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Fantasy: August 18, 2021 Issue [#10930]




 This week: Fantasy: Creating Your World
  Edited by: amy-Finally writing a novel. Author IconMail Icon
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Hi! This is amy-Finally writing a novel. Author IconMail Icon, you editor this week. In this issue learn about the art of world building and enjoy some wonderful pieces from some of the site's finest authors.


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For any fictional piece this is very important. It is very important for Fantasy pieces. Your characters exist in a separate world than we live in. You should blend the factual and the fictional, but the world your characters live and react in is a world you are creating. It should be cohesive and support your characters and your plot.

Think of the world you live in. The laws, societal norms and attitudes shape what that world is. The same is true for your fictional world. When I wrote my children’s book I imagined what I wanted my fictional world of Callah to be like.

I would recommend that you do like you did with your mind map. Sit with a pen and paper or a digital document with your mind map at hand. Decide what you want in your imaginary world. The politics, the attitudes even businesses, should all be included in your world to make it full and realistic. Decide what your characters will believe, what will be important to them and what issues will affect how they live. Will your world be filled with poverty or affluent? Will your world be ruled by politics or filled with anarchy?

When I created my magical world of Callah I considered a few things before I started to write the short stories for the book. Callah was an imaginary world of magic and mystical creatures. These things were common place in my world. Animals and plants spoke and had their own personalities. Kings and queens ruled. I took note of all this while creating Callah.

Take your piece of paper or digital document and start creating. Create your governments. Develop the businesses that will fuel your world. Give your world issues and beliefs that will push your characters to action. Decide on family structures and moral values. All this will help create your characters and drive how they react and think. Your characters must be real and vibrant to your reader, and a well- developed world will give your characters depth.

If there are elements from your own life that you feel would work well in your book, include them. This might also give your world and your book depth and believability. It will be a world that your reader can sink into. They will be more likely to start your book and not finish reading it until the very end.


Editor's Picks

 A Measure of Luck Open in new Window. (E)
Winner. Can luck be controlled, if you're careful?
#2256477 by Graywriter Author IconMail Icon


 Bequeath (Draft 2) Open in new Window. (E)
A young lady sneaks into a warehouse to retrieve a bequeathed treasure stolen by her dad.
#2256287 by Shana Byrd Author IconMail Icon


 The Arena - Complex Fantasy/Fiction Open in new Window. (13+)
My attempt to write in GRRM's complex sentence structure. Seeking in-depth content review.
#2130690 by Xander Scott Author IconMail Icon


 Tales From the Guild Open in new Window. (13+)
Chapter one: Escape from the Labyrinth Mountain
#2255223 by shyguy42 Author IconMail Icon


 
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Margie's gone! Open in new Window. (E)
Margie's bad day is just the beginning. Flash fiction contest entry. (Winner)
#2256256 by BlueJay Author IconMail Icon

 
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