Top 4 Reasons Why Fantasy Books Are So Long (New 2024)
So, like most breathing homo-sapiens recently, I’ve been reading fantasy. Lots of it. So much in fact, I am beginning to believe I may not be able to finish all of them. As much as I enjoy this fact, there are others out there who feel the need to finish a book they are reading. These distressed folk have been battling with a question; why are fantasy books so long these days? If you have already read my how to be consistent article, then you will be ready for this technique. And to be honest? It’s actually simple. Fantasy books are so long because they have to give a lot of detail. Unlike other genres, the mass appeal of fantasy is the fantasy world itself, thus most fantasy need to be immersive. Secondly, readers cannot be immersed in a world they have never seen before, with weird technologies, and ecosystems that they just do not understand, so fantasy books spend a lot of word-time on introducing the world to the readers. Thirdly, the fantasy books need to set up the climax of the story by introducing a power system that is cohesive with the plot of the story. These things put together lend to the word-time of fantasy books bloating more so than you could expect. But, it’s not as bad as it may seem. This article will be detailing just how that’s the case: How Long Are Fantasy Books Usually? Fantasy books are usually 50,000 to 150,000 words long. This is a massive number. And according to self-publishing school this makes fantasy tied to sci-fi, and with only dystopian fantasy coming close to their numbers with 120,000 words length. However, this is just an average. With different types of fantasy genres, it can even grow bigger. The same article also states that YA, and adult fantasy have different ranges of industry accepted word counts. YA fantasy is often expected to be lower than 90,000 words. Meanwhile, Adult Fantasy books are usually 90,000 – 200,000 words long. Why Are Fantasy Books So Long? 1. They Have A Lot Of Detail Fantasy books have a lot of detail compared to many other stories. Most fantasy books have a lot of work to do compared to other stories. They therefore tend to have a lot more similes, and metaphors. They tend to have a lot of time with characters spent just walking, or experiencing a facet of the world in a sort of detail that most other stories can’t. This bloats this genres’ word-time. 2. They Have To Be Immersive Fantasy books have a responsibility to be more immersive. The further strain placed on fantasy worlds is that readers have come to expect fantasy worlds to feel real. They want to experience how the worlds look, how the smell, how they sound, and how they feel. Fantasy even has an entire game known as D and D, where players meander around a world, immersing themselves in its every facet. This means that this genres’ books must do the same for readers. 3. They Introduce Entirely New Worlds Fantasy stories have the responsibility of introducing entirely new planets to people. If you’ve read my how to world build article, then you know what types of demands world building requires. You need to world build historically, so that your story is cohesive and makes sense for why characters are where they are today. Also, so that it makes sense why the world looks the way it does today, which leads to the second part. You need to world build ecologically. This means you need to take care of the plants, the weather, the stars, and man made ecologically structures, such as cities, vehicles, and even things like weapons, and clothes. This would also mean having to pay attention to things like races and physical appearances. Finally, you need to world build socially. You need to understand the languages of the people. you need to understand their customs. Their special days. You need to list out how they interact with each other, and what they find right and wrong. Keep in mind, you need to do this in a way that won’t disrupt any of the other 2 arenas. So through out the 3 areas, socially, historically, and ecologically, there needs to be a cohesion. This is hard. And it takes a whole lot of word time to get done. 4. They Need To Set Up The Climaxes Using New Worlds Fantasy needs to set up its conflicts so that it has satisfying resolutions. The simple world for this is power-systems. As often spoken about in other articles, such as the fantasy vs sci-fi article, fantasy’s biggest strength is that it has a central conflict that is shown most visual. The power system of characters in fantasy is usually the physical expression of the themes in the story. That’s why angry characters tend to use fire, and such. It’s because the writers use the power system to show us what we do not know about the world. What is the consequence of this? It is of paramount importance for a writer of this genre to make sure that their power system is what binds the characters, the world building, and the story. Unfortunately, the only way to verify whether these things were bound seamlessly is with the climax of the story. Only then will we see that the set up was worth it, and was logical. This therefore means that more words must be spent by the author to explain how the magic system works, and why it works the way it does. At the same time, leave it ambiguous enough how this will help solve the conflict of the story so that it remains enticing. Suffice to say, this is a lot of words. Are Fantasy Series Getting too Long? Fantasy books are getting too long. As observed in this article by medium, between the years of 1999 and 2014, the average book
Is It Wrong To Read Fantasy? 8 Reasons It’s Fine (New 2024)
