So, you wanna play a wizzy. Or a sorcerer. You're got to playing in Pathfinder, so you check the races... God! Elves are huge at arcane. Get an elf... Why in the world? If you don't want the optimization, you can play a wizard without using an elf. This is not a optimization guide, just a bunch of suggestion on how to play an alternative wiz. I'm playing a dwarf wiz, in my campaign. So, if you check for something not strongly optimized, there's some hint. First of all, check out the Treantmont's guide to God (insert link) for what it means to be a God. It have a lot of really good advices. But then, what if you want to play a dwarf? Well, in my experience, dwarves must be extremely "conceptual" (meaning that specially at first level, you don't bother too much about going melee), so you can save the spells for when needed. So, go on...