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Book Idea/Rewriting Mind's Eye, Alignment Chart - Coggle Diagram
Book Idea/Rewriting Mind's Eye
Characters
Main Characters
Alice/The MC
Black hair, green eyes
Begins Neutral Good, ends Chaotic Good
Not cybernetically enhanced for a long while outside of a Corps standardized neural mesh and diagnostic nanomites
Trix
Begins Chaotic Good, ends Chaotic Neutral
Twin brother to Jinx, given name "Tristan"
Dark blonde, blue-green eyes
Orphaned at age 8
At start, aged 24
Jinx
Begins Chaotic Neutral, ends Chaotic Neutral
Twin sister to Trix, given name "Jennifer"
Dark blonde, blue-green eyes
Orphaned at age 8
At start, aged 24
ngl is kind of a bitch, especially before eating/sleeping/caffienating/self-care
Vik/Main RI
Bright blonde, blue eyes
Was born extremely visually impaired
Has double ocular implants
This kind of causes a moderate phobia of EMPs
Big moderately muscly guy, big softy unless you are desperately avoiding medical treatment
He knows exactly what happens when you avoid treatment most of the time
Begins Neutral Good, ends Lawful Neutral with a pinch of Chaotic Good
Tropes to Try?
Psionics
GMO Tech/Growing Protein/Ethical Meat Plant
Semi-sentient Tech
Sci-fi isekai
Changing up the "Teens in Charge" story trope with middle ages styled apprenticeship, but with modern concepts (aka shit like having cosmic squires)
Clutter is a sign of wealth, as people can afford the clutter in the first place. Especially if you have the space to put it!
Robo buddy?
MC has Culture Shock
Realism and normalcy
FUNNY NEW SLANG
NAH - also known as "Not actively here" mentally afk and daydreaming
Pop culture!
Cybernetic advancements
Plenty of Nano-tech, especially in medicine
Things to Avoid
Over technifying and dropping too many blocks of text on it
Little to no explanation for scifi features
Homogenous aliens
Colonialism
Lack of Research
Sexy aliens
Filter words
See
Hear
Feel
Think
Realize
Repeating words and verbs
Limit use of Adverbs
Shifts in Tense
If you don't keep it consistent, like "She saw a bird. It is beautiful" as an example of inconsistency, its gonna look sloppy af
Shifts in POV
Overuse of Dialogue Tags
Overuse of Netizen Speak
Certain World Building Trends that Fucking Suck
Taking too damn long worldbuilding, don't be like fking Martin or Tolkien lmao
Overtalking about the tiniest of details that aren't relevant to the plot
Overtalking about worldbuilding instead of the plot
Forced into a medieval setting
White-washing
Reader coddling your World Builder
Overcomplicate the shit out of it
WHAT WOULD TOLKIEN DO?!
Things to Keep in Mind
Paragraphs
Good Rules of Thumb
When the subject changes, the paragraph changes/ends
When you are writing dialogue, the paragraph ends when the speaker changes
A paragraph is a thought, it doesn't end until the main thought ends
Writing Magic
Soft or Hard?
Soft being without many rules or much structure
Hard being a system of rules, abilities, and especially
limitations
Where does the magic come from?
Is it genetic? Ritualistic? Were they chosen? Think D&D Classes and where their power originate
Where does the magic originate from?
How does magic impact society?
The more people have it, the more it is seen as normal
The less people have it, the more likely the views of people who don't have it will be fairly extreme. Like having a god-king or tyrant or Gandalf
What is it capable of?
What can it do?
What are the limitations?
Does it have specific "Schools" in terms of usage?
When can I explain it?
How much should I explain at once?
Who is the one explaining it?
It should be complex, but how do I explain certain concepts easily?
Alignment Chart