 Fantasy: November 06, 2012 Issue [#5352] |
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This week: World Building Edited by: Prosperous Snow celebrating  
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When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature. ~ Ernest Hemingway
The only reason for the existence of a novel is that it does attempt to represent life. ~ Henry James
It takes more then fifteen minutes to build a world. ~ Prosperous Snow
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In order for the characters in a fantasy or science fiction novel to be "living people" the world they live in has to have elements of reality. The world has to have a history, which includes cultures, religions, politics, governments, and rules for a well run or badly run society. The question is How do you build a world in which your character interacts as a real person? The answer is to sit down and write a background or draw maps of the world where the character lives.
A writer needs to answer several basic question when building a world for the character. What is the political climate? Who are the governing bodies? Is it a world governed by tribes, city states, nation states, or a planetary government? What are the religions? What are the laws governing society? Who enforces those laws? How do the citizens and various other elements of society interact with each other? How does the character respond to the elements of his or her world?
Those are some of the basic questions for building a science fiction or fantasy world. These questions can be considered as part of the plot construction if the novel is not part of a series. If the novel is part of a series then the questions can be answered in fifteen or twenty minute writing exercises focusing on one or two questions at a time. The write needs to answer some of these questions in order for the novel to " represent life" and the character to appear real in the context of the novel.
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Stories and Poems
Excerpt: I saw a dragon yesterday
who pulled his wagon through the clay.
He dragged it down a puddled street
while stomping with his muddy feet.
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Excerpt: Their space ship came, and we watched the aliens land.
Our humans fled west to escape the aliens' demands.
The aliens emerged from their spacecraft and waited.
The aliens said, “We are Borg. You will be assimilated.”
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Excerpt: I think most people have had the misconception that living in space is exciting or adventurous. It isn’t. There is nothing more boring.
Excerpt: “And how does that make you feel?”
Excerpt: Dancing, he dances to awake his shadow, to turn life into it, making it a living being. He relies on magic knowledge.
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Excerpt: Dread settled over the city as night fell once again. The normal sounds of drinking and revelry had long since died. The torches lining the streets spluttered and cooled, sending acrid smoke rising in the air and filtering into the windows of homes and businesses alike.
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Excerpt: “Once again, young man. What is your name?”
Excerpt: Avery ran as quickly as she could, Darian was right on her tail. He swore that if he ever caught her alone, no one would ever see her again. She had never understood what she had done so wrong, all Avery knew was right now is, she needed to run.
Excerpt: “Do you want me to read you a story before bed?” Lidia’s mother asked as she helped the little girl into her bed. Lidia shook her head. She didn’t want to admit it, but the fairy tale stories that would have thrilled her weeks before were only scaring her now...
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Excerpt: “Don't look at me. I don't know what's going on either,” Shara said, petting the neck of her dragon to take the harshness from her words. Words her dragon, Elnori, would have been unable to hear over the wind had she not used her thoughts to project the meaning directly into his mind. “All I know is we have been called back from our patrols, and that can't be good.”
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Excerpt: "Now Jessabel, remember, you must be presentable at all times," said an elderly anthro vixen.
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{suser:voodooshampoo)} writes: thanks for featuring my story! i promise that more of doctor Harsh will be available by the end of the month ... maybe i shouldn't promise, but i know for sure i will try to get the next story out
what you can expect is a story that isn't as pressed by a word limitation of 1000 words, instead it will be 2000 words limit
You're welcome. Prosperous Snow celebrating
jim1184  writes: Great news letter. I am slow, it takes half a day for me to get 1,666 words. Butt in seat and write is the answeer for me. Word of caution be careful mixing hand written and typed. I have a bunch of notebooks and computer files. I have to mesh into the novel it was suposed to be. Major chore. Thanks Jim.
BIG BAD WOLF is Howling  writes: Idea pops into me head- and it burns until I start to type.
readsalot writes: This helped e in a way. I have my own plann to writing but I do want to think the writer of this newsletter on giving me advice to write the story print it then edit. I would also like to give the readers of this newsletter my own plan. I write it down in a notebook then once I'm done with that I go look and edit. After that I write it on the computer then I write it in another notebook.
Thank you for sharing your plan. Each writer has to have a plan because without a plan noting is accomplished. Prosperous Snow celebrating
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