your services, that would be nice.”

“Soulstamps?!?” Fadran exclaims. “You’re a ReForger??”

“Vapor, I think, is staying here. But the holed I’ve been in contact with... they said something about T.”

Fadran is still writing stuff down. “Freeing Nath and Baahlan will certainly make things easier... If this is going to work, we need that gemstone.”

Wow. That was ART.

Marry Renarin, kiss Lift, then pray the Blackthorn doesn’t kill you first. Gaz, Hrathen, and Straff Venture

Notting the having the have. Wasing the wishing of having the have wins, but nips wasing the taking.

So a lot of people have been asking me “how do you write so well?” *cough*@DramaQueen*cough* and I was like “the arts do not belong to any one nation or people!” (Is that how that quote goes?). Therefore, I created a thread! Right here! You just read it! What I’m going to be doing is just talking about how I write and my own understanding of Worldbuilding, plot, characters, etcetera. A couple things to clarify: the things I’m posting are not the “right” way to write (despite how contrary that is to the title), and anything I say is from my own experience and understanding. A lot of people will tell you to do “whatever works for you,” and those people are correct. Also, feel free to post your own methods here as well! Getting feedback is part of the process, and I’d love to know the methods of other people. So without further ado, welcome to Fantasy 101.

Oh dear, I haven’t been there for awhile...

My goodness it’s beautiful. @revelryintheart I don’t suppose I could rob your services for a similar purpose...

So I won’t be adding much here for a little bit because I recently came up with some new ideas that fix a few plot holes but need some implication. When I’m done that, I should have a few good chapters done to toss at you. There have also been some suggestions from a few of you *cough*Danex*cough* that I’ll be going through and fixing as soon as I get the chance. I’ll also fix the formatting for Chapter I.

Fadran waits patiently for a plot hook.