/lit/ - Literature

>>23357013
Magic systems are soulless. Gandalf's arbitrary magic works to his benefit, for it adds to his mystery of character. Wizards in Tolkien's works are subtle, and they don't explain how they do what they do. The reader doesn't need to know HOW Gandalf does his magic or why he does so sparingly, the point is to show how wise and secretive he is. Wizards know things the layman couldn't.

>>22990771
no

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>>21380743
Read Vance. His worlds feel deep without being bogged down in minutia. How do wizards use a spell? By reading a book. How are spells created? How is a spell written down? What does the spell do, precisely? Fuck you its magic

>>20899540
chess is a solved game, you faggots just memorize patterns don't kid yourself in thinking that you are in any way shape or form making grand strategies.
bunch of retards fed the lie of chess = intelligence from years of programming from tv and bourgeoisie faggots.

it was this horror/thriller book with unrelated short stories, some of them had this creepypasta feel to them
one was about biker killed and guy responsible for accident was let go because he was in the same golf club as judge
other was this sodoma story spin with pastors daughter meeting angel in church, with the spin that she refused to leave the town therefore town was spared
other was with this girl with bad vision buying antique glasses, wich opened her vision to uglyness of world however glasses altered her timid personality and its implied shes possesed by the ghost of their previous owner
i read it 14 years ago and i remembered it, i remember i liked it and i want to buy it but cant remember name of the book or even author, can you help?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDJIZkZ7L3I

Read my post, desperate anon, and listen to the song. Feel it in your soul, there's another way.

>>13759018
no it doesn't. the doctrine of maya is a massive cope with the fact that the teaching refutes itself. maya is literally pic related

>>12620274

Redpill me on William Blake

Am I the only one that hates overly explained magic systems?

Magic should be free, and wild, and impossible to quantify or often even truly predict. If you bind it down it just becomes science - science that can control minds or shoot fireballs, but science nonetheless. All the fantasy and luster will be gone from it, and it's just mundane and fucking lame now.

Sanderson is a fucking hack, and people need to stop gobbling his knob for essentially destroying the fantasy and wonder in magic.

>>11632983
I've got a single big setting document where I write down every inconsequential bit about the world history, geography, kingdoms and nations, stars and moons, races and creatures, and other such things. Once they're all out there, away from my head, I can largely ignore them and focus on the narrative itself.

Just come up with a story you'd like to write, a bunch of characters and events and the setting for it, then write a general plot outline - and after that get cracking. Then bring up stuff from your setting file whenever it's appropriate.

I've never really given your issue any conscious thought: you're going to face far greater troubles as you actually start writing. Good luck.

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