@@JennaMoreci Maybe I'm an idiot? At 1st watch of this video when you said the words "Number seven " it looked like you were holding up eight fingers. 🤭 My Mum who's a former English teacher advised me that before trying to write my novel, that I write it as a {one or two page} short story. When I 1st got the idea for my novel, I asked myself IF i should write it as a novel or short story & quickly felt to do the premise justice it "has to be" a novel. IS the ability to write suspense , mystery of happiness for the characters {of whichever the reader favors good or evil} in the arc for happy ending WITHIN a 1 or 2 page story. IF SO could you PLEASE do a video on it. Thank You {I'm also a dog person} . 🤔👩🏫✍🦸♂️🧞♂️🐕
@@JennaMoreci I know this video is ancient, but do you ever find it weird how science could do just about anything, yet magic, especially hard magic, can be so limited and finite? I mean, just look at your computer using electrical power right now. Not to mention some mistakenly think electrical power is just electricity entering a device when it is electrical current running in a circuit to generate an electromagnetic field, which produces energy perpendicular to the field's rotation. Of course, we wee not sure of that until we tried to run wires underwater and found out we needed an insulator, like air. Meanwhile, magic A is magic A and only functions this way, despite species or mechanism. Note: I learnt that from some random youtube vids.
*Please read in a cinema trailer voice* Happy ever after was long gone, Cinderella is dead and the kingdom is falling into ruin. Their only hope for survival is to find the one who fits the glass slipper, for only they could save us all. Many have tried and none had succeeded... until a girl wearing a pizza jumpsuit stumbled half drunk across the castle and put it on. Will she be able to save the kingdom? ... Well if the shoe fits.
Figure out what you want it to do and work backwards. Also dont be afraid to have more than one micro system for magic ie pyromancy only needs words and waving fingers while necromancy requires a whole weeks worth of preparation and all sorts of crazy rituals. If you want to talk about ideas or concepts I'm always happy to chat and so are most writers for that matter.
@@stasysandoval1426 I was reading a comment on UA-cam recently and someone referred to Erza as "Plotza" and it lowkey took me out 😂 but I love Erza and Fairy Tail nonetheless
Exactly. One of my main problems with Frozen 2 was that they suddenly gave Elsa all these powers she didn't have before, then explained it with "She's the fifth elemental spirit." without explaining what the elemental spirits do or how she ended up being one when all the others were strictly not human and were anciently powerful. Like, how does being the fifth element mean that she can turn the water spirit itself into ice?
@@purplehermit Not really, you have to have an idea of how things actually work in the back of your mind, coming up with random stuff out of the blue isn't ideal
One day I asked my self where my magic came from and next thing i knew I was figuring out the creation of the universe in order to figure out the origin of magic
There was a certain super popular book with a magic system that totally ruined the novel for me. There were no limitations, and no reasoning whatsoever and eventually I didn't care much for the book because I knew they could just magic their way out of it. I totally get wanting to spill all of the magical goodies on the pages, but I really love it when I read series which only show the tip of the iceberg when it comes to that special bit whether it is magic or world-building in the first book and dives deeper into the nuances in subsequent books. That really keeps me buying and reading! This video has SO many great questions to ask yourself when creating a magic system. I'm definitely bookmarking for later! 🙌
Yeah, J. K. Rowling could make good characters and some nice plot twists, but her magic system has practically EVERYTHING that I don't like in a magic system: magic being an inborn power rather than something being reach through personal study and enlightenment, spells being based around merely saying phrase without any deeper understanding required (I'm looking at you, sectumsempra), characters not using spells in consistent or intelligent ways, et cetera. Funny how the best magic systems tend to be found in tabletop RPG settings (like Exalted) rather than in literature (guess it might have something to do with helping setting a clear boundary for what players can and cannot do).
Harry Potter did have limits on the magic, albeit none that really proved a hindrance until the final book. Magic couldn’t be used to create something out of thin air, it had to come from somewhere or be replicated from something already existing. Broken wands couldn’t be repaired through magic, only the Elder Wand. The main consistency is that some magic was immune to other magic, like how the Invisibility Cloak wasn’t affected in the fourth book. It’s also implied severe injuries or health conditions are more difficult, as the hospital wing is regularly required and there’s a whole hospital.
I'm making a story where the main cast of characters are all demons, and my magic system is based on Sins. Everytime a demon compels a human to comite a sin, he/she recieve a small gemstone related to that particular sim [pride, sloth, lust...] and so the demon can consume that gemstone to evoke some magic, like: Rage gems can cast fireballs, sloth gems can make enemy fall sleep, lust gems can charm others... Also the Gemstones are the currency in hell so the richer the demon the powerful he is. and also ties the magic system with the world economy.
That's super cool!! The demons in my story (because every magical story has demons) can only use certain types of magic, such as transmutation and necromancy because they were not made by God. This means they cannot use most human magic such as fire magic, lightning magic etc, but if a demon can manage to kill and eat enough humans (or drink enough blood) they will get an advanced form of the magic those humans possessed. Does that make sense? I'm bad at explaining things...
My two favorite magic systems are bending from avatar and alchemy from Fullmetal Alchemist. Both systems are very neutral. Their is no good magic or bad magic it's very much how you use it. A perfect example is how in avatar firebending is used by good charecters like Zuko and Uncle Iroh and we have an entire episode in the third season where we learn firebending isn't destruction but energy instead. Also there was that lady that used water bending for bloodbending and enough evil earthbenders inside Ba Sing Sai to rival the fire nation
So you favor hard magic over soft magic. I favor soft magic (I guess Disney magic would be example) because it needs less explanation and there's less risk of making it confusing.
In my stories there’s a VERY hard magic system that pretends to be soft magic. Some (usually only one or two non-main and usually borderline antagonist) characters know how to use magic to the point where it becomes practical, but the reader and other characters only see little bits of that. As an example, in my current story “the Karodor city nightmare” (title needs work) (also there’s music for the story on my channel) there’s a character known as “the Haruspex” (letting others know his name is a religious thing for his people), and he can use healing magic very extensively. There’s a scene near the midpoint of the story where a child is injured, and he pours an unknown (to the characters and reader) liquid on the boys arm, then plays a short tune on a small flute. The liquid causes intense pain, but once the tune is played the wound closes. To the characters who are not the Haruspex, and to the reader, he just did some weird shit. To the Haruspex: he poured alcohol on the wound to clean it, then used magic to close the wound. If he had used magic without cleaning the wound he would have trapped dirt and bacteria in the wound, obviously bad. The reader is never informed of this, and magic only shows up to play a minor roll a few times in the story. It’s hinted at that the magic the Haruspex uses is very important, and sometimes stated directly that he’s a world renowned healer. The thing is that what happens with magic in this story is fun and cool, but you don’t get the whole picture unless you theorize yourself, or read other stories.
