 Fantasy: October 30, 2013 Issue [#5909] |
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This week: Temporary Insanity Edited by: Annette  
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Temporary Insanity
Do you believe everything you read? I do.
Fantasy writers and readers all suffer from a state of temporary insanity. For the most part, that insanity goes away once the writer told their story or the reader closes the book.
But while we are in those pages, be it as a reader or a writer, aren't we convinced that all those things we read about are real? When reading a fantasy novel with strange beasts that have six legs, long tusks, and short grey fur, don't we see it, hear it, believe that beast to be as real as the sun? Just because we can't touch it, it's got to be real since we can see it so clearly in our minds.
Fantasy is a beautiful genre to write in. There are no boundaries for the imagination. As long as you can imagine and describe it, it doesn't matter how plausible the things you describe are or not. For the duration of the story telling, they feel real. When a favorite character dies, we might cry. I remember when I read the seventh Harry Potter book and one of my favorites died, I simply fell backward (on my bed, not the floor) and let some tears of grief run down my face.
I must have been insane. That character never lived in real life. That character is the figment of imagination of a woman who lives in England. I've never met her. Yet, she made me cry from real grief. I felt real misery.
Misery. Like the book by Stephen King in which an insane nurse kidnaps an author and forces him to resurrect her favorite heroine so that she can keep having adventures. As Stephen King shares his insanity through his insane characters with us, let us share our insanity with readers. As you write fantasy and let that world live within you, remember, your readers will be just as crazy as you while they read. 
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For my Fantasy Newsletter "Magic" , I got a reply not shown in the last newsletter:
Joy  wrote: Great NL and excellent take on Magic, Giselle. 
I'm sure this information will come in handy if I write a fantasy story.
Thank you for the praise. I got that bit of advice from Holly Black when I got to see her during a release party. It was nice to be able to pass on the wisdom.
For my Fantasy Newsletter "Own Your Fantasy World" , I got the following replies:
BIG BAD WOLF is Merry  wrote: Sometimes things will be weird. "Monsters Versus Aliens Sequel"
You bet.
Rochndil wrote: Greetings!
I enjoyed your newsletter. I'd like to offer some thoughts on the theme, "Own your own Fantasy World." I agree with you, in general, but it's also important to stimulate the sense of wonder in the reader. Yes, characters who live in Aelfheim or Moria or Equestria shouldn't find their familiar environment "special." BUT, the reader needs to do so, or much of the impact of the fantasy can be lost. It's a bit tricky to write things so the reader will say "Wow" while the characters say "ho-hum" - but that's exactly the way it should work. A common work-around (cheat) is to drop in a protagonist who, like the reader, WILL find the fantastic elements to be...fantastic. It's a lot more challenging to do the same thing with a "native" instead. It's a good problem to turn over in your head and give some serious thought to.
Rochndil, who tries to mix elements of the mundane with the fantastic to pull the reader along.
Well, you are right. The reader should still be surprised by the amazing world while the natives wouldn't be. I do thin though that the author, in narration, can describe his imaginary world in all it's wondrous details without himself appearing to be surprised.
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