SunFire

Thank you for the responses, the reminder of Sanderson’s laws was very helpful. Hard to remember everything he talks about. Haha With my story it’s hard to figure out what limitations would work since the characters are given the chance to touch an object that could either kill them or give them abilities. There are multiple of these objects, each one is different and is meant to bestow different types of powers. This is also on an alien planet, and there’s zero humans, well one half human. I will figure it out though.

Dear Sanderson and fans, My name is Jacob, and I’ve been trying to write a novel off and on for over ten years. I recently found Brandon Sanderson’s lectures and with his advice and thought process on writing, things are finally clicking. The problem is, now that my eyes have been opened, my magic system has fallen apart. It’s too boring and generic and I can’t seem to make it work. How do you go about making a solid magic system without over complicating it, but also making it more interesting than, “he can do this because he can.”