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I don't know how to really introduce this story. IDK, It's really weird compared to the other ones I'm writing. This is the Nameless Hero! It's a short story that I literally came up with at 3:00 a.m. (It should be noted that though I called it Math class Boredom, it was only the same type of boredom. Not actually caused by math class, unfortunately...) This is only part (Chapter) 1.

I have gym, and then seminary. They are my first two classes, therefore both are too early... I think.

Being so annoyingly indecisive. I'm not sure how I'd use it to my advantage, though it may help with stalling?

I want to try and create a single piece of art that represents as much of the cosmere as possible. I have NOT read Isles of the Emberdark and Warbreaker. So for those books, I'd like some recommendations for how I could represent them in the drawing, which characters I should use, etc. Stay as spoiler free as possible, please. Additional ideas for how I could structure or organize the drawing are welcome.

These are the first 2 chapters to one of my story ideas. (For those who may know, the one with the falling stars magic system.) I'm unsure about the opening in general. I particularly want to highlight chapter 2. There's something I tried to do with foreshadowing. I want to know if it works, or not. I'm very unsure. In addition, general critique is welcome. Chapters 1 and 2: Chapter 2 foreshadowing attempt: (Note: if you don't want (somewhat) minor spoilers about the story, looking through this isn't recommended.)

I dunno what to say here, but I like the game idea!

Read through this some more to understand it better... So we basically have an account dedicated to year round April Fools Pranks now? I can't believe I didn't think of that. I approve, honestly.

Mine would be Skyward Sword, BotW, and TotK, though that last one is a difficult opinion, as I don't own the game myself, but rather have played it at my friend's place. Windwaker is also pretty great... So basically every Zelda game I've played much of, I have now listed as one of my favorites... Completed Master Mode for BotW and Hero mode for both WW and SS. Also working on 100% Skyward Sword on Hero Mode. Getting close, just need to get a bunch of Goddess Cubes cleared. Also, I just discovered that this exists too.

It's great to find people who have read this much Cosmere. That is literally one of my hobbies. I've read through most of the Cosmere, but I haven't read Warbreaker and Isles of the Emberdark. I have no clue how one ends up on the Shard without reading any of Brandon's books, but... Welcome anyway... I dunno. You should read the books.

My writing style has been through a lot. I have a story, (Which I have not before mentioned on the Shard,) that I am working on, and have been working on since 5th grade. Because of this, there is a drastic shift in the same character. In order to get myself a better idea of the world and character, I decided to create a snippet of writing designed as an account of the main character's journey, written as if it was by the hand of that character, following the events of the story. By the way, in this land there are 9 tribes, each inhabiting a different layer of a cavernous planet. People travel through rifts in the ground up or down toward other layers. It's kind of a tradition, thanks to the fact that I really enjoyed writing short stories for that book back in 5th grade. Now, I want to compare the same character from the first version and the newest version, and see what you think! Starting with the single paragraph short story I wrote in fifth grade. (To think that my grammar improved so much only a year later...) I'm... Not proud of that... But that is how my writing started nevertheless. Anyway! Here's the next part, that Test snippet I mentioned earlier, from Gideon's POV Worldbuilding and magic in this story is a bit complicated, (I'm working on it). I think there's a drastic change, and it's very clear that the character has evolved, not just my writing style.

Short answer? The story does not take place directly next to the big central pool. However, there is a small amount of travel between the main setting and other areas. Another thing I failed to mention is that the antagonist is intentionally blocking trade routes to the kingdom, and they are beginning to struggle with resources. So a large decision is whether or not I want to make the starlight a limited resource as well. If I do want to make it limited, then combining the ideas or using option two would work well. The Shattered Skies and this story are separate worlds. I also slightly lean toward Idea 1 for the same reasons, but I feel like it could be a small loss, (Due to reasons I mentioned in the last reply,) and as I realize that and put story ideas together with the magic system I am realizing more and more that I'm even less sure of which one I want to go with. I suppose the only way to figure out is to choose one and see if the story is better because of it. As for how hard the magic system is... I'm hoping to go for a mix of both. Basically, some techniques with the starlight will be understood more than others, and so it seems like a hard magic system that is simply half understood. Some things will work in more detailed ways than others that will intentionally be left a bit more mysterious. That kind of also ties in to the next question, which is that there very much are properties about the Starlight can do other than give powers to objects or people. (As for what these powers are, I still don't have very many definite ideas.) The entire magic system is relatively new, so I haven't thought about it on a full story scale until posting it here, and a lot of things are still undecided. A quick thank you to everybody who has asked about this, and helped me to blend the newer magic system with the older plot. I still haven't decided which version of the system to go with, but it has still been helpful to get feedback.

