this is what i've been messing with these past couple days.
photobucket automatically resized those, they are bigger files on my pc.
the names of the cities arent final. im struggling the most with names. but word i want to build the map of the place where this is all happening before i put a single word on a page. i also want to make the nations ALIVE. with there own agendas based on relations with other nations as well as the geography and the personalities of its main people. now when i right about a far flung nation like "batilla" i might not even right from anyone importants perspective. it might be some plebian nobody that has nothing to do with the main plots other than how they affect his life.
so him im not even worried about at this stage.
the main storyline, which nations rise, which nations fall, who wins, all the battles and how they play out and all that, is in my head already. i'll need to write it out sooner or later
but before any of that i want to have a complete understanding of each nation im creating and its main leaders and that
but word with what i have now, my next step is creating those character sheets like oats is talking about. before i do that i need to NAME the characters lol. i have an idea for the main ones based on where im taking the story. i just gotta get names down and then begin fleshing them out, there history and there etc
like all the actual writing tips help. like scheduling writing time and all of that.
but im a farrrrrrrrrrr way from actually WRITING the BOOKS. i feel like what im doing now is the hardest part.
like if i was building a house, i have the blueprint for the house in my head. i know exactly how its gonna be built, the dimensions and the looks of it. but before i draw up blueprints for the house, i need to level the ground, build a foundation and all of that shit