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<blockquote data-quote="Tarrasque Wrangler" data-source="post: 1754231" data-attributes="member: 7473">The obligatory &quot;trilogizing&quot; of every story.&nbsp; If you can't tell it in one book, it's probably not worth three.&nbsp; Or write one story, and then a sequel.&nbsp; But this whole &quot;trilogy right out of the gate&quot; thing has got to go.&nbsp;&nbsp;Proper names with lots of apostrophes and/or multiple consecutive Y's.&nbsp; If I stumble over too many names too many times, the book gets gently returned to the bookcase never to be seen again.&nbsp;&nbsp;Magic being the only gimmick.&nbsp; Very tired.&nbsp; Even D&amp;D has psionics and kung-fu powers.&nbsp; I'm not saying get rid of anything fantastical, but if one more guy waves his hands around, whispers an incantation/silent prayer to his god, and lightning shoots out of his palms I'm gonna vomit with rage.&nbsp;&nbsp;As an extension of the farmboy thing, I'm really sick of the over-reliance on the Hero's Journey, with a pathetic n00b in book one who becomes an archmage/lord/demigod by the end of book three.&nbsp; Hey, how about a guy who starts off kinda badass?&nbsp; No one cared about the long, angst-ridden journey Bruce Willis's character went on to became such a badass before he finally showed up at the Nakatomi Tower in Die Hard.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tarrasque Wrangler, post: 1754231, member: 7473"] The obligatory "trilogizing" of every story. If you can't tell it in one book, it's probably not worth three. Or write one story, and then a sequel. But this whole "trilogy right out of the gate" thing has got to go. Proper names with lots of apostrophes and/or multiple consecutive Y's. If I stumble over too many names too many times, the book gets gently returned to the bookcase never to be seen again. Magic being the only gimmick. Very tired. Even D&D has psionics and kung-fu powers. I'm not saying get rid of anything fantastical, but if one more guy waves his hands around, whispers an incantation/silent prayer to his god, and lightning shoots out of his palms I'm gonna vomit with rage. As an extension of the farmboy thing, I'm really sick of the over-reliance on the Hero's Journey, with a pathetic n00b in book one who becomes an archmage/lord/demigod by the end of book three. Hey, how about a guy who starts off kinda badass? No one cared about the long, angst-ridden journey Bruce Willis's character went on to became such a badass before he finally showed up at the Nakatomi Tower in Die Hard. [/QUOTE]

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