Thoughts on Writing – Developing a Magic System

I’m in the process of polishingMagic’s Stealing, anda beta reader pointed out a plot hole regarding one of my magic systems.Since my mind is now stuck on working through that problem, today I’m going to go intothe process of developing magic systems.

In Magic’s Stealingthere are three types of magic:ribbon magic, string magic, and word magic. The problem system isribbon magic, which is the mostcommon. It’s the magic that gets stolen, leaving the two main characters as the only mages.

As it st...