Also a minor note, the flesh replaced on the boy came off the Haruspex, this isn’t shown until several chapters later. Conservation of mass and such still plays a roll. You can’t have the candy without paying for it.
A few years ago, I wrote a first draft novel called Demon Axe, where the main protagonist uses a magical microphone to not only weaponize his heavy metal vocals, but also to gain influence over whatever audience he’s singing to. On the day that I finally get feedback on it and edit the hell out of it, I’ll definitely take the ten points in this video under consideration. You’re always helpful to me, Jenna, and for that I thank you so much!
I'm never usually this early for a video ever. I love you so much Jenna, I've watched your channel for a very long time and think of you as like a best friend and mentor. I'm interested in making my own stories and your channel has been my go-to writing advice channel since the very beginning. Thank you for everything, making me feel less alone, and continue being the best you and live your best life.
3:13 Hard vs Soft 4:10 Origin 5:10 Who has access? 5:34 Impact on society 6:37 Capabilities 7:09 Limitations 8:01 When to explain 9:27 Perspective 10:47 Keep it simple 11:27 Does it fit?
I honestly love the magic system used in Rainbow Rowell's Simon Snow series. It blends so seamlessly into the modern real world and how people interact with it, not just on a local scale, but globally. She really thought her magic system out, and it shows.
Inconsistency in a magic system was always the biggest pet peeve here’s looking at you disarming charm since wandless magic was possible for kids under eleven.....
It's amazing how this notification arrived to me, right as I was thinking to myself about my main character's magic progression. He mixes elemental magic with martial arts, and I was just thinking of how much more complex I wanted it be, the more I've been progressing through the chapters. Thanks for this!
@@somerando1073 I only know of it by reputation, but never sat down to watch any of it, aside from random clips here and there on youtube. But it's always been in the back of my mind to watch it in full and learn from it, just forgot about it until now, haha.
@@apolloK9-y7b Will do! I'm grateful for you guys bringing it to my attention, because I genuinely did want to check that show out. Will definitely put it high up on the priority list of things to do now.
notification brought me here. I wrote a magic system like 2 years ago but this video would most likely help me (since mine is kind of very basic). Also love the pizza costume Jenna (lol)
I'm a young writer. Just turned 18, in fact. I've spent most of my childhood reading fantasy novels. Something about magic just seemed to appeal to me; and do you know what always got me hooked? The magic system. It's a law of the world. It HAS to make sense. You can have great characters, great world, but once you go onto the selling point of the fantasy genre and fuck it up, you've doomed the rest of your novel. Now that I'm trying to write my own novel for real, it really helped me consolidate a system I can believe. Countless systems mixed into one.
A: Pizza Jenna is back! B: I seriously think if I ever managed to get my own book finished/published, I'm going to have to thank Jenna in the acknowledgements.
It's 6am, and this is the first thing I see on my notifs. And Jenna's wearing the pizza costume-- I-- i loVE IT P. S.: Great vid as always! Especially that costume
Idea I just had (that someone has probably already beat me to): a setting with both hard and soft magic systems. Humans (and/or the other humanish species) use magic with hard set rules that they cannot break. The Fey can use magic that seems to have no rules or limitations are far as we can tell, but the Fey are frustrated by the fact that humans can do things like make promises and just break them, flat out lie (Fey may deceive but only while still technically telling the truth), touch iron, enter homes without permission, etc. So, humans = hard magic rules, soft behavior rules fey= soft magic rules, hard behavior rules
Something I figured out to explain one section of my magic system is by making the character that practices it incredibly passionate. They love their magic and take any opportunity to gush about it. This lets me both explain this magic system in depth, and give an otherwise reserved character a chance to be more outgoing.
@Trin Silvers some of the time. They're a healer, and were raised in a tribe that specializes in a specific type of healing magic, but since leaving that tribe they've devoted themselves to learning all the healing magic they can, from spells to potions to artifacts. So they're constantly trying new magic, and they can very often mess up and cause another character a temporary handicap, all in pursuit of mastering healing magic. Their original type of healing magic is reliable, since they have decades of training in it, but it can be highly unethical, so they tend to stay away from it. Overall, they're a blast to write.
You have no idea how relieving it is for me to watch this video and realize that I've already done most of these things when planning out the magic system in a story I'm creating. I always feel like any stories I create are overly cliche, but after watching some of your videos I think I'm doing pretty okay.
#4 The Impact on Society is a huuuuuuuuge one and I feel it needs to be expanded on a bit more. A lot of fantasy writers tend to not fully think through the impact that access to magic would have on society, especially if magic is relatively widespread or common. For instance, having nature mages/druids or whatever being able to conjure vegetation like vines or cast water related spells in the form or tsunamis or whatever, but then still having a traditional medieval system of serfs farming crops for their lords and needing access to natural sources of water to do so. Why aren't mages conjuring up crops, or at least conjuring water or mulch to assist in crop farming? Clear limitations need to be put in place if you don't want your magic to affect these things, and if there aren't such limitations to it, there needs to be consideration taken for the logical place that magic would have for things such as this. And this is just one example. If magic is common enough in society, it would affect pretty much every aspect of the society, from culture to economics to politics to education, and more.
This is perfectly timed. I just got home, and got a surprise package of a personally signed copy of The Saviors Champion. And now I get to watch this! My day has just been made. Love you Jenna💕💕
I was just thinking of developing my magic system more, and then THIS shows up? Absolutely gonna watch. I have a bunch of types of magic, and different emotions/states of mind tied to them (weather magic is easier when completely calm and in control of your emotions, but can go haywire when super emotional), but not really much of an explanation as to _how_ it's cast beyond normal people being able to learn magic just as well as witches.