Ooh! I hadn't even thought of that. As for context of the story... it's hard to explain, so something a bit more specific about the story would be helpful. As a general explanation (without going too much into story details,) I will say this, as it is most relevant to the whole star related element of the story:

First off, Thank you! It's always nice to hear people that are interested in a story idea. I'm not 100% sure if I'll share a snippet or sneak peek yet. I haven't actually gotten to writing any of the story quite yet, I'm still preparing, and have a planned plot for it, but currently there isn't much of the story to share. I may share the first few chapters if I'm happy with them. With my other stories, I'm not quite so happy with their openings, so I haven't shared them on here. Basically, it's all a big "We'll see", but it's a possibility. First I have to figure out the lore, because the main character is a storyteller (In addition to other roles, namely the Princess of one of the Seven Kingdoms, but Storytelling is a Side hobby.) The stories she tells are all fictional, even to that world, or legends that aren't 100% accurate. (Mainly the second one) and therefore it requires a lot of preparation.

I'm on the fence about what magic system I want to use for one of my many story ideas. The story is a bit lore heavy, so I won't go into too much detail. Basically, idea 1 is Stars fall from the sky each night, and they create small pools of starlight. These pools are the "Fuel" for all magic, with various types of magic being possible, but more dramatic or powerful abilities would use more of this fuel at once. The second option is very similar. All mechanics using the liquid starlight are essentially the same. The main difference is that a single star fell from the sky and created a large, infinitely replenishing pool, that became the center of the Seven Kingdoms. A few minor differences would be simple lore changes, as to how they believe the pool originated and such. Personally, I prefer idea 1 when it comes to flavor, as it adds a wistful element to an otherwise dark story and pulls it back closer to my general style. However, idea 2 has more ideas for conflicts regarding obtaining this liquid starlight, or who gets to control exports of it. I'm curious about your thoughts, opinions on the pros and cons of each idea, and any other ideas you may have that I haven't mentioned here, (Which I'm sure there are some.) I think it's fair to say that I do get the final choice regardless of what is said here, as it is my story, but anything said will be taken into consideration, I promise!

Thank you! I suppose there was more info I could have shared about the Dead World, after seeing this. I can definitely understand the fact that you see Cosmere influences in the worldbuilding. A fair amount of it wasn't exactly intentional, It's a problem I've noticed myself with a lot of my stories. I think it may come from only reading Cosmere for the past few years... There is a very hard border between the Shattered Skies, and the Dead World. The Dead world is much more stable, islands there are much larger and move very slowly. In the Shattered Skies, hunters and foragers use grapple devices that (again,) connect to the Galeshards for a firmer grip. These can usually be powered by traces of some other powers I haven't mentioned, which mainly come from worlds above the Shattered Skies (Unknown to anybody living on the Shattered Skies.) I won't go into too much detail, mainly because I don't have much more defined detail than that. About your thought experiment, there are no currently living people of the Dead World. During the events of the story, it will become clear that there were, once, but something killed them off. Side note: People that live in the Shattered Skies are called Avarians. I figure it would be more convenient to write than "People that live in the Shattered Skies" or something similar. When it comes to Flora and Fauna, I made a critical mistake in Draft 1. Namely, forgetting it completely. The only animal life other than the Avarians in the story are Dragons, and 2 species found in the Dead World. (It's got Dead in the name, but it has more animal life than the Shattered Skies...) The world was Shattered, mostly. The entire planet split apart, however, the power that resulted in the blast only got so far deep, leaving a main planet beneath the Dead World, with a very rough jagged surface. This is yet another World that the Avarians don't know about. You are correct to guess that there is fog between the Shattered Skies and the Dead World. The Dead World is typically described as having a hazy, foggy grey sky, as it is in the middle of a large fog that surrounds the Dead World and the world below it. Crystal Shenanigans wouldn't quite work the same in the Dead World, as the Shattered Skies were a bit of a unique case. I won't say too much more for now, though I may talk about the Dead World in a later post, when I've revised it for Draft 2. Currently, I'm working on life in the Shattered Skies though.

For the first time ever, I've finished the first draft of one of my story ideas! Mind you, this draft is only 150 pages, and will be extended in draft two. I won't be posting ANY of the story, currently named Emerald of the Shattered Skies, until Draft 2, because my writing has changed a lot, and I'm not too happy with the opening. However, I'm more than happy to share my Draft 2 Worldbuilding Ideas! I will explain more, but for now, feel free to ask questions and share thoughts!

Exactly one week from today. School ends for me on May 22nd, I'm pretty sure. I'm just ready to be done.

Starting 10th grade next year. Currently in 9th for one more week.

The first Brandon Sanderson series I read was Alcatraz vs the Evil Librarians, by the end of the year I had finished reading the Way of Kings, having also finished the Alcatraz, and Skyward series at that point.

When you're curious about what exactly Hoid would say in a given situation, and get distracted for 10 or more minutes trying to figure out.

Raoden was the one I was interested in throughout the entire book, but by the ending I ended up liking Hrathen just as much.

After thinking long and hard, I think the answer is The Fellowship of the Ring, but I haven't really read very many books that aren't by Brandon Sanderson. (I didn't really read much before I started reading the Cytoverse and Cosmere.)

Any ideas for doing Cosmere Themed painted rocks? I can't think of any myself, but I think it would be fun to do with my hour or so of spare time. I have little to no experience painting rocks though... the less complicated, the better.

Good to know! Thank you, and I'll try to pay more attention to that next time.

I have gotten two very different responses to this question. Either "Lift is great!", or "Lift is the worst!". I'm trying to figure out what the general answer is.