Now that we have already covered just how popular fantasy is, and why it is popular, there is an additional thing we need to discover. As I read through the research for those articles, I could not help noticing something. It seemed as if people have some reluctance to indulge in their fantasy desires. Firstly, many people seem guilty to read fantasy. Some feel they are too old, while others feel that their religious beliefs may hold them back. Finally, others have no guilt, but they just aren’t sure what benefits they will receive from fantasy. So. Should you read fantasy? You should read fantasy, because there is nothing wrong with reading fantasy. Its fine if you are above the expected age, because the majority of fantasy readers are adults. Secondly, its fine if you are Christian because the most popular fantasy series tend to have Christian undertones/inspirations in the first place. Finally, you should read fantasy because fantasy has a number of physical benefits for your life. Fantasy increase your cognitive capacity, allowing you to think in new and creative ways, while also providing exercises that train your mind to grow accustomed to the sorts of cognitive strains. Additionally, it lifts your mood, and as a consequence, could not only improve your health, but also improve your productivity, thus improving your ability to compete in life/business/school. Admittedly, these are extremely boisterous claims. However, I have seen a lot of studies that back these points up, so if you find you are still unconvinced, here is the additional information that expands on each of these points. Is It Ok For Adults to Read Fantasy? It is Ok for adults to read fantasy. A lot of studies and surveys done found that the majority of fantasy readers tend to be adults any way. A study conducted by fantasy-hive found that the typical fantasy reader was a woman in her 60s, who reads books in paperback and on her tablet. or maybe on an ereader. This may be surprising to learn, but the typical expectations are met with the other part of the study. This is the part of the study that discovered that the typical reader of this genre could also be a man in his 20s who reads his books on his smartphone, or in paperback. But of course, a single study was not enough, so I went looking for another. Tinadubinsky also conducted a survey to track the desires of their readers. However, instead of focusing on the gender of the readers, this time they tried to gage the age of the readers. What they found is that 53.1% were over 40 years of, 36.7% were 26 to 40 years old, and 8.2% were 18 to 25 years old. In total, that would mean 98% of the SSF consumers were people over 18 years old. Thus, they were adults. But this study was a university centric study. My favorite study on the subject is the next one. A research paper from James Cook University did a study in science fiction, and fantasy. The paper is a collection of multiple papers that were done throughout the years that detail the demographics of fantasy readers, going back to the 1900s. This way, we get to observe the shift, and change of fantasy readers demographics with the progress of society and technology. This paper shows that the modern age of readers were in their late 20s, with the mean age being about 42.3 years. Also, they found that most readers say that they discovered their love for fantasy at around 15 years of age. Is It Ok For Christian to Read Fantasy? It is Ok for Christians to read fantasy. After all, some of the most popular fantasy books are Christian inspired fantasy books. With how prevalent talks of demons, and monsters tend to be in fantasy books, it is not uncommon for Christians to believe that fantasy books somehow condone these things, or wish them into the world. However, if you’ve ever read any fantasy book, you will know that by the end of the story, usually the demon or dark king is defeated. The stories are more so a celebration of the defeat of evil, than the celebration of evil itself. If you find you are still convinced, just look at how many popular fantasy books are Christian inspired. The most popular is “Lord Of The Rings” by J. R. R. Tolkien. Then, you have “The lion, The witch, and The Wardrobe” by C. S. Lewis. Finally, we have a more surprising entry into the list, and that would be J. K. Rowling, and the Harry Potter Series. Knowing of the controversy of Harry Potter in the past, it is easy for people to mistakenly think this story is none Christian. But it is, and the author has spoken at length about it. However, if you remain unconvinced, there is a lot of books you could get that delve deep into the symbolisms in the story that show its Christian heritage. 9 Reasons to Read Fantasy 1. Fantasy helps increase your imagination It books will help you increase your imagination if you read them. This is the most obvious advantage of fantasy. As I often mention, with all the sorts of literature out there, fantasy, and maybe sci-fi, are the two that delve deep into imaginative spaces. These stories create entirely new world, and exotic spaces that require you to stretch your mind to understand. And because you wish to enjoy the story, you do it. In this way, fantasy helps you increase your ability to imagine things. 2. It helps increase optimism/boldness “SPIDERMAN FALLS ON HIS FACE VIDEO” Fantasy allows you to increase your optimism, or boldness. Another common feature of fantasy is the simplicity of the stakes. There is one bad guy, who is overwhelmingly powerful, and we watch as our unlikely hero not only climbs the ladders, but eventually overcomes the villain. This kind of input
Why Is Fantasy So Popular? (New 2024)
In modern day ties, it is hard to imagine but there was once a point where fantasy was not popular. In fact, being a fan of anything fantastical, or sci-fi would have garnered you ridicule. But things have changed. At some point, fantasy shifted in the eyes of the public to become something trendy. It’s gotten to the point where the most popular forms of media today are almost expected to be fantastical in nature. So, why did this happen? Why did fantasy become so popular? And why do people like fantasy so much? The answer may be more complex than expected. Fantasy is popular today because of the critical and financial success of early 2000 fantasy projects, especially those in TVs. This led to studios wanting to produce their own forms of fantasy, which lead to fantasy being exposed more frequently to the general public. This shift of exposure to fantasy from books (which are often seen as nerdy and not for the cool kids) to visual media (which are often seen as cool) meant that people were more likely to consume fantasy, leading to them experiencing fantasy, and discovering its true appeal. The appeal of fantasy, and the reason why people like fantasy so much, is because it appeals of Carl Jungian psychological