An idea that I have but am afraid to write.

[Raez]

I'll check out that list, although, really, it just seems to be for that kind of people that lack any sort of passion in writing, but just want to give it a go to see if they're any good. But I will. ^^

And now I have a question to follow your point on making the reader feel less like the story of my world is just starting. Leaving the theoretical part aside, how exactly am I supposed to be writing in that manner, to make the story look like that? I mean, I understand the whole "what you're supposed to do" thing in all of those posts but my problem is really just that I don't know how to write all of those things. I can't just go ahead and write "This is the story of a planetary system pursuing its existence in a corner of the universe. But, as a matter of fact, this story is not just starting now. This solar empire has been brought to life a bazillion of ages ago, when the Adrasteans first started breeding out of nothing.", can I? This is so frustrating. I know what to do but I just don't know how.

I'm sorry if I haven't been expressing my question that properly or if I've been branching away from the subject too much x_x I tend to, sometimes.

[Silux]

I can tell from your Sig that you are a fan of Game of Thrones. Let us use this series as an example!

Consider Jon Arryn and think about how he is never featured in any series or book. He is only briefly mentioned and he is never fully explained in one concise moment, but the effect he has on everybody is immense. He is technically the instigator of the War of the Five Kings if you look back far enough. He is practically a pivotal character, and his death a pivotal event, despite the fact that neither of these have any screentime / pagetime. George R.R Martin actually does this a lot. You just need to study any of his stories for as few as five minutes and you will get a feel for this technique.

I suppose what I am trying to say is that you don't describe these things in narrator's voice, but rather through the characters and the way they interact.

So instead of you telling an audience: There were 2 characters sitting in a room. A couple of days beforehand, the planet in the background had been blown up. Look how amazing my narrative is lol.

try something more along the lines of: Soldier McCharacter knelt prostrate to the half-dead figure laying in the mechanised life-support bed of a hospital. Beyond the deathbed was a veritable collection of nebulae, and nestled between the interlacing strings of light illuminating the blackness, hung a barren, lifeless rock still ablaze with brilliant, white fire.
The main raised his head to the half-singed man, whose body was ailing and whose breathing was heavy with black tar. "Jesus, Bingy-Boy, they finally got around to it. Everything is gone..." There was a minor crack in his voice. "Everybody is gone! They burned it all to the ground!"

[Raez]

Yeah, I've started watching it recently at one of my friends' suggestion. It's pretty nice. ^^

So what you're saying is that I don't explain it myself, but instead I let the story and the characters explain it. Just like in a movie. In most of the movies there isn't any narrator, the characters just explain everything themselves.

[Silux]

Yeah, I've started watching it recently at one of my friends' suggestion. It's pretty nice. ^^

So what you're saying is that I don't explain it myself, but instead I let the story and the characters explain it. Just like in a movie. In most of the movies there isn't any narrator, the characters just explain everything themselves.

Bingo.

[Raez]

Nice! Double nice, in fact. You've been really helpful! Now you're cursed. Whenever I will be needing help I will give you a shout.

Now the only thing that I feel I desire is anybody's opinion on this "story ensemble" right here. A lot of people stalk this thread and yet nobody tells me what they think about it, rofl.

[Silux]

Tis quite alright. If you need something looked over don't hesitate to to give me a shout. If I think of anything that could benefit your world, i'll drop you a line.

[Raez]

Thanks a lot. ^^