Something I really appreciate about these kinds of lists on this channel is that for every piece of advice you give, I can think of someone who did it right.
wow im very glad i all of these are accounted for in my story. the hardest part was figuring where magic would fit, my answer: its kept secret and doesnt linger in memories if youre not actively engaged and around magic. that of course forced a kind of shield of normality around humanity pushing out much of the magic and magical beings, all of which is a product of increased human population and more possible people to understand and use magic to fight magically beings that prey on people. i quite like my cycle
I have been watching your videos for about the last month or so as I started to get back into writing thanks to my lovely girlfriend and future fiance. Your advice has helped me realize that I have more potential in me then I even knew was possible. I also wanted to congratulate you on being added amongst the greats and now I must read TSC. 😊
Most videos involving how to write a book: serious acting, smart dressed, teacher voice (dull, boring, long, confusing, makes me want to ram my head through a wal) This channel: dresses up in a pizza costume, has no filter when it comes to cursing, is awesome with explaining what to do in a way that I can’t fuck it up
I'm currently publishing on Young Writers Society, and i've been trying my best to write my book to relay information regarding my magic system, but I've constantly asked myself if the way I was doing it was okay. Watching this actually helped me a lot with my self-doubts!
Perfect timing, I'm trying to fit a magic system into a science fantasy story where magic is like a science but I have like a metric buttload of stuff of to add too lol
I didn't think this would be helpful at first because I'm writing sci-fi, but then it occurred to me that the tech they use functions essentially as a magic system (but with explained in your typical sci-fi manner, I took an idea and ran with it). This video is very helpful to that since it will help me better structure the tech system I've got going.
Why do you always know what I'm struggling with!?!?!? 😍 I'm currently writing a book that involves lots a magic, but was having trouble on magic scaling and what not, Thanks so much Cyborg QUEEN 👑
I've noticed that if ur writing a fantasy book with a magic system, no matter the level of the magic system, even if it isn't as extensive as others, it should have about the same time being developed as u do with the world building.
Congratulations on making best book! You always seems to post exactly what I need when I'm working in a story. Could you do a video on your thoughts on the subgenres of paranormal? (Witches/Vamps/Demons/Mythology)
I'm sooo happy that your book was listed as one of the best books! I guess I became this happy because I kinda put myself in your shoes for a little bit...I don't know why I'm reacting like this even though I'm four months late. I just stumbled upon your channel, yesterday and I instantly subscribed. Keep the good work up!
A wonderful confirmation that my system is on a good path! I have the answers to all these questions ^_^ I have figured out a lot of logistical issues that could've ruined my story and pierced horrible plot holes in my stories. I really needed this injection of confirmation, as I haven't been writing regularly since I started working full time. And, congrats for making the bookdepository list!
Having magic come at a cost or price makes for good structure and drama. Fullmetal Alchemist subscribes to Equivalent Exchange, which prevents people from breaking the plot and showcases a wide variety of abilities, each with natural strengths and weaknesses. It’s weaved into the plot so much the overall macguffin is something that bypasses it.
Congratulations for making the list!!! On the note of Magic, I played narrative rol playing games for years, and developed lots of magical systems, we always took the consideration of never being omnipotent, there has to be limitations and logical reasons to the use of powers. Equilibrium is the most important.
I love your videos and advice! I already came up with a basic magic system for my first comic and I'm working on drawing the first spell. Thank you so much for your advice, it helped me when I teased the first kiss!
This was extremely helpful thank you! if anyone's interested, here's a lore dump of the magic system I made for my book that only had magic show up a couple of times XD There were 5 magic wielders when magic first came to this world, they died off millenniums ago but to hold magic you have to have some kind of blood connection to them, no matter how far down the family tree you are If you're connected to this bloodline, then you can choose one of the multiple magic types and begin training on it, some examples being healing magic, element magic (which goes into subcategories), appearance magic, world magic (not as op as it sounds) and much more Once you choose your magic type, you get an object connecting you to this magic which once you're bound to, makes it extremely difficult to learn any other type of magic The most seen bounding items include; jewellery, staffs and wands (becoming less common) Jewellery is used for people who prefer to do magic by hand, used for the most experienced of magic uses, wands and staffs are used as a guide to help focus the magic Being a magic user more often than not gives you an extended life expectancy, only about a 15%-25% though There's so much more I can go into with this but I'll leave it there lol
I'm so glad I watched this video because my magic system was basically: "My characters are in a bad situation. Time to pull a spell outta my ass to get them out"
Bit late to the party, but your advice has helped me through a lot of sticky situations in my own writing work xD started writing a fantasy romance novel and well so far so good ^^ in my story, everyone knows magic, but uses it in different manors. Idk made it interesting for me to explore ^^
A fun way to show ultra powerful magic with weaknesses is in the Chronicles of Amber where magic takes a fair bit of energy but is ready strong so to balance this spells must require huge incantations that take anywhere from 15 minutes to four hours to recite so wizards "hang" spells by skipping a phrase in the incantations that when spoken will trigger the spell. The heroes now have crazy powers but have to spend a long rest preparing them and then have to be careful to remember wich phrases cast which spells. This could be used to great effect in a medieval setting with death note style intrigue where we watch for the right phrases to trigger between to smiling nobles secretly holding death spells over each others heads.
Pretty much the only limitation I have with my magic system is the overuse, exhaustion and temporary inability to use powers and I don't think it's enough. Looks like I need to get working on that
This is such a helpful video! I’m currently working on a story with magic in with hard rules (like each character has 1 ability and it is weak unless they are listening to music that resonates with them which enhances their ability) and a main character who only recently developed her magical ability so is learning it from her family and friends, finding it hard to work out when to explain things to readers without info dumping so this was such a good video!!!
I think I finally understand why I like your videos so much. You remind me of my therapist, lmao. No but seriously, so many great tips for someone thinking about an idea involving a magic system.
I bought a copy of TSC a couple days ago. I've been waiting for my day off to curl up with a mug of tea and start reading it. Congratulations, I bet you are over the moon!
A lot of people I know hate the rabbit hole of “wait why did I do that in this way” but I for one love it Being able to ask myself the decisions I make beforehand helps me fix the glaring problems in the draft and more often than not allows me to go even deeper than I expected to with the lore or mechanics of the world I’m a huge nut for lore/imagination so if I can’t understand my shit, nobody will (as stated in the video)
I’m watching this (though I’m writing a book about superheroes) and it was actually super helpful! I was surprised to see that I actually have answered most of these questions in my book already 😪
This really helps me as I am currently trying to figure out how the magic in my world works. I have gotten pretty far in it now and feel like I got a pretty interesting concept going and that is thanks to videos like this
Personally, I believe that in any hard magic system, the more well defined the weaknesses to magic are, the better. I generally find that with magic that has more weaknesses, it forces authors to think outside the box with how magic is going to be used in a fight or in any kind of situation.
