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She waved her hand, shouting something in elvish. The ropes came to life.
This is because I don t want her to appear too powerful at the beginning plus its adds to her character conflict with her mother who is the head mistress of elven magic. Often when I m casting a spell with just words I ll craft my intention into a simple phrase and then I ll simply repeat it over and over until the speaking becomes automatic and the words begin to lose their meaning.
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Spell Casting and Magic
How do you write when a character cast a spell in your story? How often do you have your characters cast spells in your stories?
In regards to my world, elven magic is the most powerful form of magic. Its something that is hard to learn, even by elven standards. A human trying to learn it would be near impossible. The words are spoken in elven and each word must be pronounced properly with the correct accent, inflection and with the correct hand gestures. It takes years if not centuries for an elf to master it. Even though it comes naturally to my MC, she prefers not to cast spells unless it really necessary. She acts more like a warrior/thief than a wizard. This is because I don't want her to appear too powerful at the beginning plus its adds to her character conflict with her mother who is the head mistress of elven magic.
Now back to actual spell casting in the story, I would probably just describe the what is happening and then the spell is cast. Some people may go into detail on the actual words being said but I won't. Then I would have to think up words for the elven language and languages is not something I'm familiar with.
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- Plot Development
How do you write when a character cast a spell in your story? How often do you have your characters cast spells in your stories?
In regards to my world, elven magic is the most powerful form of magic. Its something that is hard to learn, even by elven standards. A human trying to learn it would be near impossible. The words are spoken in elven and each word must be pronounced properly with the correct accent, inflection and with the correct hand gestures. It takes years if not centuries for an elf to master it. Even though it comes naturally to my MC, she prefers not to cast spells unless it really necessary. She acts more like a warrior/thief than a wizard. This is because I don't want her to appear too powerful at the beginning plus its adds to her character conflict with her mother who is the head mistress of elven magic.
Now back to actual spell casting in the story, I would probably just describe the what is happening and then the spell is cast. Some people may go into detail on the actual words being said but I won't. Then I would have to think up words for the elven language and languages is not something I'm familiar with.
The process of casting a spell is about as varied as the huge number of magic systems out there. Most of my magic systems use instinctive casting, where the user basically envisions what they want to do, and then push with their mind. With enough practice, it becomes instinctual, like like running or moving a limb. So, yeah, quite different from what you have.
I assume the book occurs in a language other than Elvish? i.e. the language the characters use in conversation isn't Elvish. If the narrator view point has enough knowledge of Elvish, they could just translate the spell, e.g.
"Bind him!" she shouted in Elvish, thrusting her hand out. The ropes snapped to her command.
Or, if you don't want to do something like that, you could try this approach:
She waved her hand, shouting something in elvish. The ropes came to life.
These are just suggestions. You could probably figure out a couple others that don't involve a conlang. You should try writing a scene out with several different approaches, and then use the one you feel works best. This is your magic system, so present it in the way you want.
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