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hey Bruce! an opinion question if you don't mind.
in my book. not only does the Welterr empire have the brotherhood to help them, but they also have a strong military, including an army and navy.
i heard of two high navy ranks... Fleet Admiral, and Grand Admiral.
though i am going to use both ranks in the book, i had contemplation's of which rank should be higher. most of the people i talked to said Grand Admiral sounded higher than Fleet Admiral.
but i'd like your opinion as well. Out of Fleet Admiral and Grand Admiral, which one sounds like the higher rank to you?
thanks for everything!
Byron Lee
in my book. not only does the Welterr empire have the brotherhood to help them, but they also have a strong military, including an army and navy.
i heard of two high navy ranks... Fleet Admiral, and Grand Admiral.
though i am going to use both ranks in the book, i had contemplation's of which rank should be higher. most of the people i talked to said Grand Admiral sounded higher than Fleet Admiral.
but i'd like your opinion as well. Out of Fleet Admiral and Grand Admiral, which one sounds like the higher rank to you?
thanks for everything!
Byron Lee
Reply by Bruce Coville
Hi, Byron -
Ah, now we have hit an important point. Even when writing fantasy literature, you will be using real life things (such as the navy). Which means that you must do your research. Really, even a book that comes almost entirely from your imagination involves research. You're lucky, in that research is much easier now in the age of the internet than it was when I started.
In this case, the real question is not which rank sounds higher to me (that would be Grand Admiral) but which is really higher. So you need to study the structure of rank in the Navy.
This is a really important thing for a young writer to realize. Research is your friend!
All best
BC
Ah, now we have hit an important point. Even when writing fantasy literature, you will be using real life things (such as the navy). Which means that you must do your research. Really, even a book that comes almost entirely from your imagination involves research. You're lucky, in that research is much easier now in the age of the internet than it was when I started.
In this case, the real question is not which rank sounds higher to me (that would be Grand Admiral) but which is really higher. So you need to study the structure of rank in the Navy.
This is a really important thing for a young writer to realize. Research is your friend!
All best
BC