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@@thejuiceking2219Also, only European medieval setting is allowed because they could accuse you of orientalism or just racism if you make fantasy Asian setting...
Thank God! I was worried my 350 page prologue would come off as a little much or self indulgent but now I feel confident again! My readers need to know how 4268 years before the main story takes place, this minor event happened that won't come into play for another 3 main book entries and 5 standalones! How else will they come to appreciate my genius!?
@@everlyw7892 its really not though. Stromlight had a really short prelude and then a chapter length prologue that kicks off the main story. And other cosmere books are just comeplety free of this format.
@@ManCarryingThing so the "rivers of London" series is compensating for all the rest of the genre. Seriously, it's about 30% police procedural, 30% fantasy intrigue, 30% River related history and folklore.
Why even watch a 2 hours Sanderson lecture when you have all the information needed to start a series right here? Thx! I'm gonna start my 10 books fantasy epic now
@@nxsardella I just started reading it before i found this channel. Ch1 is really about characterising Kaladin though so even if you do consider it a prologue at least its not just dumping wordbuilding.
Some people come up with an elaborate fantasy world, and then use that to help inspire the storyline... but you don't have to do that! --> If you just free-write a fun romp through the countryside, literally no one will notice if you just stick mountains and rivers wherever works on the map... Trekking through the snowy north one week, then standing on a sandy beach the next? Must be a small world, no worries friend!
Man this was really eye opening. I should take more writing advice from you. So I notice the bottle have that jerk Joshua been giving you trouble again?
There are only two things you should do with languages; either make every word in it complete gibberish, OR spend three years creating an entire constructed language family that is only used for like one line in the entire series. There are no in-betweens.
I dived into this whole Authortube-thingy to educate myself about writing when instead I just could have watched this video...thanks for saving me much, much time.
@@s.g.3898 That would've been clever - I'm kicking myself now for missing that - but we don't want it too far from the original (ala Brian Sanders). IDK; Rhine Jordan, Rhone Jordan... maybe Rio Jordan?
The monarchy line shouldn't have been that funny but the amount of fantasy I've consumed where major plot points involve some disruption or interaction with monarchs just really tickles. Fantasy writers love some random super evil/incompetent/messiah like royalty/special ruling/lost bloodline.
"Just put words together" Me: Makes complex language system where each possible syllable means something. Yo Tuan Mimime = Fantasy Wordlbuilding in 60 Seconds
more door. Wait! Did you get that from the meme I posted on Reddit??? lol. (u/leesmt) I dont interact much online but if theres a connection there I'm mindblown. Also your channel is the best kind of humor haha
Wait, so my dark fantasy set in Stone Age Iran starting with a rando ignorant, schmuck in the salt glaciers, where magic is so subtle and questionable that the line between supernatural and real is constantly blurred was the incorrect answer the whole time?
you forgot the part where you establish the existence of an unimportant farm town before the existence of any major cities so your chosen one can be from that town
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This is actually 62 seconds, proving another thing about fantasy world building: always make it longer than it needs to be
yeah but those 2 seconds really expand the LORE
@@ManCarryingThing Ya, but, can they really be considered canon?
63*
@@mightyxt 62* (Theres a difference between whats shown in the thumbnail and actual video
@@cact0s_ulion405 the actual video says it's 1:03, but RUclips could just be weird
"Politics: it's a monarchy" my favorite joke because it's true
i mean you could try something else but then you wind up getting accused of wokeness
@@thejuiceking2219Also, only European medieval setting is allowed because they could accuse you of orientalism or just racism if you make fantasy Asian setting...
@@ExtremeMadnessX seven steps ahead
_(makes fantasy Australian setting)_
Ah. Now I know why my books keep being under 100 000 words. I forgot to write the 40 000 words prologue
classic rookie mistake
Thank God! I was worried my 350 page prologue would come off as a little much or self indulgent but now I feel confident again! My readers need to know how 4268 years before the main story takes place, this minor event happened that won't come into play for another 3 main book entries and 5 standalones! How else will they come to appreciate my genius!?
and don't forget the glossaries. you want those to add a good 200 pages if you can
YOU ABSOLUTE NOOB
erikson has a WHOLE PROLOGUE SERIES THAT STARTS *300 THOUSAND YEARS* BEFORE THE MAIN SERIES BEGINS
I love how this is SA in a nutshell. I still read it though. (Wait actually know its the entirety of the cosmere-)
@@everlyw7892 its really not though. Stromlight had a really short prelude and then a chapter length prologue that kicks off the main story. And other cosmere books are just comeplety free of this format.
Game of thrones?
Prologue should include a glossary for sure so people don’t get confused
only the best fantasy has a glossary and prologue for each chapter
you should also include MAPS.
