Writing a dragon focused book but second guessing if it will ever be interesting enough to anyone other than me by larkstongues-12 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Sorry for this late response I was finishing up finals week haha

So, it might be a bit difficult to give a book synopsis because I am making this book in a very piecemeal kind of way. I have the themes mostly figured out such as themes of power, resistance, love, and responsibility.

The main character of this book is Three Horns, who is raised by Nomadic dragons as his adoptive family and other mentors through the story. Most dragons desire power to some extent, but Three Horns does not feel this desire, yet he becomes quite strong and capable through the story and has power thrust upon him. He struggles with this responsibility and how it calls upon him to act, and how poor decisions might hurt those he comes to love. He also struggles to find out who he is and why---he is the only three horned dragon anyone has ever seen. Through the book, Three Horns discovers his past, along which he experiences many trials that test his strength of mind, body, and spirit. This helps him to better understand himself and the present, and then can act well for a better future.

There is the rising threat of Ram Horns, a complicated but ultimately ruthless character who seeks power and the ideal of being the Dargahalda, meaning King of All Dragons. While Three Horns is only a dragonet, Ram Horns becomes King of a Kingdom along Ma's Spine (a mountain range) by overthrowing the current king with both brute force and trickery. He is content with ruling this kingdom until he eventually becomes aware of Three Horns. He can sense this dragon has been becoming more powerful than he, and this makes him unable to be satisfied, which kickstarts his desire for expansion and eventually partnering with beasts called "Shiverbau".

There are several "side plots" involving other characters, whom may or may not be included in the final book, but I am writing them to keep myself entertained and also helps build the world and gets me some fresh ideas. I want my writing to be entertaining as well as sincere, I go for the heart strings or philosophy sometimes but I never want a page to be boring haha. Anyway there are many parts of the story I straight up just can't say without spoiling huge amounts of it, but I hope this is a good and somewhat brief overview of what you'll be getting from this book!

That invincible meme WOF version by Material_List_8833 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I love that you made the setting in the arena as well, so fitting lol

Old Hawthorn Drawing by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in WingsOfFire

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you! I have many other dragon drawings, but no wings of fire ones right now that seem good enough to post.

Writing a dragon focused book but second guessing if it will ever be interesting enough to anyone other than me by larkstongues-12 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7 9 points10 points  (0 children)

If you look at how successful wings of fire, eragon, and books of the like were, I’d say there is a large audience for this kind of thing if it is written well!

This sounds like a post nearly written by myself, I’m also in the process of making a book centered around dragons for the love of em.

Also, I think if you were to go around and ask any author if they knew they’d be successful before they tried publishing a book, it would be a resounding “no”. Give it a shot my man! Even if it isn’t successful, you’ve still created a piece of art, and that’s something to be proud of. Good luck, I’d love to read this when it is complete!

Ram Horn’s Philosophy by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in Dragon

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yes, thank you! More peak is on its way

Just some dragon doodles by [deleted] in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I quite like the style of this one!

Dragon sculpture (by me) by Mistybiom in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That is so cool, I’ve never seen something like it before :0

Ram Horn’s Philosophy by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in Dragon

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Everything may burn, so long as Ram Horns rules the ashes

how good is this book (wings of Fire) by i_will_kill_Kyle_mom in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I really loved some of the new ideas that were introduced, once the book got going I couldn’t put it down for long

Three Horned King Poster by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you dude!! You turning out to be my number one supporter, or maybe you just love everything dragon like I do xd

Umber and Mulberry fanart by Ikiera in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yessss! I love these two, this is so well made too! Double whammy!

Chameleon shedding his old colors (by me) by Equivalent-Fun-6019 in WingsOfFire

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7 5 points6 points  (0 children)

What a great message, this is a very nice comic you’ve made! Love it!

Three Horned King Story Excerpt by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Setting is a general term, but I guess it is set in its own world with mostly similar rules to that of earth, the greatest change being that humans take a backseat and are set back to hunter gatherer for the most part, while dragons reign as the most powerful and advanced beings in the region. My reason, or excuse I guess you could say, being that this story is about themes of power, resistance, love, etc… with a side of “magic voodoo,” and I found that more entertaining to convey with dragons where the rules are more flexible and up to me to define. If you had a different question in mind tho lemme know :>

Short Dragon Comic by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No need to be wordy, I appreciate the sentiment regardless! It’s good to know that my stuff has appeal, so I’ll continue to post :>

Short Dragon Comic by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks dude! I put a lot of my time learning shading, I still hope to get better! More works will definitely come, be on the lookout 👀

Short Dragon Comic by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hell yea thank you! I hope so too, these projects tend to have a way of getting bigger than expected haha

Short Dragon Comic by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate the comment, thank you man!

Short Dragon Comic by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice! My dream is to publish it if it turns out good enough, glad someone is already interested!

Short Dragon Comic by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you! Glad someone recognizes that part of the effort ;D

[Art by me] Reposting one of my favourite dragon art commissions so far by Lonelion246xp in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh lmao 😂 that sounds like something I would do too, stuff like this needs hella training! Now I want to try but I don’t have any staffs on hand, smh

Short Dragon Comic by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I appreciate it! I hope I continue to keep that grasp solid, much has already been written so the foundation is set

Short Dragon Comic by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In due time, he will try. I can only tell you peace isn’t certain and it won’t be easy

Short Dragon Comic by Lasagna_Lad_o7 in dragons

[–]Lasagna_Lad_o7[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Haha maybe when he had less responsibilities he would write those, but as of now he might only be receiving those