What’s up everyone. Glad to see other writers out there taking interest in original fan content! I’m personally a HUGE fan of the Iron Lords so I’m in the process of writing a background novel on the Origins and lives of the Iron Lords (shoutout to @DeathlyGeneral for being a step ahead on that idea in this thread) and am excited to share the finished product with a committed and engaged community! It’ll be somewhat long so if anybody has any suggestions on how to format it and where to put it, I’m very open to suggestions! Thanks guys! Cheers!
Also: best of luck to you @LackedSaucer in your short novel. Your first draft looks great!
This sounds like a super cool project! If you need an extra set of eyes to go over it, I write for the news and do an awful lot of editing, so feel free to hit me up!
Thanks @E2daROC! I will take you up on your offer but I don’t have the right wifi to upload what I’ve written yet. I will send it in about a week and a half to two weeks from now though. Thanks again!
Here’s a suggestion:
You write the guardian’s story from his/her perspective. What they felt when they were first resurected, there thoughts and feelings on what happens throughout the events of Destiny 1 plus some added content (so the reader can better get to know the guardian and other existing characters). This way the biggest events of the story are already written and you can focus more on the characters and other details within the world of destiny. A lot of times when people start projects like this they don’t know where they are going with the story, using the D1 stories will allow you to know how much you have done and how much more you need to do with what you are writing.
Thanks @Omnigul, I’ve already written a large amount of writing and what I’ve done I’m quite happy with. It’s mostly a story of self discovery around Tim-2, an Exo. He is resurrected but has lost his memory due to a reboot. He also finds himself sympathising with the Fallen. His Ghost and best friend Rijaach (an Awoken) help him to find out who he is and how defeating his foes will return his memories. I appreciate what you’re saying and understand what you mean about writers not knowing where their story is going but a skeleton story is enough to let it develop on its own.
I think it’s best if you start in the dark age. From there you could explore the lives of the Iorn lords, the civilians and how they survived and depended on guardians, and esspesialy the warlords. Since we know so little abought them other than they were tyrants, I think it would be cool to explore the ideals of the guardians who supported them, and the life styles they had. In fact, a book abought a warlord could be awesome.
If you want to stick with what you have because you like it then do it. But if you’re sticking with what you have just because you spent time doing it, that’s not a great reason.
“Don’t Cling to a Mistake Just Because You Spent a lot of Time Making it.” — Aubrey De Graf
Thanks Baxter, great to here from you! I do like what I’ve written so far because I think it does reflect Destiny truly and just like I told Omnigul, I have developed a natural close for the story as I’ve gotten to know the characters. Great quote, thanks!
Thanks I did try uploading another chapter but it is taking a while. If you or anyone else wants to view file I’m working on (unedited) please feel free to DM me.
Hey all! Thanks for all the support I’ve received! The second and third chapter’s are uploaded onto Inkitt (I don’t think I said it was uploaded yet on Commons). Here is the link again:
Please write reviews and like what I’ve written Thanks!
PS: Been super busy editing and writing this evening!
PPS: I’m on the sixth chapter. Editing takes longer
Hello again! Finally finished editing the fourth chapter! Please feel free to read, like and rate it on Inkitt! I love feedback so please tell me every itsy bitsy little problem you find.
Thanks Fam!
(Please view "An Exo’s Trials via one of the links above )
Hi guys. Just wondering. I have an encounter with Savuthun in a chapter and I’m trying to decide whether or not she should speak to them. She can speak English can’t she?
Xyor, a wizard, spoke to Rezyl Azzir in Legends and Mysteries: Rezyl Azzir. It sounds like her words were somehow translated from whatever language she normally speaks in to human languages, but it was painful for Rezyl to listen to her speak.
Rezyl flinched as the wicked woman began to speak in a tongue that resembled torture more than language.
The pain was searing, complete.
The demon approached the writhing hero.
As she spoke her violent words began to take shape, morphing from syllables of death to a known offering of haunted human languages.
The demon woman leaned in close… and whispered, intimately.
Rezyl’s ears bled as she spoke.
Toland apparently spoke to Ir Yût, the Deathsinger, in Ghost Fragment: The Hellmouth but it’s not mentioned which language she spoke in. Oryx also spoke to our guardians in English in the TTK campaign, but it’s not clear if that was due to his words being translated, perhaps by our guardian’s ghost, or if he had learned how to speak English.
We haven’t encountered Savathun yet, so we don’t know if she can speak English. Perhaps you could have her speaking in the hive language but her words are translated into English by a ghost? Or you could do something similar to what happened with Xyor, where her words were somehow translated into human languages even though Rezyl’s ghost wasn’t present.
I did try uploading another chapter but it is taking a while. If you or anyone else wants to view file I’m working on (unedited) please feel free to DM me.
Thanks!
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