Help!! I'm Lost

[Fantasy Dude]

I am a beginner writer and am currently writing my first fantasy novel, but am stuck and unsure how to continue. The story is basically about three siblings, who find out their mom was queen of another world and that they inherited powers from her. This other world has all types of fantasy creatures, but I have no name for it yet. I'm considering calling it Eternia but would like some secound opinions.

Also I've given the werewolves in my story this inner guiding spirit, but now want to have one of my main characters find a set of rings that communicate with the wearer. Are these idea's to similar?

Thank's for reading, any response would be very helpful to me.

[Mad Tam McC]

By the way you seem two similar posts!

Anyway I'd recommend not calling it Eternia, I'd avoid taking any English word, chopping off the end and adding ia. A bit too much of a cliche.

Are these ideas too similar? I'm assuming you mean too similar to each other? It depends on what the rings communicate to the wearer, are they guiding spirits as well or do they do something else?

Having two things that do similar things isn't neccessarily bad. What happens if a werewolf puts on a ring and gets conflicting advice?

If the ideas work in the context of the story then yes go for it!

[Rider of scaled wing]

Well, I for one have my own fantasy world. but i'm not giving the whole world a name as that's too much. Instead i'm naming regions on that world, continents otherwise, or segments of them at least.
The guide in a magic ring idea seems like a traditional heroic mythological element. the hero gets a item that gives them an advantage over thier foes. Classic archetypal work.
As for the werewolves and spirits thing, sounds like an ancestral thing almost. Shamanistic maybe?

[Lith]

DON'T name it Eternia. Especially if you ever watched Master of the Universe while growing up.

[The Ace]

I often find that the best critic is yourself. Run with it for a while. If you run out of ideas, or go back to it after a couple of weeks and find it stinks on ice, then it wasn't a good idea.

Even with the best advice in the world, at the end of the day, YOU are the one doing the writing. If you find it derivative or just plain awful, why bother showing it to anyone else ?

Mind you, the story has to be better than the name.

[Mad Tam McC]

Originally Posted by Lith

DON'T name it Eternia. Especially if you ever watched Master of the Universe while growing up.

I thought Eternia was sort of familiar!

[Kissmequick]

As above, not Eternia, please

If you get stuck for names there are a couple of websites that'll generate random ones - they may not be great but they'll give you ideas to play around with till you find something you like.

here's one.
Fantasy Name Generator

As for the two ideas being too similar - why not make them connected, and then of course they'll be similar! ( how to cheat at plots )Maybe the rings could be the wolves ancient shaman artifact, or they derive their power from the man who made the rings or......you get the idea I'm sure

It sounds kinda interesting anyway.

[Deathpool]

I have two finished and cousins think they're cool, but I don't know if they mean it or not. For some reason I like writing about extreme powers, but I'm not sure I I'm writing descriptive enough. Like how would you write about things being disintegrated. Illusions are pretty easy though.