If you don't put in a glossary how will ppl know that a mization is an ouslic method of thorating?
”Frodo is a crossword puzzle”
-Man Carrying Thing, 2021
you caught me there
Walter White: "You got me."
I always knew everyone was wrong about rivers... and languages... and weapons. This video was really eye opening, I've got a lot of thinking to do.
rivers are the untapped heart of fantasy
@@ManCarryingThing so the "rivers of London" series is compensating for all the rest of the genre. Seriously, it's about 30% police procedural, 30% fantasy intrigue, 30% River related history and folklore.
Make sure your characters' names always have a random apostrophe somewhere
Su're
Ge’uss I’ wil’l
Why even watch a 2 hours Sanderson lecture when you have all the information needed to start a series right here?
Thx! I'm gonna start my 10 books fantasy epic now
all his BYU students are dropping out to watch my videos.
only 10?
I also love how the prologue is at the end
really subverts expectations
Thank you I will be going back through my work to add rivers and perhaps even weapons, just like ursla way lagoon
you'll never know how just a single river will bump a 4-star book to a 5-star
@@ManCarryingThing I remember roger egbern saying the same thing about heart of darkness
Earthsea has one big river
You know it's a good man carrying thing video when there is mini bottles of alcohol involved.
i live inside of a hotel minibar
i love KAY LEGOON's writing
the right hand of lightness
@@ManCarryingThing I just now realise which author you originally meant lol
erlich QUE Legumes.
@@ManCarryingThing the dark hand of rightness
This guy is the living embodiment of r/cremposting.
Ah yes, Ursula K. Lagoon, my favourite writer
she wrote the right hand of lightness
@@ManCarryingThing And the possessed.
I'm thinking to get a sweet Lagoon at the side of my non-branched out river
You explained about Prologue, but what about second Prologue
but 3rd prologue is where its at
@@ManCarryingThing the Cenn chapter in The Way of Kings always hits different.
Chapter Elevensies needs some explanation too
@@nxsardella I just started reading it before i found this channel. Ch1 is really about characterising Kaladin though so even if you do consider it a prologue at least its not just dumping wordbuilding.
I live for the chaos!!!!
Why is this guys so funny?
Your videos are the only thing keeping me going in these dark times
But when do I start capitalizing random words in my fantasy book? How do I decide what random noun to make into a proper noun?
Capitalize Anything, always, or Never.
@@ManCarryingThing Thank You Man carrying Thing
Very educational! Great job! I learned almost as much as I did in 20 years of school.
school is fun
Politics: it's a monarchy
Best part
I lol'd
The rivers covering fact got me tbh
Steven Erikson has been real quiet since this dropped
Hahahahah
he is S W E A T I N to the moldies boye-oh
Thanks. This is truly inspiring.
This might actually be my favourite channel on youtube. Props to whoever posted the Dalinar video on reddit.
Some people come up with an elaborate fantasy world, and then use that to help inspire the storyline... but you don't have to do that! --> If you just free-write a fun romp through the countryside, literally no one will notice if you just stick mountains and rivers wherever works on the map... Trekking through the snowy north one week, then standing on a sandy beach the next? Must be a small world, no worries friend!
Every time you say Joe Anaconda my stupid brain launches into I Like Big Butts and it's very traumatic.
i am so so sorry
Now I have all I need to write that fantasy novel of mine. Thanks, Man Carrying Thing!!
I’ve just found this channel (a few days ago) and it’s hilarious.
Welcome! What your fav video so far?
love it, thank you again
More-door! 😂😂😂
Ho-door.
this is freaking hilarious
I didn’t understand anything, but also understood everything from this video
0:08 - 0:54
You didn't explain it in 60 seconds
This is a scam
i am speed
Brb , gonna write my best-seller
Rick!
Rick
So accurate, I briefly joined a fantasy map creation community and they REALLY get hung up on proper/realistic river formations
This is a Rick!!! Well done!!
Man this was really eye opening. I should take more writing advice from you. So I notice the bottle have that jerk Joshua been giving you trouble again?
joshua filed restraining order haha
@@ManCarryingThing that jerk. I hate Joshua so much. Well I hope everything get work out
There are only two things you should do with languages; either make every word in it complete gibberish, OR spend three years creating an entire constructed language family that is only used for like one line in the entire series. There are no in-betweens.
I dived into this whole Authortube-thingy to educate myself about writing when instead I just could have watched this video...thanks for saving me much, much time.
