Writing a Novel - Smartmark's Diary

[Smartmark]

Newest update:


Once again I had to discard something that I thought was a good idea at first. But I might be using it later for something else.
One of the biggest problems I've had so far, is to determine if I'm gonna write parodic fantasy as my big idol Terry Pratchett, or if I'm gonna do it more standard. So far I have elements of both, but I'm more drawn to the parodic part.
Written about 50 pages, so things are going a bit slower...

[Smartmark]

Genesis

The coming of first. Or The first of coming.
Or something like that...


To best understand the world of Dur, let's go back to the beginning.
In the beginning, the Gods created Dur. But they was not really proud of it. So they forgot. Kinda.
And while the Gods continue to forget about their creation. Dur lived it's own life.

Imagine a bucket. Imagine a tiny world inside the bucket. Now imagine seas, mountains, deserts, grassland and marshes.

Imagening anything yet? Well.

That's Dur for you.

A world where Unicorns are used as food, and their horns as magical wands. Where banks are run by corrupt Leprechauns, and there is three types of Barbarians. The elves are not your typical Tolkien elf, but are to be found in all sizes and hights.
Druids selling magical herbs under the shelf, and the dwarves worship a Golem God who nobody manages to pronounce his name right. And if that's not enough. The protector of the law is a 4 foot, easily angered Mexican who rides a donkey and responds to the name Chavo.

You might wonder why I wanted you to imagine a bucket?
That's because the magical world of Dur is in a bucket.
The Gods bucket.
It's just that nobody really bothered cleaning it.
Until now...

There is so much more to it though, and if you want to know, I suggest you read on.