 Fantasy: November 16, 2016 Issue [#7974] |
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This week: All Fiction is Fantasy Edited by: Kate - Writing & Reading  
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There are things known and there are things unknown,
and in between are the doors of perception.
Aldous Huxley
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than
my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
Albert Einstein
Greetings, and welcome to this week's edition of the WDC Fantasy newsletter, where we explore that which we see - or imagine - just past the corner of the eye.
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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 the daily mundane. 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 (as far as we know ).
Now that many of us are enmeshed in NaNo or RebelNaNo, when caught in a muddled middle, engage in a fantasy exercise - remember, all fiction is built upon fantasy/imagination  If you feel mired in mundane reality, or find yourself stuck in a cavern without a flashlight (note, I don't allude to writer's '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 to gauge direction.
 Face North, feel the first touch of impending winter's cold, 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 helpful and mischievious - you incite temperament as you write).
 Face South, feel the warm ebb of summer's sun; see the white heat shimmer on the highway, reflecting all colors. Fly with dragons as they take to sky 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 majesty. Thunder and lightning both hide and reveal beings of majesty 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 harvest 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 and catch a glimpse of the mote just outside the eye's sight. 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
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