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Tips to Writing a Fantasy Novel That's Different and Unique

The first thing I want to impart on youworld - based on an accumulated wisdom.
is about the very nature of "fantasy".Creation of systems and beings - This is
It implies an act of creativewhere you can have a lot of fun yet
imagination. That is great for you as astill impart something special to your
writer. You are writing a story andreaders. Aren't there already enough
building a world. And it is your world.ogres, elves, and dwarves tromping
Absolutely anything applies! Writearound the pages of fantasy novels?
anything you want to write. Don't beCouldn't you come up with something new?
boxed in by traditional rules ofDraw some sketches and write down
fantasy. You are in control ofoutlandish ideas. How about a whale
everything and nobody can tell yousized creature that floats through the
otherwise. Let loose and just see whereair eating microscopic bacteria? Or a
you imagination takes you.race or elf-like creatures that fire
And this doesn't just apply to theelectric eels from their bows? As far as
characters, world and story. This alsosystems go wouldn't it be different to
applies to the rules of writing. Want tohave your adventurer stay in one place
write your whole novel in a new languageand have all the adventures come to him?
that only one-eyed centaurs speak? GoRather than tromping around the world
with it and see where it takes you. Wantmaybe the world would come to his front
your story to jump around in timedoor. How about a world where every
-spanning ten thousand years? Cool! Howsingle living creature falls asleep for
about writing it in epic poem style orthe duration of the full moon? It would
from varying points of view? This isbe fun to find out what happens when
your world. Write it any way you wantthey all wake up.
to. Don't be afraid to explore theSome cautions for your new imaginative
mechanics of writing in new ways. Ifwriting
you have this nagging feeling that youJust because you are writing something
should be writing a certain way then whynew and creative doesn't mean you
aren't you?shouldn't have any discipline. You are
Here are some tips and ideas on what youstill writing for people. And people
can tinker with in your novel to make ithave expectations. That means there has
more creative and differentto be a certain logic and sense in your
Time - This is one of my favorite thingsworld. You have to lay out rules in a
to tinker with. Time doesn't have toway that the reader will understand and
plod along at the usual pace. And If youaccept as natural.
have been writing for a while you haveSo don't find yourself falling into the
become a bit sensitive to time, nd youtrap of just coming up with something to
probably already tinker with it. Does asolve a situation or crisis. One of the
two minute sword fight take two minutesworse things you can do is just all of a
to read? Nope. The basic rules of timesudden grant your main character the
need not apply to your writing. Want toability to cast a spell that solves a
write your whole novel in the one minuteproblem. Don't bend your rules to make
life span of some type of fantasyyour story work. Layout your rules then
creature? I think it would be fun andwork within them.
challenging.With a little bit of imagination you can
Perspective - Is your main charactercome up with a world and a story that is
human? That's perfectly fine buttotally different, yet totally rewarding
wouldn't it be a challenge and a lot offor your readers. Let yourself loose,
fun to use some kind of other creaturetry different things, and see where
as your narrator? How would a strangethey lead. You are the creator of a
fantasy creature think? An easy way oftotally new world and just about
looking at this would be from theanything goes. Just make sure you
perspective of a dragon that lives fortemper it with some discipline so it
thousands of years. Wouldn't that dragonmakes sense.
have a whole different outlook on the



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