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Starting on my book
« on: March 10, 2011, 08:21:37 am »
Well, for the past few months I have been wanting to start on a book, since 4 months ago I have been putting it together in my mind, thinking of a story and etc. So recently as a side project of mine I finally started on it. So far I have done four paragraphs...So feedback and suggestions are much appreciated, and I know it fails... T_T.


The Magician


There is a person whispered about in the shadows named "Black Reaper"  He's a magician for hire who has no morals.  He'll do any job no matter how gruesome or bloody it becomes.  The problem is, I am him.

Throughout my life, I have always been alone. Only knowing the coldness of death and despair.  My only doing is walking this solemn, lonely path that twists and turns, going on and on.  This path, it never ends.  Every now and then I cross paths with a fellow lonely soul, but that too is only a brief encounter that is soon over leaving me as lonely as when I began.  Never have I regretted choosing this path of being left to myself and thoughts for company.  It is my repentance for being a monster

My birth-given name is Nikolaos Frost.  Only a few know it, and most of them are six feet under in the grave yard.  I was born in the realm of Minos,  My family fled and took refuge in the Kingdom of Asgardia when I was but a babe.  However, when the King found out my true self he murdered my family, My mother, father, and even my sister, sparing no one.

That is the night that I learned of my true powers.  I set out into the world hating many things. The world for doing this to me, the king who felt no guilt, but mostly myself, for being a monster.  After wandering  for a year after becoming an orphan, I found a teacher, who became my master.  He was weak in power, yet strong in knowledge.  Three hard, long years I studied under him learning unimaginable things.  I learned how to control my power and the demon inside of me.  He taught me martial arts and taught me about all different types of weapons to protect myself if I ever needed to.  My master had a disease that was destroying him on the inside, It was a rough year, and he finally succumbed to death.  When he passed on, I was left on my own yet again, feeling even more lonely than I had before and blaming myself for not being able to help my master.

When I started my road I decided I didn?t want to be recognized.  For that reason, I wear a mask with tears of blood coming out of the eye holes.  My hair is black as night and my eyes are as cold as glaciers, as well as having the same color.  My sword is black as the shadows, and possesses the name of Soul Slayer. Because of my line of work, I have many weapons stored and hidden inside of my cloak. They say that the Black Reapers cloak was fashioned out of pure darkness by the gods.


A special thanks to you, Hime, for helping me with ideas and editing <3. And of course, Strength, who helped me with a name ^^
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Re: Starting on my book
« Reply #1 on: March 10, 2011, 08:36:20 am »
I read this and i can see even more editing to do.  But overall, muy bien.

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Re: Starting on my book
« Reply #2 on: March 10, 2011, 01:11:00 pm »
wow nice story i like how it starts it kept my attention great ideas and i hope you'll post the finished product when its done :)

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Re: Starting on my book
« Reply #3 on: March 10, 2011, 01:21:51 pm »
wow , very good i like the idea yourattemting to write a book , great vocabulary , but if you keep this up it wont be a very long story , maybe when you say , for 3 long years i trained and what not , try takinga paragraph or two or even more to decsribe those years , its like your just cutting across a part of the story , but overal its very very goood and id defenitely love to help , i love to read and write , and not to show off but i once read an 800+ page book in 3 days ( last month)

i also reccomend the series of books "the wheel of time" their vocabulary and setting in time and everything is much like your own book , maybe if you read it youd get more ideas on what you should write.
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Re: Starting on my book
« Reply #4 on: March 10, 2011, 03:42:52 pm »
It took you 3 days? Geez your slow. I can read a 800 page book in about a day, and im not bragging >.<. And not talking about skipping it either T_T. Read both Breaking Dawn and also Th Deathly Hallows each in about one and a half days, because they were so good I couldnt stop. And this part is more of a prologue to the actual story, describing why he is like he is. The main story comes next :P. The plot im aiming for is pretty cliched, with a few changes. You know, the knight saves the princess, marries her, and it has a happy ending. Instead, he meets the princess...kills a evil tyrant, kills a bunch of people, then him and the princess become the rulers of the land o.O. But I thank you :D

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Re: Starting on my book
« Reply #5 on: March 10, 2011, 04:12:35 pm »
uhm depending on the book depends on how long it keeps my attention and if i have time to read it if i like it and have time i can usually read really fast. i love reading i usually read books on guns and the military since I'm planning on going in at some point in my life. i also like the style you write seed really good.

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Re: Starting on my book
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2011, 12:59:38 pm »
oh good , i thought you weere starting off with the main sotry right away , in this case , this is a great prologue :D

cant wait to hear the story and maybe when you start the story , have a different main character instead of the soul reaper guy , and eventually throughout the books your maincharacter crosses paths with the soul reaper dude, and they become mortal enemies , maybe then near the center of the story , your main character will gets cut by the dark blade of the soul reaper , and then he is tainted by evil but doesnt know it , then when he saves the princess , the evil that has tainted him , possess' him and he kills the princess , then who goes on a rampage killing everyone and everything in site , then the soul reaper puts a stop to things and kills the main character , soul reaper dude then becomes the hero :D
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« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2011, 04:52:23 pm »
*sigh* I dont like that, I would rather the main character be evil right off the bat, and a killer who kills many but when he meets the princess but doesnt know who she is, he falls in love. And when he finds out he goes on a rampage and destroys a whole village, and then an evil lord that is part of the kings court kidnaps the princess and then the main character has to form an army and ally himself with a king and siege the lords castle and save the princess. And then it turns out that the princesses father (the king) as well as murdering his family, also murdered her mother and older brother, and then with the other kings army still in tow, goes and takes over the kings castle and kills him after a long bloody fight ^^

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Re: Starting on my book
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2011, 10:08:08 pm »
doesnt sound as exiting as my idea but , its your book and it still sounds good :D
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Re: Starting on my book
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2011, 11:11:12 pm »
Your story is cliched >.>

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Re: Starting on my book
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2011, 12:32:01 am »
so is yours :O  and whats with the new name ... i hate it :l
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Re: Starting on my book
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2011, 12:51:32 am »
The name hates you too, but mines less cliche ^^.

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« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2011, 03:22:26 pm »
cliche is goood :) as long as it has a lil twist , and you name should be "bring me the immaturity" :D
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