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How To Write a Fight or Battle Scene by TheOrangutan
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YOU WANNA FIGHT? FIGHT ME! Or we could have a cup of tea and a biscuit if you prefer. Ever found it hard to get to grips with how to put together a fight scene, or a battle sequence? This guide runs you through the basics, talks about different styles of fighting and weaponry, how to put together fight scenes, plan out battles, and talks about how you include Fantasy or Magical elements as well as the various Dos and Don'ts of writing Action. Now with added flamingos... are we sure that it's spelled like that? There's an aardvark with an Uzi somewhere too.
Of Thorns and Teeth | Book 1 of The Fall by Ange_Ackerman
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[ COMPLETED AND ON THE WATTYS 2017 SHORTLIST - Excerpt Only] In an era where the drums of war echo over the Northern plains, when the arrival of the next Copper Moon brings about whispers of a shadowy threat, Nell Yngram is only concerned with struggling to make ends meet. Earning a living as a Lampgirl, and having serviced the Moreighs for the last couple of years, she yet dreams of being assigned to the family's ancestral home at Ashenlight. Despite talk of dark secrets plaguing the Samarna Palace, Nell only seeks to earn a good enough sum with which to send back to her family and allow her to return to them. At present, however, such a wish seems impossible. Yet when the former Baron passes away under unforseen circumstances, and his exiled son returns with a foreign bride-to-be, it seems that things certainly are about to change... A story about intertwining lives and internal struggles, dark magic in a rapidly-changing society, and the acceptance of Fate. Cover by: @elphadora
To Be A Princess (ON HIATUS) by kaiandersen
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Crown Prince Xavier of Aucelon is in search of a bride to be the next Queen. After invoking the tradition of the Choosing Rite, the king and queen are requiring their son to choose a bride within the coming year. Ten daughters of the nobility are invited to the Vergläis Palace to participate in the Choosing Rite. His parents want him to choose the lady with the most influence, but his younger sister has other plans. Princess Isabella does not like the idea of the Choosing Rite. There is only one girl who she deems worthy to be Queen and that is her personal maid and best friend Skylar Black. With a dash of manipulation and a hint of blackmail, she manages to secure Skylar a spot in the Choosing Rite. But with all of Isabella's hard work, will Skylar manage to catch Xavier's attention. Most of all, does she have what it takes to be a princess?
The Heiress Queen (Season Series Prequel) by MissKatey
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**The Season Series Prequel (#0.5)** Isabelle de Haviland is hopelessly in love with Prince Leopold of Germania. Fortunately for her, the dashing foreign prince is her betrothed, thanks to a decade-old marriage treaty signed by her father, the Duke of Kentshire. But Kentshire is a rich and bountiful duchy, with Isabelle as its sole heiress. Whomever she marries will inherit her father's lands, which sit on the hotly contested border between Germania and Pretania. Refusing to be outwitted by his own duke, the King of Pretania summons Isabelle to Highcastle Palace as a debutante for his son, Graham, the temperamental crown prince. Determined to remain loyal to her husband-to-be, Isabelle is forced to navigate the tricky waters of the royal court all while keeping the meddlesome prince at an arm's length. But all is fair in love and war and Prince Graham is not one to lose at either...
Beyond the Tower by wisteriaflower
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Cast out of the tower where she's been locked up her whole life, Ivy is suddenly all alone in the desert with nothing to call her own, not even her name. Starvation seems inevitable until Leon, a chivalrous merchant comes along to bring her to a city she's never heard of before. From there, life could be perfect were Ivy not still caught up on the secret love affair she harbored in her tower, the one thing that seemed to keep her going, through days of misery. And so begins a whirlwind of adventures. In her quest to find her love, Ivy encounters a family of dwarfs, a beached mermaid, a small town fairy, and all manner of things she could never have dreamed of. Most importantly, she begins to discover who she truly is and what is really means to love. -- ***Winner of the FairytaleCommunity Mix-Up Novel Contest*** Started 5/29/16 - Completed 2/12/17 #56 Fantasy 2/5/17 Cover made by @Pennywithaney
Here I Come by P1LLOWF1GHTS
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Choose your own adventure style. Alina returns home after three years to find that Karter, her childhood friend, has changed, and not in a good way. On her journey to reconnect with him, she may face: a con-woman, a mysteriously advanced AI, a secret organization and the ones who fight them, a person who knows more than one should, and a man with the power to ----- ---- Can you find her happy ending?
Inside the Beast's Castle by no_kidding
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"As soon as you believe you are a monster is when you become one." After many years of war, the kingdom of Edria is finally in an era of peace--peace obtained by one thing and one thing only. A deal. King Regol has made a deal with the devil, or rather, a beast. A monster. Or so he claims. When he uses the deal for his own advantage, he threatens a girl named Zara, who has had everything but her family taken away. Zara is ordered to kill the beast Regol made a deal with, unbenownst to her that the deal even exists. When her attempt fails, she is left with two choices: to never go back home, or to learn from the beast so she can take back what is hers. She faces dangers on the castle grounds she thought were only stories; magic, creatures that kill a person in a single puff of air, and lastly, the beast, who can barely control the darkness that has buried itself in him for years. The longer she is on the castle grounds, however, the more she realizes everything is more than it seems... ...and that she has a power she could only dream about. **** A retelling of Beauty and the Beast Wonderful cover by @nicegirlsreadbooks Highest rank: #1 in Fantasy #4 in Adventure
City of Heroes by addielemon
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What do you do when your life suddenly turns into a comic book? Mackenzie Reyes is totally over the whole superhero thing. She just wants to forget all about the Hero and get back to normal life. But that becomes difficult when a team of new Supers make their way to Vertigo City. They have the cool costumes, the awesome powers, and claim to be heroes but it's still a mystery where they came from. With Genesis Labs destroyed that means there's someone else out there making Supers. Now Mack is pulled back into the world of masks and capes. There are more secrets to uncover, more villains to fight, and the day needs saving. Again. Only this time the whole city is at stake. In a city of heroes it's sometimes hard to tell who the real villain is. [Book #2 in the Super Series]
Mystical Awakening Online: SotPM [Part 1] (CPN) by Angelvahn
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The gaming format «R.E.M. D.I.V.E» Rapid Eye Movement, Digital interface with Virtual Environments, often called «Dream Gaming». The world's leading Game, Mystical Awakening Online or MAO. A limited, hidden special event. What could go wrong? The thought never crossed my mind. "Seek the future" the message said but who would have thought what I would be seeking is my own survival. The game turned deadly the moment we entered. We were trapped in a virtual world struggling to survive, with death threatening to take our very souls. But I will survive; I will escape this game of death. ---------- Part 1 has concluded see part 2 for the second half. https://www.wattpad.com/story/104775930-mystical-awakening-online-sotpm-part-2-cpn
The Emery Chronicles: The White King's Woman (FIRST BOOK) by _lovestoriesrmylife_
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(FIRST BOOK) In the mystical kingdom of Emery, four cousins rule side by side, haunted by an old prophecy that would bring their destruction. As one of the kings of Emery falls in love, he does not realize that his lover is a woman who is descended from the witch that had said the prophecy, and died for speaking of the cousin's death. The king and the witch fight for power and for Emery, but do they fight for or against each other? Find out in this first installment of The Emery Chronicles, a gripping romance set in an intriguing magical kingdom.