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Solark, a world of Pokemon with no humans. Living together in peace and harmony while improving society from preying on each other. Within this world lies Iris, a Dragonite who vows revenge on a Legendary that took the life of someone dear to her. She'll have friends along her travels and...

Hello everyone, here with a few requests. Currently the page on BBcode codes (https://forums.thousandroads.net/index.php?help/bb-codes/) lists the codes that are supported. However, a few codes are not working correctly (in particular for the print preview or Save As... renders) and a few other...

For a kind of mind-teaser or provocative on this topic, consider this picture of a mantis wearing a sweater and sewing: https://www.deviantart.com/barukurii/art/Sewing-Mantis-466376276 This is the essence of xenofic, in visual form. I'm currently hyperfocusing on Xenofiction, if you can't...

Ah yes, the joys of developing characters.... We all probably know the basics! A character, a goal, a flaw, a strength. That sort of thing. Those are critical! But there's another aspect thats equally important too! Personality. What are all the little quirks and habits of your character that...

Hello everyone. For your consideration: It would be of interest to count in Thousand Roads with support for <ruby>, the HTML standard tag for Furigana annotations. These annotations are used in East Asian languages in order to provide inline information such as pronunciation guides (crossing...

This question popped into my mind and it seemed like one better suited for a forum thread than just a Storycrafter ping. So: What - or who - are some inspirations behind your characters? Have they been inspired by some other fictional character or some real person you've known? Has seeing some...

Small-scale Feedback Thread Hello! Welcome to the feedback thread! The idea here is to create a single thread for writers to post small sections of their work and (hopefully) get some fairly quick feedback. This is intended to be for small works, and is not a review tag or a place for chapter...

After watching a rather long video talking about character archetypes, particularly the loner subclass... video here I was wondering, to those who write... how many of your charters would be considered loners? How would you/do you show it? How do you spice up the narrative to avoid the...

Busting Writer's Block! Welcome to Flyg0n's Writing Block Busting Thread! This is an idea I've been tinkering with for some time now. The idea is simple. I believe writer's block is a complex thing, and by understanding it, you can more easily overcome it. In my experience, writers block is...

I have been trying to write a book for the last few years, but between college and summer jobs I never really got around to seriously writing this. With the quarantine and graduating college soon I figure now is the best time to do some good work on. I am not expecting this to be finished...

I lean towards human/trainer-centered stories, in some instances maybe to my own detriment. I’ve got a lot of ideas about developing characters in general, and some opinions on what I like and dislike about pokémon characters. For me the biggest concern is internal consistency, especially with...