So for example, if I want to make a telekinetic character, he can lift any object no matter how big or heavy, but it has to be an object with physical mass. He can't use his telekinesis to deflect energy beams or gas.
@@realJoeMavro Yes, something like that, but imo, it really depends on the medium, like if I wanted to do a comic, the weakness would have to be more visual, while if I wanted to do a book, the weakness could be more conceptual. It depends honestly, but yes, that idea makes sense
And I just got done eating a pizza. I already have my magic system written down and organized and I think you're gonna love it! I just need to draw it because it's easier if you visually see how it works.
You made me do a double-take, cuz I thought you said, "First: what is the point of *you* ?" I now realize you said, "First: what is the point of *view* ." lol
Rewrite... I think your a lovely teacher! I misjudged how boring this might be, but you explained everything so down to earth and easy and your character seems so lovely and real i think i just fell in love with you as a UA-cam
This is a great video! Hellofutureme also did a magic system video and that was pretty good too but I'm always excited for a new cyborg queen video! I think I've actually devised a very nice magic system for my books. I'm just ironing out the final kinks. Bug testing in a sense :)
Hello there. I am a novice writer who started writing a book with a magic system and not even knowing where I was going with it. This was very helpful and I was even making mental improvements for my system as the video went on. I’m gonna end up rewriting it but it’s worth it to make my story better. ❤️
@@JennaMoreci hrjebeueb thank you for responding!! I just finished the video and it was reallu helpful, im writing a story with magic in it at the moment and most of this stuff i didnt even consider. Your videos are great!
I’m trying to create a magic/elemental system and it’s so hard because I’ve been trying to balance out each magic group so not once is overpowered. It’s hard but it’s one of my passion projects. Funnily enough my current wip also has a magic system, though it’s more unknown in the world. Great video as always!
Great tips. It took me a while to work on the magic system for my novel and I think I may go back and use your 10 questions to check it's the best it can be. Thanks, Jenna.
I needed this video so much and didn't even noticed. I've already did my research and heard about hard/soft magic system for my book, but never really understood it (like Harry Potter seems to not have limitations on magic but at the same time it keeps pressing the "you need to want it/say the correct words" button). Thank you Jenna, and awesome pizza costume btw
Jenna: how can that all powerful supervillain be overthrown if they’re all powerful?
THAT writer: .... LOVE
Lol that reminds me of Harry Potter 😂
Or magical pizza
Red Fox I want to argue, but you’re not wrong. 😂🤣😂
Or Undertale's True Pacifist Ending. I'm going to a bomb shelter now because I think I might get attacked.
Yes, but many people are villains or evil because of bad experiences.
Clear and *digestible* way
*Wears pizza outfit*
Tee hee 0:)
@@JennaMoreci, I'm thinking that Dante would have been a sausage guy, and Jane Austen would have been plain cheese pizza. Ha!
@@JennaMoreci Maybe I'm an idiot? At 1st watch of this video when you said the words "Number seven " it looked like you were holding up eight fingers. 🤭 My Mum who's a former English teacher advised me that before trying to write my novel, that I write it as a {one or two page} short story. When I 1st got the idea for my novel, I asked myself IF i should write it as a novel or short story & quickly felt to do the premise justice it "has to be" a novel. IS the ability to write suspense , mystery of happiness for the characters {of whichever the reader favors good or evil} in the arc for happy ending WITHIN a 1 or 2 page story. IF SO could you PLEASE do a video on it. Thank You {I'm also a dog person} . 🤔👩🏫✍🦸♂️🧞♂️🐕
@@JennaMoreci
I know this video is ancient, but do you ever find it weird how science could do just about anything, yet magic, especially hard magic, can be so limited and finite? I mean, just look at your computer using electrical power right now.
Not to mention some mistakenly think electrical power is just electricity entering a device when it is electrical current running in a circuit to generate an electromagnetic field, which produces energy perpendicular to the field's rotation. Of course, we wee not sure of that until we tried to run wires underwater and found out we needed an insulator, like air. Meanwhile, magic A is magic A and only functions this way, despite species or mechanism.
Note: I learnt that from some random youtube vids.
You know you respect someone when you can listen to them talk about magic in a giant pizza costume for 13 minutes straight.
I had a hard time watching
It's transmutation gone wrong. She tried to transform herself into the entire pizza but only managed to transform her torso into a giant slice.
I'd say like 10 minutes given the promotion
“A shoe” a shoe chooses the magic. I now want a story about a magical sentient shoe.
now I'm imagining something like the sorting hat from harry potter deciding magic except its a shoe.
*Please read in a cinema trailer voice*
Happy ever after was long gone, Cinderella is dead and the kingdom is falling into ruin. Their only hope for survival is to find the one who fits the glass slipper, for only they could save us all. Many have tried and none had succeeded... until a girl wearing a pizza jumpsuit stumbled half drunk across the castle and put it on. Will she be able to save the kingdom? ... Well if the shoe fits.
The wizard of oz?
Like Mike?
I once came up with a smelly necromantic sock. Maybe they would exist in the same world? 😂
I needed this honestly because right now my magic system is incredibly underdeveloped and confusing.
that's okay, the great thing about writing is you can edit it!
Figure out what you want it to do and work backwards. Also dont be afraid to have more than one micro system for magic ie pyromancy only needs words and waving fingers while necromancy requires a whole weeks worth of preparation and all sorts of crazy rituals. If you want to talk about ideas or concepts I'm always happy to chat and so are most writers for that matter.
Luisa Renee hard reboot the thing
Brandon sanderson has some good guidelines for magic systems. He has them on youtube.
Thanks for the advice guys!
Don't forget the strongest magic in the universe
*T H E P O W E R O F F R I E N D S H I P*
Becca G no! It’s the POWER OF LOOOOOOVVVVEEEEEEE
Becca G Sounds like an anime named Fairy tail, where that’s one of the reason a character becomes strong 😃
@@stasysandoval1426 I was reading a comment on UA-cam recently and someone referred to Erza as "Plotza" and it lowkey took me out 😂 but I love Erza and Fairy Tail nonetheless
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U never want the audience to say, “what’s their powers?”
“Whatever the writer wants them to be.”
