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Gods of Fantasy - Curiosity Quills Press. Or religion, part two, I suppose, though this rant was more on religion itself. 1) You don’t have to have gods to fulfill particular roles.

Gods of Fantasy - Curiosity Quills Press

You don’t have to have an earth goddess (though it seems every second fantasist thinks he must). You don’t have to have a sky god, or a sun god, or a moon goddess, or any of the other “staples” of fantasy. There are three good reasons for avoiding such things: a) Quite often, those gods are used as shortcuts, the way that the exclusively Christian-based or Wiccan-based religion is, to avoid developing a true religion. Prompt generator. WORDS N QUOTES. Paulo Coelho (Author of The Alchemist) Goodreads Author url born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil gender male.

Paulo Coelho (Author of The Alchemist)

Make Your Character Reactions Twice as Interesting. Character reactions are just as important as character actions—if not, arguably, more important.

Make Your Character Reactions Twice as Interesting

What makes me say that? After all, character actions usually headline the story. When you look at a book cover, the character is always doing something. Mythcreants » Five Dualities That Can Replace Good and Evil. In the 100, Clarke discovers their enemy has every reason to be angry.

Mythcreants » Five Dualities That Can Replace Good and Evil

Let’s face it, fights between pure good and absolute evil are getting old. Black and white morality doesn’t lend itself to nuanced characters, and it rarely feels realistic anymore. But that doesn’t mean we can’t have epic battles that determine the fate of the world. Just paint your story with these colorful dualities. Five Dualities That Can Replace Good and Evil. Robson Home Page/Paris and Prague in 2011/Paris/Catacombs/plan-catacombes-paris.

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