 Fantasy: July 25, 2018 Issue [#8952] |
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This week: Write Fantasy with a Group Edited by: Annette  
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Write Fantasy with a Group
You don't have to write Fantasy just for yourself.
Fantasy is possibly the most fun genre to write in. The simple reason for this is that 'fantasy' can't be contained, regimented, regulated, forced into historical context, or get bogged down with actual peer reviewed scientific facts. In fantasy, the worlds, the characters, the plot can be 100% yours.
At the same time, the ability to leave all known territory and write as wild and free as you fantasy will allow you to can lead to a lack of readers and feedback. You can find common ground with other fantasy writers who have banded together in Fantasy Writing Groups here on Writing.Com. Since they also write fantasy, they will have a tendency to be more open minded toward your writing.
If you're having a hard time finding readers for your fantasy genre writing, start by searching out other fantasy pieces. Read and review them. At the end of the review, you can ask if they know of a working, active fantasy group here on Writing.Com. You can also link to one (1) of your items of similar length and ask if the person you just reviewed would be willing to review your writing in return.
Once you find a group that would work for you, find out how to join. Sometimes, you have to fill out a survey. Other times, you have to email the owner or a host. Joining a group means you're going to have to participate and most likely review more. On the other hand, you will get more exposure for your writing and grow as a writer too.
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Replies I received for my last Fantasy newsletter "The Lollipop"
Elfin Dragon-finally published  wrote: I love fantasy an I just noted in another newsletter how we, as fantasy writers, need description to introduce our readers to our world. I like how you suggested writing the sentence. Me? I might even go one step further.
"The tiny blue pixie fairy fluttered away, carrying off my multi-colored lollipop."
Why reduce it to tiny? Because I get a sense of how large the fairy is by: 1) you use the term pixie, and 2) it's carrying off the lollipop. The vast majority of people reading fantasy (even those not) understand the term pixie to mean a very small/tiny fairy. And it would have to be big enough to handle the lollipop. Thus hand-sized.
Good point.
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Quick-Quill  wrote: You are so right. Back 100 years ago, the first example would have thrilled the reader. Not so today. We all know what a lollipop is. The writer sometimes has to describe things in detail from character to character if its something new. No one knew what a lollipop was in say, 1045AD or maybe in in 3045 after the world collapsed. Interesting how writers have to dance between the reader's knowledge and a world that hasn't known what a lollipop is.
 It never crossed my mind that my example still has to be kept in historical context. You are so right!
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You're welcome.
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