As a pantser, I must take note of this :)
Exactly. One of my main problems with Frozen 2 was that they suddenly gave Elsa all these powers she didn't have before, then explained it with "She's the fifth elemental spirit." without explaining what the elemental spirits do or how she ended up being one when all the others were strictly not human and were anciently powerful. Like, how does being the fifth element mean that she can turn the water spirit itself into ice?
You watch jojo?
@@purplehermit Not really, you have to have an idea of how things actually work in the back of your mind, coming up with random stuff out of the blue isn't ideal
Basically RWBY
One day I asked my self where my magic came from and next thing i knew I was figuring out the creation of the universe in order to figure out the origin of magic
Same
Yes
Been there
I've done that before. Many times.
Oof. You got sucked into a black hole there 😂 I've been there too though
"Stakes aren't gonna be very high, if your protagonist or villain cannot be defeated whatsoever"
One punch man 😂
That anime is supposed to be funny not really "intense" or action based. The action is how the jokes are delivered.
His true villain is apathy
Yeah, but the point of that show is discovering happiness after you've climbed to the top of the corporate ladder
as she has said before there are exceptions to every rule
There was a certain super popular book with a magic system that totally ruined the novel for me. There were no limitations, and no reasoning whatsoever and eventually I didn't care much for the book because I knew they could just magic their way out of it.
I totally get wanting to spill all of the magical goodies on the pages, but I really love it when I read series which only show the tip of the iceberg when it comes to that special bit whether it is magic or world-building in the first book and dives deeper into the nuances in subsequent books. That really keeps me buying and reading!
This video has SO many great questions to ask yourself when creating a magic system. I'm definitely bookmarking for later! 🙌
Awwwwww thank you! And I agree on all points - if you tell me everything in book 1, I'll probably get bored and won't finish XD
Yeah, J. K. Rowling could make good characters and some nice plot twists, but her magic system has practically EVERYTHING that I don't like in a magic system: magic being an inborn power rather than something being reach through personal study and enlightenment, spells being based around merely saying phrase without any deeper understanding required (I'm looking at you, sectumsempra), characters not using spells in consistent or intelligent ways, et cetera.
Funny how the best magic systems tend to be found in tabletop RPG settings (like Exalted) rather than in literature (guess it might have something to do with helping setting a clear boundary for what players can and cannot do).
harry potter's tea
Harry Potter did have limits on the magic, albeit none that really proved a hindrance until the final book. Magic couldn’t be used to create something out of thin air, it had to come from somewhere or be replicated from something already existing. Broken wands couldn’t be repaired through magic, only the Elder Wand. The main consistency is that some magic was immune to other magic, like how the Invisibility Cloak wasn’t affected in the fourth book. It’s also implied severe injuries or health conditions are more difficult, as the hospital wing is regularly required and there’s a whole hospital.
I hope no one thinks I'm talking about Harry Potter in the scenario above, because I wasn't 😉
You're a pretty magical pizza
lol I do what I can XD
Hey! The background of your logo! Look familiar? :)
First there were magical girls. Now we have magical pizza girls. WHAT HAS MAGIC DONE?! :D
I listen to your videos and others like this while I clean?-
She was just giving a pizza her mind
I'm making a story where the main cast of characters are all demons, and my magic system is based on Sins.
Everytime a demon compels a human to comite a sin, he/she recieve a small gemstone related to that particular sim [pride, sloth, lust...]
and so the demon can consume that gemstone to evoke some magic, like: Rage gems can cast fireballs, sloth gems can make enemy fall sleep, lust gems can charm others...
Also the Gemstones are the currency in hell so the richer the demon the powerful he is. and also ties the magic system with the world economy.
That sounds like an awesome idea.
I bet that it will be an amazing story! I want to read it bcz it seems interesting💙
That's super cool!! The demons in my story (because every magical story has demons) can only use certain types of magic, such as transmutation and necromancy because they were not made by God. This means they cannot use most human magic such as fire magic, lightning magic etc, but if a demon can manage to kill and eat enough humans (or drink enough blood) they will get an advanced form of the magic those humans possessed.
Does that make sense? I'm bad at explaining things...
Now thats a good story right there
i have something similar! but the demons arent my main cast
Was I the only one waiting for Cliff to walk into the frame as a breadstick?
No
I wasn’t, but now that you mention it, that would have been super cool! 😂
Nobody:
Jenna: *dresses as a pizza*
I love you.
My two favorite magic systems are bending from avatar and alchemy from Fullmetal Alchemist.
Both systems are very neutral. Their is no good magic or bad magic it's very much how you use it. A perfect example is how in avatar firebending is used by good charecters like Zuko and Uncle Iroh and we have an entire episode in the third season where we learn firebending isn't destruction but energy instead. Also there was that lady that used water bending for bloodbending and enough evil earthbenders inside Ba Sing Sai to rival the fire nation
So you favor hard magic over soft magic. I favor soft magic (I guess Disney magic would be example) because it needs less explanation and there's less risk of making it confusing.
I was just thinking about writing a magical themed book for NaNoWriMo! You must be a mind reader Jenna!
it's one of my cyborg skills :P
In my stories there’s a VERY hard magic system that pretends to be soft magic. Some (usually only one or two non-main and usually borderline antagonist) characters know how to use magic to the point where it becomes practical, but the reader and other characters only see little bits of that. As an example, in my current story “the Karodor city nightmare” (title needs work) (also there’s music for the story on my channel) there’s a character known as “the Haruspex” (letting others know his name is a religious thing for his people), and he can use healing magic very extensively. There’s a scene near the midpoint of the story where a child is injured, and he pours an unknown (to the characters and reader) liquid on the boys arm, then plays a short tune on a small flute. The liquid causes intense pain, but once the tune is played the wound closes.
To the characters who are not the Haruspex, and to the reader, he just did some weird shit. To the Haruspex: he poured alcohol on the wound to clean it, then used magic to close the wound. If he had used magic without cleaning the wound he would have trapped dirt and bacteria in the wound, obviously bad.
The reader is never informed of this, and magic only shows up to play a minor roll a few times in the story. It’s hinted at that the magic the Haruspex uses is very important, and sometimes stated directly that he’s a world renowned healer. The thing is that what happens with magic in this story is fun and cool, but you don’t get the whole picture unless you theorize yourself, or read other stories.
