 Fantasy: December 27, 2011 Issue [#4791] |
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This week: Fantasy = imagination brought to life Edited by: Kate - Writing & Reading  
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{center}"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."
Edgar Allan Poe
Greetings, I am honored to be the guest editor for this issue of the Writing.Com Fantasy Newsletter ^_^ I believe that all creative writing, be it poetry or prose, has an element of fantasy. We write what we know, perceive, and imagine.
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Greatings, weavers of words inspired by imagination Think about it, the word "fantasy" itself has myriad definitions; but thumb through any dictionary, or surf dictionary.com or wikipedia.com, and you will see that they all begin with "imagination."
Is that not what writers do? ~ Observe, perceive, or visualized an object, emotion, situation, and with pen/pencil, or keyboard, use words to develop a story or a poem that relates that observation, perception, or vision.
The type of writing commonly called "fantasy" is further defined as "fiction with a large amount of imagination in it." The identifying trait of fantasy writing is the inclusion of fantastic elements in a self-coherent setting (wikipedia.com). So the writer of fantasy creates a world peopled by believable characters, albeit with traits or features uncommon in our daily existence. The fantasy writer brings them to life in a believable alternate reality, not only to the writer, but to those who would read his/her words.
Much of fantasy writing is based on myth, legend, or history. Some of the oldest known written documents, i.e., Epic of Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, The Arthurian Legends contain elements of fantasy blended with then-current reality
Fantasy is simultaneously 'classic' and 'new' ~ as dynamic as the authors who regale us with their perceptions, reality, research, and imagination. Some fantasy stories of the '50s and '60s envisioned travel to the moon. That is now a page in our history books, albeit missing some of the more colorful antagonists (at least that we know).
As a dynamic form, fantasy writing incorporates and embraces knowledge and technology, along with history and vision. Today one can read of battles with fire breathing dragons in medieval times, and battles with Ragnarok in a Final Fantasy manga story - note the use of Norse mythology in this futuristic other-world setting
If you're not sure where to start, or find yourself stuck in a cavern without a flashlight (note, I don't allude to 'blocks' but choose a more vivid image (yes, fantasy begins with image = imag-ination, why not try using a compass as a guide or, if you don't have one handy, use the rising and setting sun for 'direction.'.
 Face North, feel the halcyon winter wind, taste icy stalactites, dripping rainbow glimmers, let gnomes guide you across and beneath earth's surface, opening doors to secret places on mountaintops to climb and caves and caverns to descend and explore; hear the silence and snow and sibilant whispers; feel the deep black sky that holds all colors.
Face East, hear the flutter of sparrows, the glimmer of dewdrops, laugh with faeries as the sun rises in a soft blue sky and they plan their daily deeds (both benificent and mischievious - you incite their demeanor as you write). Blue skies, air, sprintime dewdrops, first buds and stems.
Face South, feel the warms of summer's sun; see the white heat shimmer on the highway, reflecting all colors. Fly with dragons as they take flight with fire in their eyes; watch salamaders dance in the flame of a candle or a bonfire; fireflies buzz skyward to greet the stars at twilight. The dry desert heat and volcanic magesty. Thunder and lightning both hide and reveal beings of magesty both kind and destructive. It's your call which you choose to engage.
Face West, as cerulean blue skies greet the sun and moon's kiss at twilight, and swim with undines, mer-people, dolphins, in a stream, lake, river, ocean. Autumn harves rituals, traditions, festivals invoke battles of valor, cunning, of coupling and parting.
See, it's fun to engage the imagination with just a bit of 'direction' to encounter the fantastical all about us in the world mundane. Now, when you write what you see, hear and imagine along whatever direction(s) you choose to take, you're creating an otherworld that's as believable and real as the eyes on the face (or perhaps the eyes on the claws or wings or in the mouth) of your traveler on the journey fantastic.
Write On
Kate
Kate - Writing & Reading
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Check out these stories and poems where fantasy is brought to life in vivid variety ~ Let the creators of these otherworlds know (with a review of note) if you were able to find your way with or without a compass
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Now, make your own trail, set your eyes on the sky or mark the directions on your compass, and weave your own fantasy as you imagine
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