[Salone]

Originally Posted by Lawtan

The "take things too seriously" sometimes gets me into the "writer's block"

(More like "research as much as I know how to, missing something insultingly obvious, and then try to not violate knowledge with my initial idea")

Sometimes I find that researching too much is a detriment. The average reader doesn't need to know the nuanced mechanics behind a lot of goings on in stories. A brief overview or scattered bits here and there help. But unless you're making a Powerpoint presentation for something, let's go with... "Wizard mechanics and the economic impact of limitless magic upon society" for some sort of boy wizard school, you can generally leave it at "Magic! It's cool, isn't it?" and that's that.

Slow it down, keep it short, keep to that one quote about making it simple enough for a six year old to understand it.

Besides, Hollywood has been doing everything the incorrect way for decades, and that hasn't stopped them.