Also a minor note, the flesh replaced on the boy came off the Haruspex, this isn’t shown until several chapters later. Conservation of mass and such still plays a roll. You can’t have the candy without paying for it.
the alcohol thing is actually quit brilliant nice job! :0
A few years ago, I wrote a first draft novel called Demon Axe, where the main protagonist uses a magical microphone to not only weaponize his heavy metal vocals, but also to gain influence over whatever audience he’s singing to. On the day that I finally get feedback on it and edit the hell out of it, I’ll definitely take the ten points in this video under consideration. You’re always helpful to me, Jenna, and for that I thank you so much!
First of all I would absolutely love to read this book
@@TheAceAllagator Thank you! I appreciate that! I'll have to get the book edited first, but you'll see it in the near future. :)
Garrison Haines-Temons I’d like to be updated on your book when you publish it. It will be awesome and good luck with the writing 😆
@@stasysandoval1426 Thank you so much! :)
Garrison Haines-Temons No problem. Let me know how it goes 😄
I'm never usually this early for a video ever. I love you so much Jenna, I've watched your channel for a very long time and think of you as like a best friend and mentor. I'm interested in making my own stories and your channel has been my go-to writing advice channel since the very beginning. Thank you for everything, making me feel less alone, and continue being the best you and live your best life.
I'm absolutely touched! Thank you!!!!!!
3:13 Hard vs Soft
4:10 Origin
5:10 Who has access?
5:34 Impact on society
6:37 Capabilities
7:09 Limitations
8:01 When to explain
9:27 Perspective
10:47 Keep it simple
11:27 Does it fit?
Thank you
I honestly love the magic system used in Rainbow Rowell's Simon Snow series. It blends so seamlessly into the modern real world and how people interact with it, not just on a local scale, but globally. She really thought her magic system out, and it shows.
Inconsistency in a magic system was always the biggest pet peeve here’s looking at you disarming charm since wandless magic was possible for kids under eleven.....
jenna: makes serious video about serious topic
also jenna: *wears pizza outfit*
It's amazing how this notification arrived to me, right as I was thinking to myself about my main character's magic progression. He mixes elemental magic with martial arts, and I was just thinking of how much more complex I wanted it be, the more I've been progressing through the chapters. Thanks for this!
Just in case... Have you seen Avatar (not the 2 movies by that name, the cartoon)? That's basically what they have, might give you ideas.
@@somerando1073 I only know of it by reputation, but never sat down to watch any of it, aside from random clips here and there on youtube. But it's always been in the back of my mind to watch it in full and learn from it, just forgot about it until now, haha.
You should watch Avatar- The Last Airbender. It’s got a great magic system that sounds like your one :)
@@apolloK9-y7b Will do! I'm grateful for you guys bringing it to my attention, because I genuinely did want to check that show out. Will definitely put it high up on the priority list of things to do now.
notification brought me here. I wrote a magic system like 2 years ago but this video would most likely help me (since mine is kind of very basic).
Also love the pizza costume Jenna (lol)
hope I'm able to help!
I'm a young writer. Just turned 18, in fact. I've spent most of my childhood reading fantasy novels. Something about magic just seemed to appeal to me; and do you know what always got me hooked? The magic system. It's a law of the world. It HAS to make sense. You can have great characters, great world, but once you go onto the selling point of the fantasy genre and fuck it up, you've doomed the rest of your novel. Now that I'm trying to write my own novel for real, it really helped me consolidate a system I can believe. Countless systems mixed into one.
A: Pizza Jenna is back!
B: I seriously think if I ever managed to get my own book finished/published, I'm going to have to thank Jenna in the acknowledgements.
It's 6am, and this is the first thing I see on my notifs. And Jenna's wearing the pizza costume-- I--
i loVE IT
P. S.: Great vid as always! Especially that costume
Jenna: "The more convoluted your magic system is, the less likely readers are to follow it. Obviously."
Me: *glares at the Fate franchise*
I never thought I would get to cross "have a woman dressed as a pizza give you advice on writing magic systems" off of my bucket list, but here we are
Now I want to know what else is on your bucket list.
Idea I just had (that someone has probably already beat me to): a setting with both hard and soft magic systems. Humans (and/or the other humanish species) use magic with hard set rules that they cannot break. The Fey can use magic that seems to have no rules or limitations are far as we can tell, but the Fey are frustrated by the fact that humans can do things like make promises and just break them, flat out lie (Fey may deceive but only while still technically telling the truth), touch iron, enter homes without permission, etc.
So,
humans = hard magic rules, soft behavior rules
fey= soft magic rules, hard behavior rules
This is an awesome idea! I haven't heard of it before.
@@Newfiecat me neither but usually when I think I've had a really great original idea it turns out like 1000 people have beat me to it
any story with fey lore is a fun time imo
Something I figured out to explain one section of my magic system is by making the character that practices it incredibly passionate. They love their magic and take any opportunity to gush about it. This lets me both explain this magic system in depth, and give an otherwise reserved character a chance to be more outgoing.
@Trin Silvers some of the time. They're a healer, and were raised in a tribe that specializes in a specific type of healing magic, but since leaving that tribe they've devoted themselves to learning all the healing magic they can, from spells to potions to artifacts. So they're constantly trying new magic, and they can very often mess up and cause another character a temporary handicap, all in pursuit of mastering healing magic. Their original type of healing magic is reliable, since they have decades of training in it, but it can be highly unethical, so they tend to stay away from it. Overall, they're a blast to write.
You have no idea how relieving it is for me to watch this video and realize that I've already done most of these things when planning out the magic system in a story I'm creating. I always feel like any stories I create are overly cliche, but after watching some of your videos I think I'm doing pretty okay.
#4 The Impact on Society is a huuuuuuuuge one and I feel it needs to be expanded on a bit more. A lot of fantasy writers tend to not fully think through the impact that access to magic would have on society, especially if magic is relatively widespread or common. For instance, having nature mages/druids or whatever being able to conjure vegetation like vines or cast water related spells in the form or tsunamis or whatever, but then still having a traditional medieval system of serfs farming crops for their lords and needing access to natural sources of water to do so. Why aren't mages conjuring up crops, or at least conjuring water or mulch to assist in crop farming? Clear limitations need to be put in place if you don't want your magic to affect these things, and if there aren't such limitations to it, there needs to be consideration taken for the logical place that magic would have for things such as this. And this is just one example. If magic is common enough in society, it would affect pretty much every aspect of the society, from culture to economics to politics to education, and more.
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Yes, dogs are truly amazing. Thank you for recommending the topic.
Tori Nicole+ *God has entered the server*
I always talk with my brother about magic systems when I plan them out or plan more out, and he helps me lay down all of the limitations to abilities.
