Sounds a lot like D&D to me. Don't you just come up with spells when they are needed in the story?

Yes and no. At least in my opinion that is. I've found that in my writing a spell when it's needed is the general thing that works for a lot of things, and it's usually in a magic system that is more found in random imaginative magic system rather than in some form of compunctionary, formulaic magic system. For me, having a plan on my spells and actually planning out the Magical Theory is a bit more structured for me. Granted, if the need arises to invent something magical or a spell that hasn't been figured out quite yet I will do so, but I've almost completely figured out what I'm going to do in regards to the Magic Theory and Structure of the Natural Laws of Magic in my world. So, yeah, no random creating for me, at least not completely random I should say.

so Reed, fess up.  Did you get the slinky to behave?  If so how?  "-)  couple oreos for you for your time. 

So far I've only added more kinks in the metal that is my slinky. I've added to somethings which is nice, but the worst of it is that I've come up with 5 new cultures and nations and have another 3-4 floating around waiting for some lightning to strike and charge them up.

The real kicker for me right now that's bogging me down is name creation, and it's mostly cause I can't continue on context with each culture/society/nation that I come up with. I keep coming up with names for things but none of the names coincide/jive/mesh well with the ones I came up with prior to the first. (ex. I came up with the name Sunvalla as a city name, but I can't come up with a name for the kingdom, and while I was attempting to do so I came up with the name Holiced which sparked me to jot down about 10 pages of descriptions and notes on a Northern (polar) Empire that is riddled with Dragons, Humans, and all sorts of mythical/fantastic creatures of the cold.)

I think what I need to do is be completely random in my approach and try not to come up with things one at a time but rather just let it all unfold from my mind as it comes and when I hit a Stop sign or road block, take the notes I have and try and compile them into something cohesive, if not incomplete.

Well, time to work on the magic of the world and try and come up with ideas for spells, spell schools, and how it's all going to start in the first place...oh, that gives me a good idea for a middle history of the world.......maybe I just need to start sound boarding ideas off of people...D@MN YOU SLINKY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 

Hey,

I'm an aspiring author with way too much interest in way too many things, my biggest problem is that I have developed and designed several different games and stories for games that I'm lost in my own head sometimes, I'm currently working on designing a Fantasy world that would drive a physicist nuts and any sane person would drop dead with the shear amount of information creating itself inside my head. My second biggest problem of all is trying to organize and decipher all the info on my world(s) onto paper and develop the story.

Wow....perfect example of my head not being quite what I'm looking for it to do right now...let me say that a little better, maybe shorter sentences.

I'm an aspiring author in the Fantasy settings. I've developed a world that is a massive undertaking, considering that the world is approximately 10 times the size of Earth, and I have spent the last 2 years designing the maps, cultures, and populating the world with history, peoples, and creatures. I have figured out one thing out of all that I've developed lately is that, for me personally, taking everything that I've prepared and turning it into an RolePlaying Game is actually helping me develop the laws of nature, and magic. Oh, my other project that I recently started is a Fantasy/Sci-Fi/Comedy bit that involves a egotistical 'Verse Walker' that gets caught up in some goofy little bits throughout the many universes in, around, beside, and behind our own universe.

I just hope someone understands what I just said and can give me some hints/suggestions/nudges/ideas on how to get from mind to paper for my stories.

Ummmm, yeah, ..., later