The Bookwyrm

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Until we meet
Pronouns
he/him
Location
Where I need to be
Interests
Pondering other worlds, whether those be the distant worlds in our own universe, or the worlds we can enter through the stories of others.
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Speaking of which, here are some worlds/stories that I like, in no particular pattern or order (though this is probably in need of some updating):
The Cosmere
Avatar: The Last Airbender
The Legend of Zelda
The Xenoblade Chronicles series
Ender's Game, Speaker for the Dead, and adjacent books
Project Hail Mary
The Remembrance of Earth's Past
Dune
Interstellar
Arrival
Inception
Tenet
Princess Mononoke
Castle in the Sky
Fullmetal Alchemist
Star Wars
...And probably a bunch of others I'm forgetting. This list is not comprehensive.

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The Bookwyrm

Something's off with my writing.

I can create an incredible idea for a story, for characters, but when it comes to actually writing it down, in words, something is off. It doesn't feel right, like it's missing something. I don't know how to have the descriptions and dialogue tell a story, instead of just being fillers or describers for a world I invented. There's a simple indescribable nuance that's in every piece of fiction I've read that seems to be missing when I write. And I don't know how to get that. And it's hard to even identify what exactly I'm missing.
- September 17, 2023
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2. The Bookwyrm
  
  That helps, thanks.
  
  Though, I think my problem is sometimes that my descriptions take away from the story instead of supporting it. I'm pretty good at making a physical setting, the descriptions just seem to drag on for so long...
  
  September 17, 2023
3. Thaidakar the Ghostblood
  
  hmmm... try and stick to descriptions that pertain to the scene. And, if it's a lot of world building, make it happen in either dialogue or be shown to the characters. If you haven't already, watch Brandon's writing videos.
  
  September 18, 2023
4. Through the Living Hope
  
  Is it the adjectives that kill the story?
  
  September 18, 2023