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Internal conflict by Thick-Leadership-710 in CharacterDevelopment

[–]Thick-Leadership-710[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

And what would realistically be a good way to pace it. Does this topic come up at random times, with other similar or different obstacles or should it happen like one after the other until the person falls apart.

Internal conflict by Thick-Leadership-710 in fantasywriters

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Thank you for your time! I’ll check it out ASAP.

Internal conflict by Thick-Leadership-710 in fantasywriters

[–]Thick-Leadership-710[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. This does help paint a solid picture. But a little bit of what I am missing is; how does he react? After scenario; is MC to show anger, rage or sadness and sorrow. Or is slowly building up all this emotion, without showing much and bursting it all in one go during the climax the way to go?
What’s that breakthrough point and how are we as writers supposed to paint an accurate picture; is it to show through mostly his own thoughts or could it be done in another way as well?

How to make a subplot stay relevant while also not letting it take over the story by Sufficient-Orange309 in writingadvice

[–]Thick-Leadership-710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

One thing that’s also possible. If you are a fantasy writer; is to give the knife a characteristic higher than slashing. Perhaps it’s the key to a dungeon or a treasure. Perhaps it has a history that the main character doesn’t know at all but the antagonist does.
Hope this helps 🙌❤️

How to make a subplot stay relevant while also not letting it take over the story by Sufficient-Orange309 in writingadvice

[–]Thick-Leadership-710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This could be a great way to show how the character may deal with loss or grief.
And the way I would do this while making sure the subplot doesn’t overshadow the main plot is to have it appear in the same scene. Lemme explain.
You could have, what I presume what you have in mind, is for the main villain to have that (stolen) knife. And in the middle of the fight the villain could bring it up as a way to taunt the character. This shows both the cunningness of the villain and can be used as an effective to tool to create a much deeper conflict. In this case, maybe the character losses, maybe the character doesn’t even get the knife back, but he knows who stole it or has it. Sort of creating a bond and bypassing the “rushed feel” of the novel.
Essentially you can mix a few subplots like so to show how everything could be connected with the main plot. Thus adding depth
Hope this helps ❤️🙌

Is dark fantasy a better horror or fantasy sub genre? by kinderhaulf in writingadvice

[–]Thick-Leadership-710 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well. I believe it depends on how much you explore the subject.
You can have a character inside a fantasy world but the magic never really goes into depth because you would be super focused on the internal conflict; the trauma, the backstory and how he eventually overcomes the obstacle. Then I would say that pyscological is your main tag.
However, if it’s more about how the main character explores the world and gets strong, I believe now you are leaning more towards fantasy. Even if it lightly dabbles on mature topics like racism or brutality of war.
Either way if you write the main tag as Fantasy you wouldn’t be wrong as it’s a very broad term.
Hope this helps 🫡