Making Magic, Part 2: Structuring Your Unique System
In the last of this article mini-series, WD editor Moriah Richard explains the key components to a hard magic system and gives you some tips on building your own.
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Jan 26, 2021
So, you want to write about magic, eh? I don’t blame you magic is super cool. But there are a
lot of people out there who write about it. How can we go about making our magic seem new and innovative?
In my humble opinion, it’s not the magic that needs to feel new for readers; it’s what your characters do with the magic. And to be able to achieve that, we first need to understand how it works.