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How to Edit Your Magic System
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ส.ค. 2024
- Sometimes, no matter how hard we try or how much effort we put into our magic system, we get things wrong. There's a power loop we didn't see, a contradiction between the rules and what our characters do, or we just don't know how to narrow down all the options into what we truly need. So let's talk about the different steps and tricks you can take when trying to edit your magic system
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Chapters
00:00 Why Edit Your Magic?
03:35 Record. Everything!
05:03 Group the Pieces
08:38 Use the Blueprint
10:30 The 7-Stages
11:12 Changes w/o Retconning
14:10 A Restrictions Exercise
17:17 Breaking Your Rules
So one thing I absolutely love for when you can't let your character do a thing that they have never done before, but that they absolutely should be able to do in theory is just that it doesn't work and I don't know why. The best part is that if you want them to then be able to do that same thing later it only requires some magical techno-babel to justify that change, it becomes a discernible marker in the power growth arc rather than an inconsistency.
That's a great way to take advantage of foreshadowing and hanging a lantern on something
What a coincidence, im currently on my third draft of my magic system. You are awsome and i hope you stay so.
Thank you so much for the kind comment! I'm glad it was useful. Is there anything else you'd like me to cover or something you have questions on?
@@themagicengineer5314 I actually would love for you to give us tutorial on how one should format their magic system in Google doc or something similar. It would ease my current pain on how exactly should I categorize my magic system to make it readable or tidy.
@@themagicengineer5314 I actually would love for you to teach us how we should format magic system into categories or section that will be tidy and readable. It would help me tremendously on my current issue where I have a lot of notes and currently struggling on how I should compile it all together neatly
@@munannomercy8044 can you give me an example of what you mean by categories or sections? I think I'm tracking, but I'd like to be sure
@@themagicengineer5314 how exactly should the info about our magic system be split into? Magic type? Spells? Ability? Perks?
How to judge the thing your writing falls under what part of the magic system?
Like, how exactly should one compile their notes about the magic system?I'm not exactly literate but I think that's what I try to convey here.
I think you should rename the video to "How to Expand Your Magic System". Encouraging writers to 'future proof' their magic system is a great idea, I'm doing that right now.
I actually want to do a different video on expanding your existing magic system as well as how to take one magic system and use it to create more magic systems
@@themagicengineer5314 Gotcha, I realized after I posted the comment that I should not have. You are much better at the english language than I. Are you gonna do a piece on magic system spectrums?
@@akamatt67 Not at all! I really appreciated your comment!
What are you looking for regarding "magic system spectrums"? Do you mean the different types of magic or something else?
@@themagicengineer5314 Close, but more like adding different levels of abilities/applications or those abilities/applications elasticity.
@@akamatt67 So leveling up abilities like in LitRPG stories? Can you give me an example of what you'd like me to explore/explain?
Dope video, really enjoyed it!
I plan to get back to writing and I love my current magic system but I want to be more objective so it gets better (it's 3 systems so a lot to go through).
So glad to hear it! You definitely have your work cut out for you with three systems to process and edit. Good luck!
@@themagicengineer5314 thank you!
you should try making a magic system based on real life physics, with its own calculations, laws and stuff, would be really cool!
I do love to integrating physics and natural laws into my magic systems :)
How do you introduce a very unique magic system to a reader?
tell me more. What do you mean by "unique"?