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Okay...first, forgive me if this is a stupid question. I feel like this is the kind of question that is answered by "duh, see all these novels that have done this" but I can't think of any. Granted, it's nighttime and I am apparently a lizard and I get slow after the sun goes down and my memory is really bad anyway...
Anyway. My point is, if you have apropos book recommendations, let me know.
So the question:
I'm writing this low-magic low-everything fantasy-thingy. I know it takes place in Not Our World, but that's about it. I've fleshed out certain relevant details as I've gone on with the draft (I'm at like 65K at the moment) and I have kind of an image in my mind now...at least of the major town-thingy...
It's not based on any particular culture.
Is that a problem? I mean...it's...uhhhh. Hm. I mean, I don't know what to name people. Right now it's just "whatever occurred to me at the time," so it's kind of a mishmash of Chinese things and European things and Nothings.
But I find that sometimes when I ask for feedback on something, people will remark that they don't know what culture it's in or what setting to imagine. And maybe that's just because I'm generally crap at remembering to paint a picture as far as setting goes, so the reader's mind wants to fill it in with something familiar. But maybe it's because I can't just...I dunno. I'm confusing myself. I feel like I'm getting all flustered over nothing, but...I'm flustered.
I'm flustered over nothing, yeah?
Anyway. My point is, if you have apropos book recommendations, let me know.
So the question:
I'm writing this low-magic low-everything fantasy-thingy. I know it takes place in Not Our World, but that's about it. I've fleshed out certain relevant details as I've gone on with the draft (I'm at like 65K at the moment) and I have kind of an image in my mind now...at least of the major town-thingy...
It's not based on any particular culture.
Is that a problem? I mean...it's...uhhhh. Hm. I mean, I don't know what to name people. Right now it's just "whatever occurred to me at the time," so it's kind of a mishmash of Chinese things and European things and Nothings.
But I find that sometimes when I ask for feedback on something, people will remark that they don't know what culture it's in or what setting to imagine. And maybe that's just because I'm generally crap at remembering to paint a picture as far as setting goes, so the reader's mind wants to fill it in with something familiar. But maybe it's because I can't just...I dunno. I'm confusing myself. I feel like I'm getting all flustered over nothing, but...I'm flustered.
I'm flustered over nothing, yeah?