Actually, I usually lay tge limitations down first...
This is perfectly timed. I just got home, and got a surprise package of a personally signed copy of The Saviors Champion. And now I get to watch this! My day has just been made. Love you Jenna💕💕
I was just thinking of developing my magic system more, and then THIS shows up? Absolutely gonna watch. I have a bunch of types of magic, and different emotions/states of mind tied to them (weather magic is easier when completely calm and in control of your emotions, but can go haywire when super emotional), but not really much of an explanation as to _how_ it's cast beyond normal people being able to learn magic just as well as witches.
I paused an audiobook for this video! 💕
Awwwww thank you!
Magic systems are my favourite thing ever, and I like them hard(ish), well developed and difficult to master (for the characters, not the readers)
I've been following all you advice from your previous videos and now I am halfway through my story. Can't wait to finish it.
Something I really appreciate about these kinds of lists on this channel is that for every piece of advice you give, I can think of someone who did it right.
When your magic system already aligns with this list 😎
That's me, man. That's me
wow im very glad i all of these are accounted for in my story. the hardest part was figuring where magic would fit, my answer: its kept secret and doesnt linger in memories if youre not actively engaged and around magic. that of course forced a kind of shield of normality around humanity pushing out much of the magic and magical beings, all of which is a product of increased human population and more possible people to understand and use magic to fight magically beings that prey on people. i quite like my cycle
I have been watching your videos for about the last month or so as I started to get back into writing thanks to my lovely girlfriend and future fiance. Your advice has helped me realize that I have more potential in me then I even knew was possible. I also wanted to congratulate you on being added amongst the greats and now I must read TSC. 😊
Most videos involving how to write a book: serious acting, smart dressed, teacher voice (dull, boring, long, confusing, makes me want to ram my head through a wal)
This channel: dresses up in a pizza costume, has no filter when it comes to cursing, is awesome with explaining what to do in a way that I can’t fuck it up
“BIG FIRE, GO BOOM 💥 “ you got me wheezing 😭
I was searching for this comment, and finally found it 😂😂
I'm currently publishing on Young Writers Society, and i've been trying my best to write my book to relay information regarding my magic system, but I've constantly asked myself if the way I was doing it was okay. Watching this actually helped me a lot with my self-doubts!
Perfect timing, I'm trying to fit a magic system into a science fantasy story where magic is like a science but I have like a metric buttload of stuff of to add too lol
I didn't think this would be helpful at first because I'm writing sci-fi, but then it occurred to me that the tech they use functions essentially as a magic system (but with explained in your typical sci-fi manner, I took an idea and ran with it). This video is very helpful to that since it will help me better structure the tech system I've got going.
Magic is something that I’ve had trouble developing in my story for months. Very helpful video!
This made me think about certain points in my own story that need to go bye bye. Thanks!
need to go bye bye
That's a nice phrase. I think I am gonna use it.
Why do you always know what I'm struggling with!?!?!? 😍 I'm currently writing a book that involves lots a magic, but was having trouble on magic scaling and what not, Thanks so much Cyborg QUEEN 👑
I've noticed that if ur writing a fantasy book with a magic system, no matter the level of the magic system, even if it isn't as extensive as others, it should have about the same time being developed as u do with the world building.
This is quite possibly the best video I've watched in my entire life 🤣 Pizza IS magic!!!
OH also, CONGRATULATIONS!! TSC deserves to be shown alongside the Master Storytellers!!!
THANK YOU SO MUCH YOU ARE A GEM!!!!!
@@JennaMoreci THANK YOU FOR RECOGNISING MY TRUE SELF! I am a magical gem!
I loved your little rap in the beginning.
lolololol
Me too :)
@@JennaMoreci we need the full version please. :)
It was such a bop
Now I want to write a book where all the magic comes from a shoe XD
To use the magic you must use the Shoe
Mom said it's my turn on the magic shoe
Then your story will be forever compared to The wizard of Oz or Cinderella :(
@@auroranix4162 Unless that the shoe is where literally all magic came to exists or smth
@@auroranix4162 Or Get Smart.
I thought I was proud of my magic system, but I see I have work to do yet. thank you! I swear you're the best youtuber haha
Congratulations on making best book!
You always seems to post exactly what I need when I'm working in a story. Could you do a video on your thoughts on the subgenres of paranormal? (Witches/Vamps/Demons/Mythology)
I'm sooo happy that your book was listed as one of the best books! I guess I became this happy because I kinda put myself in your shoes for a little bit...I don't know why I'm reacting like this even though I'm four months late. I just stumbled upon your channel, yesterday and I instantly subscribed. Keep the good work up!
There isn't a more glorious pizza costume in the entire universe.
A wonderful confirmation that my system is on a good path! I have the answers to all these questions ^_^ I have figured out a lot of logistical issues that could've ruined my story and pierced horrible plot holes in my stories. I really needed this injection of confirmation, as I haven't been writing regularly since I started working full time. And, congrats for making the bookdepository list!
Having magic come at a cost or price makes for good structure and drama. Fullmetal Alchemist subscribes to Equivalent Exchange, which prevents people from breaking the plot and showcases a wide variety of abilities, each with natural strengths and weaknesses. It’s weaved into the plot so much the overall macguffin is something that bypasses it.
Congratulations for making the list!!!
On the note of Magic, I played narrative rol playing games for years, and developed lots of magical systems, we always took the consideration of never being omnipotent, there has to be limitations and logical reasons to the use of powers. Equilibrium is the most important.
I love your videos and advice! I already came up with a basic magic system for my first comic and I'm working on drawing the first spell. Thank you so much for your advice, it helped me when I teased the first kiss!
ahhhh I'm so happy I've been able to help!
This was extremely helpful thank you!
if anyone's interested, here's a lore dump of the magic system I made for my book that only had magic show up a couple of times XD
There were 5 magic wielders when magic first came to this world, they died off millenniums ago but to hold magic you have to have some kind of blood connection to them, no matter how far down the family tree you are
If you're connected to this bloodline, then you can choose one of the multiple magic types and begin training on it, some examples being healing magic, element magic (which goes into subcategories), appearance magic, world magic (not as op as it sounds) and much more
Once you choose your magic type, you get an object connecting you to this magic which once you're bound to, makes it extremely difficult to learn any other type of magic
The most seen bounding items include; jewellery, staffs and wands (becoming less common)
Jewellery is used for people who prefer to do magic by hand, used for the most experienced of magic uses, wands and staffs are used as a guide to help focus the magic
Being a magic user more often than not gives you an extended life expectancy, only about a 15%-25% though
There's so much more I can go into with this but I'll leave it there lol
I'm so glad I watched this video because my magic system was basically: "My characters are in a bad situation. Time to pull a spell outta my ass to get them out"
Bit late to the party, but your advice has helped me through a lot of sticky situations in my own writing work xD started writing a fantasy romance novel and well so far so good ^^ in my story, everyone knows magic, but uses it in different manors. Idk made it interesting for me to explore ^^
I really need help with magic systems. Thanks for this video!
happy to help :D
"Magic...it's like the Force. You don't really need to explain it and trying usually just makes it worse"--Joshscorcher.
