Recent content by Davey MacDonald

Thank you Xena.

Thank you pmmg.

I use MS Word for both my world building and my writing. I had no idea this OneNote magic existed! I have heard of Scrivener. But had seen mixed feedback and never took the plunge. This looks ideal. Although, it also means organising my world building document, which is a behemoth, into OneNote...

In no particular order, Harry Potter - J K Rowling. The Saxon Chronicles - Bernard Cornwell. The Name of the Wind - Patrick Rothfuss. ASOIAF - GRR Martin. It - Stephen King. The Farseer Trilogy - Robyn Hobb Outlander series - Diana Gabaldon. The Bernicia Chronicles - Mathew Harffy. The Stand -...

Yes, I remember reading about it or watching a documentary. I still haven’t had much time to read all of the forums in here. I see a lot of useful information so far, can’t wait to do a deep dive. If anyone has any recommendations, I would appreciate it. Edit: I have just realised I have...

I was thinking this exact same thing. It is my first time on a writing forum. So I am not sure on what happens here. Swearing, in my stories, does not appear every time I open dialogue, but certain characters have their traits. And they are rather rude to put it mildly. Mabye, I should post...

Hello Henry, nice to meet you. I am also back from a long break. It has been a process, I was rather rusty. I leapt in at the deep end too, I am working on quite a large project. Wishing you success with shaking the ring rust off and getting back in there. Mac.

Thankyou everyone. I have been busy writing and forgot I had signed up to this on Friday. Was it Friday? I am not entirely sure I’ve lost all track of time. I am still learning the site. I have a bit of writing left and then I will look through the forums. I did look around late on Friday...

I usually do the latter. I have general idea of my story, the main plot and some characters at least. I then build from there. I would recommend world building to every fantasy writer, I am biased because I absolutely love the process. You often find once you begin, the story you had at the...

Thankyou Genley. Nice to meet You

Hi, my name is Davey or you can also call me Mac. This is the first time I have joined a writing group/forum. I am currently working on a low magic, dark fantasy novel with a strong focus on worldbuilding, history, and character. It is the first of a trilogy. It is my first proper project...