u/MagicCypress

When writing my story, I absolutely love coming up with fun chapter names to accompany my story.

I was wondering what some of your favorites are?

In my story so far, here are my top three:

1. The dungeon, like my mother vacuuming on a sunday morning, waits for no one
2. Ah, the old "Making you think an ancient cabal is out to get you." Classic prank.
3. We only consume naturally grown, preservative free, non-toxic, magic items in this book

One of the fun things in LitRPG is that sometimes there is an abundance of upgrade options to choose from.
Sometimes we agree with the MCs choices and other times we don’t.

When did you most disagree with your MC or at least understand why but wished they upgraded differently?

I've been really enjoying writing lately. I have a story that I love and want to share with the paper (and maybe eventually people). I think it's unique and fun and writing it brings me a lot of joy (and has taken a lot of my very little spare time).

I've had several people review my work and the most common critique that comes up is that I don't really know how to split up a paragraph or sentences. It is mostely that I have too many "one liner" paragraphs that make the rhythm of reading not pleasent.

Rereading what I wrote, I completely agree. There is no coherent pattern on when something is a multi-sentence paragraph and when it's a single line. When revising I do see where I can cut back on spacing, but have a hard time creating paragraphs with multiple voices.

I was wondering if there are any good materials online for the art of writing itself (blog posts, videos, etc...), so I can learn more on this topic and get better at forms and the like.

Worldbuilding and writing have a way of getting us to discover so many things about our world. From things like history, commerce, physics, geography, and the list goes on and one.

What was one of your favorite "That's crazy I didn't know that" or "What a cool fact" that you would want to share with the audience.

I remember the first time that I was built a map and tried to make it somewhat geographically accurate. I was mind blown by how "sciency" everything was. Up until that point I was just kind of winging it. It made sense of course, but also kind of ruined my plot for a while until I figured it out.

Most of my chapters are 2000-2500. They always have a natural breaking point that it feels good to end the scene there.

I have had sever chapters that are basically double that and I've been wondering what to do with it. On one hand, I think that they are written well and that there is no natural breakpoint to end the chapter like the rest. On the other hand, I've read several times that chapters should be somewhat the same length and introducing a chapter that is meaningfully longer or shorter isn't recommended.

What do you personally do in your work when this comes up?

I know that one of the best things about TTRPGs is that everyone can do basically anything. I've had campaigns start out with a heist quest, a prison break of just starting in a barrack in the middle of an ongoing war.

I was wondering if you have a favorite of yours? A fond memory you have of "Oh, I really liked when we started the campaign with that type of quest."

As a brand new author, I’m looking for several LitRPG and TTRPG fans to beta-read the first few chapters of my series (roughly completing the introduction arc) and provide feedback. 

La Blurb:

Enjoy rolling dice with your best friends? Fighting goblins or ruining a witch’s plans? Do you have the very rational fear that every chest is a mimic? Are you frustrated by that one player who somehow derails every carefully prepared encounter? Is luck on your side, or can you just never seem to catch a break?

Do you love D&D?

Adam sure does. Or at least, it was his favorite hobby until he and his friends were Jumanji’d into their campaign. 

Now they’re trapped inside the game and must complete a campaign they know very little about if they ever want to get back home. 

Adam will roll his way through a fantasy world of his dreams. He must kill goblins, uncover ancient mysteries, flee monstrous beasts, and stop schemes spun by gods and men.

And cast magic. So much magic!

Will he succeed, or hit one too many Nat 1's?

There is only one way to find out.

Come, sit at the table. Pick up the dice. We are waiting for you.

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What to expect:

·      Heavy TTRPG inspiration from a lifelong D&D lover. Yes, I had a character die to a magic carpet and my characters might become paranoid around furniture sooner than later. 

·      Levels, magical items, initiative rolls, saving throws – Whatever you expect from a classic TTRPG, we probably got it all!

·      A true mage MC (after a few introductory chapters).

·      A ridiculously adorable pet companion (I'm coming for you Donut!).

What not to expect:

·      An overpowered protagonist. It feels very much like your standard D&D campaign; A small fish in a large pond filled with large, hungry monsters.

·      Sexual content

·      Multiple POVs

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As a thank you, every beta reader will receive a roll in a future chapter. You will become part of Adam’s story forever. 

If you’re interested, put in a comment and I’ll send you the chapters with some questions.

Thank you and much love for this amazing community,

Magic Cypress

When I was about 16 years old I read The Hobbit and really enjoyed myself. I purchased the LoTR series, but then decided that I want to experience the books for the first time with my children, so I just didn't read them.

16 years later, I have my first child (6m old). I am extremely excited by the thought that we will read and experience the LoTR books for the first time together. I am so excited about the idea that I want to have other books or series that are worth me waiting on them to experience the wonder together.

Got any other recommendations that are definetly worth the decade + long wait?