Hope that helps.
A fun way to show ultra powerful magic with weaknesses is in the Chronicles of Amber where magic takes a fair bit of energy but is ready strong so to balance this spells must require huge incantations that take anywhere from 15 minutes to four hours to recite so wizards "hang" spells by skipping a phrase in the incantations that when spoken will trigger the spell. The heroes now have crazy powers but have to spend a long rest preparing them and then have to be careful to remember wich phrases cast which spells. This could be used to great effect in a medieval setting with death note style intrigue where we watch for the right phrases to trigger between to smiling nobles secretly holding death spells over each others heads.
Pretty much the only limitation I have with my magic system is the overuse, exhaustion and temporary inability to use powers and I don't think it's enough. Looks like I need to get working on that
@Trin Silvers They come from these Psionic stones that can only be used on kids under the age of 19.
This is such a helpful video! I’m currently working on a story with magic in with hard rules (like each character has 1 ability and it is weak unless they are listening to music that resonates with them which enhances their ability) and a main character who only recently developed her magical ability so is learning it from her family and friends, finding it hard to work out when to explain things to readers without info dumping so this was such a good video!!!
This video was made for me and my magic/fantasy loving heart
I think I finally understand why I like your videos so much.
You remind me of my therapist, lmao.
No but seriously, so many great tips for someone thinking about an idea involving a magic system.
I was looking for a Jenna video. As I’m looking I get a notification for new video. Thanks Jenna 🤘🏻
I bought a copy of TSC a couple days ago. I've been waiting for my day off to curl up with a mug of tea and start reading it. Congratulations, I bet you are over the moon!
You deserve it Jenna, you worked soooo hard on TSC and it is awesome 👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
thank you sooooooo much!
A lot of people I know hate the rabbit hole of “wait why did I do that in this way” but I for one love it
Being able to ask myself the decisions I make beforehand helps me fix the glaring problems in the draft and more often than not allows me to go even deeper than I expected to with the lore or mechanics of the world
I’m a huge nut for lore/imagination so if I can’t understand my shit, nobody will (as stated in the video)
I’m watching this (though I’m writing a book about superheroes) and it was actually super helpful! I was surprised to see that I actually have answered most of these questions in my book already 😪
This really helps me as I am currently trying to figure out how the magic in my world works. I have gotten pretty far in it now and feel like I got a pretty interesting concept going and that is thanks to videos like this
Personally, I believe that in any hard magic system, the more well defined the weaknesses to magic are, the better. I generally find that with magic that has more weaknesses, it forces authors to think outside the box with how magic is going to be used in a fight or in any kind of situation.
So for example, if I want to make a telekinetic character, he can lift any object no matter how big or heavy, but it has to be an object with physical mass. He can't use his telekinesis to deflect energy beams or gas.
@@realJoeMavro Yes, something like that, but imo, it really depends on the medium, like if I wanted to do a comic, the weakness would have to be more visual, while if I wanted to do a book, the weakness could be more conceptual. It depends honestly, but yes, that idea makes sense
And I just got done eating a pizza. I already have my magic system written down and organized and I think you're gonna love it! I just need to draw it because it's easier if you visually see how it works.
You made me do a double-take, cuz I thought you said, "First: what is the point of *you* ?" I now realize you said, "First: what is the point of *view* ." lol
Rewrite... I think your a lovely teacher! I misjudged how boring this might be, but you explained everything so down to earth and easy and your character seems so lovely and real i think i just fell in love with you as a UA-cam
This is a great video! Hellofutureme also did a magic system video and that was pretty good too but I'm always excited for a new cyborg queen video!
I think I've actually devised a very nice magic system for my books. I'm just ironing out the final kinks. Bug testing in a sense :)
Hello there. I am a novice writer who started writing a book with a magic system and not even knowing where I was going with it.
This was very helpful and I was even making mental improvements for my system as the video went on. I’m gonna end up rewriting it but it’s worth it to make my story better. ❤️
omg congratulations!!!!! also thank you for this video, it's so sick!!
I could listen to Jenna singing the magical pizza song all day.
Pizza costume! Love it! And congrats on the award!
thank you so much!
@@JennaMoreci hrjebeueb thank you for responding!! I just finished the video and it was reallu helpful, im writing a story with magic in it at the moment and most of this stuff i didnt even consider. Your videos are great!
I’m trying to create a magic/elemental system and it’s so hard because I’ve been trying to balance out each magic group so not once is overpowered. It’s hard but it’s one of my passion projects. Funnily enough my current wip also has a magic system, though it’s more unknown in the world. Great video as always!
"If you can fit in The Holy Pasta-shoe, you will have the magic."
Thanks! This was super helpful. I found myself answering the questions as you posed them about the magic system in an upcoming project!
I should be working on my final edits before print but a pizza writer is way better use of my time
Writer problems! 🤷🏼♀️
Thank you Jenna! I haven’t been able to write much since I got a puppy, but I will definitely use this advice!
7:42 So, Midoriya, Got it.
Im-😂
Great tips. It took me a while to work on the magic system for my novel and I think I may go back and use your 10 questions to check it's the best it can be. Thanks, Jenna.
Me 12 minutes into the video:
Jenna is a pizza.
I needed this video so much and didn't even noticed. I've already did my research and heard about hard/soft magic system for my book, but never really understood it (like Harry Potter seems to not have limitations on magic but at the same time it keeps pressing the "you need to want it/say the correct words" button). Thank you Jenna, and awesome pizza costume btw
People do bling bling stuff when they shake their sticks.
Done, explained the entire power system of at least 300 books.
😄 lol!
Men can do bling bling stuff with their sticks, minus the second bling because it isn't nearly as impressive.
congrats on making Book Depository's list Jenna!