I learned so much! "When in doubt, crossword puzzle your names and plop a crown on it." - Brando Sandstorm
"Why grow a messiah on a river when he can have The Two Rivers"
- Robin Jordan _(his name is a freaking river)_
Should've written as Rubicon Jordan so he could be Two Rivers
@@s.g.3898 That would've been clever - I'm kicking myself now for missing that - but we don't want it too far from the original (ala Brian Sanders). IDK; Rhine Jordan, Rhone Jordan... maybe Rio Jordan?
Rick! 😍😍
Rick
The monarchy line shouldn't have been that funny but the amount of fantasy I've consumed where major plot points involve some disruption or interaction with monarchs just really tickles. Fantasy writers love some random super evil/incompetent/messiah like royalty/special ruling/lost bloodline.
i love when man carries the thing
This taught me a lot.
“Frodo Baggins is...a crossword puzzle.” Exactly.
I knew you'd understand
You hear a wail in the distance, quiet, low.
"frodo baggins"
blends in picture of tumnus
Rick
Rick
@@ManCarryingThing Rick.
absolutly LOVE lagoons work
That’s how I wrote my epic in 9th grade. A great success.
I am exactly the right amount of zooted for this video be pure comedy 🤌
Ahh,man going crazy in his house saying nonsense,my favorite youtube genre.
Why engage your readers when you can spend 10 pages explaining what happened 1000 years before the story starts.
i mean, i'm down for that
Moredoor!! I never thought about that. Hilarious!
Politics. It's a monarchy! I died.
"Just put words together"
Me: Makes complex language system where each possible syllable means something.
Yo Tuan Mimime = Fantasy Wordlbuilding in 60 Seconds
brilliant
plus if the prologue has a lot of wind
WHOA hippy photo of Grr Arrgh Martin :-O Nice fiiind.
I agree with this advice
Fantasy Books are just D&D campaigns that no one showed up for so rhe DM role played the whole story themselves.
Taking notes here for WorldBox. Just writing down some notes.
Now that I understand how Ursula M'kay Lagoon does things, my world is built so much better.
I am now ready to write my novel.
Ah, my favorite vacationing spot, the Ursula Kay Lagoon.
Your music is starting to traumatize me. I need a river ...
Joe Anaconda sounds like somebody from a Tiger King spin-off, Serpent King
ahhh the henny bottle, I see you've studied the classic greats like Erik
brilliant. you proved hard liquor is also needed. Always add some unnamed liquor to your information :D
And here I am, considering removing my story's prologue because of changes to the timeline when I rewrite the whole story... hmm.
This gives off the energy that you are either totally smashed, or for some reason woke up from a sleep and IMMEDIATELY got in front of the camera
more door. Wait! Did you get that from the meme I posted on Reddit??? lol. (u/leesmt) I dont interact much online but if theres a connection there I'm mindblown. Also your channel is the best kind of humor haha
Thanks! I don't remember seeing it, but it may have been tossed around in my brain lol
I hope one day I can write on the level of the greats like Brian Sanders, Joe Anaconda, and Urskula K. Lagoon.
Urskala K. Lagoon got me pretty good.
Hi hello good afternoon. I'm watching many of your videos and having a good time, please and thank you
thank you and please
Don't forget "the prophecy"
Mann the carry thing 👍
I've heard it said that this Oscar Scar Colour-Goo That Ursula Kay Lagoon was a hell of a writer!
I can write now. Yay
I made this for you, Luke
@@ManCarryingThing thank christ you did
Recently found your channel and loving it!! btw are you into discworld?
Great question!
Thanks! New to discworld. Just started Mort, and I like it
Joe Anaconda didn't register in my head as wrong. I jest went "oh yeah I love First Law" and then realized.
Politics: it’s a monarchy. Yep. 😂
Do you need a hug?
how do you know
That's all I needed to know, thank you. I'll go dethrown Tolkien now, because we all know GRRM didn't.
Wait, so my dark fantasy set in Stone Age Iran starting with a rando ignorant, schmuck in the salt glaciers, where magic is so subtle and questionable that the line between supernatural and real is constantly blurred was the incorrect answer the whole time?
can I make a prologue for each chapter to create the perfect book?
James McAvoy as Mr. Tummus still creeps me out until today...
He's Behind You! He's going to whisper in your non-goat EAR!
any way I can get some context on all the Bryan Sanders videos? feel like I should've heard about that guy..
Remember, all rivers converge into the Ursula K Lagoon.
Don't forget to make your river split on its way out to the sea
Awzum! 😎👍
"Ursula K Lagoon."
you forgot the part where you establish the existence of an unimportant farm town before the existence of any major cities so your chosen one can be from that town
"The first and most important part of building a world:"
*A RIVER!!!*
Next fantasy books will just be one long prologue. Or in other words. Book
You forgot a 100 character list of dramatis personae so people dont forget who John, Jon, Joane and Jonna are