archetypes. Firstly, these symbols found in fantasy resonates with the subconscious mind found in all human beings. Additionally, fantasy affirms basic morality, and inspires people to be the same. Even I have to admit that’s a mouth full. In this article, I will break this answer down to appropriate pieces, and show some of the research I’ve done that backs this stuff: How Popular is Fantasy? Fantasy is one of the most popular genres in the world in the present era. Fantasy statics from wordsrated.com show us that fantasy books, along with sci-fi, generate $590.2 million sales per annum in the United States alone. Yet still they grew by 45.3% in 2021 compared to 2020, the largest among all genres aside from graphic novels, and finally, that only in Q1 of 2021 fantasy sales were up to 48.4% in the similar time frame in 2020. Additionally, the top 10 most selling authors of all time feature 2 fantasy writers; J.K. Rowling, and Dr. Seuss. Also, fantasy has broken into the main stream. While fantasy has existed for a long time, it was usually looked down upon by people. This genre was often enjoyed in secret, and was a niche thing that most did not know about. Yet today, it has grown to levels that we could not imagine, with articles like the guardian pointing out just how big fantasy has gotten, and which main culprits are the cause of this. Finally, the popularity of the this genre has leaked out of the literary, and book places, and now it exists in different mediums too. The most prominent of these being screens. Studycorgi.com even wrote a piece about this, where they analyzed how much fantasy has grown in the pop cultural sphere. Why is Fantasy so popular? Forest-Fire Theory Fantasy is popular because of the critical and financial success of early 2000 projects, which led to the spawning of even more similar projects. Of all the discussions I’ve read up on the popularity of this genre, there is one that I still have yet to see discussed, and that is something I’ve dubbed the forest fire theory. You see, when an entire forest is on fire, it does not mean that the forest erupted simultaneously in a combustion of flames. Instead, there was one point where someone forgot to turn of a fire. As a result, the bush caught the fire, then a tree, and a few more, and finally the whole forest. This is how fantasy became popular. It’s not that this genre just became popular to everybody. It used to be that being a nerd was seen as a negative, and most people hid their interest in fantastical stories for fear of ridicule. But, with the popularity of Sam Raimi’s Spiderman, then the Ironman, suddenly, there were more of this genre’s movies being created. Just like in a forest fire, the fire started in one section; visual media. Things like movies and TV series. Soon, it spread to things like TV shows with the popularity of Game of Thrones, and the likes. The popularity of these shows inspired people to start seeking out this genre series, instead of waiting. Thus, people started reading the books. And before we knew it, fantasy was the cool kids thing now. This habit was then accepted all over the world. When did the fantasy genre become so popular? At some point when the graph begins, but it truly become popular when it hit tv, and made this genre’s movies big. What is the appeal of fantasy? The appeal of fantasy is that it provides escapism, teaches morality, and it resonates with our deep psychological minds and archetypes that were discovered by psychologist Carl Jung. Escapism The first appeal of fantasy is it’s escapism. Truly, the most appealing elements of fantasy has always been it’s worldbuilding. It is something that is integral to this genre plot, characters, and themes. This is because of how the world complements the themes, and central conflict, thus reflects the heroes losses, and the heroes victories. But at a meta-contextual level, the reason why this genre is so important is because it allows the viewers to place themselves in a world completely different from theirs. Fantasy worlds are fun. And that’s it. They have all sorts of awesome magic, fascinating locations, and amazing creatures. It is exciting existing in a world like that. So we want to live in that world, and this genre allows us to go there, escaping out harsh, and boring worlds for a moment. Morality The second appeal of fantasy is that it tends to be a moral place. One of the most disheartening things about our world is
YA Fantasy Books: Why Are They So Bad? (New 2024)
In the modern era of high fantasy popularity, there is a wide variety of fantasy genres enjoyed, along side YA fantasy. Romance Fantasy, Mystery Fantasy, obviously High Fantasy, and one that I’ve been trying my hand in writing for my latest book, Historical Fantasy. However, a fantasy books that harbors strange territories would be YA fantasy. At times, it seems to be all people talk about, but when you listen closer, you’ll find that the words are not always positive. Which begs the question. Why is YA fantasy so hated? This is what I discovered after doing some light research. YA fantasy tends to be bad because it’s characters can come across as flat and melodramatic, its plots come across as predictable and derivative, and finally, most are written in an unconvincing first person perspective, which only exasperates the appearance of flatness in the character. I say “tends to” because there are many YA fantasy books with amazing characters, ingenious plots, and interesting observations of the human mind through first person perspective. But because YA fantasy is usually aimed at young adults, many authors feel comfortable classifying their work as YA if they feel they did not do a good enough job at their book. Additionally, most publishers are to comply due to the lucrative nature of the YA fantasy genre. There is so much to unpack here. If you already know how to write a story, how to be productive enough to actually write, and how to be consistent enough to finish the writing. Then, we can dive right into the post. Why Are YA Fantasy Books So Bad? YA fantasy books are bad primary because the YA genre is seen as a low quality and high revenue genre. So when authors are feel uncomfortable with their work they will classify it as YA fantasy, and publishers will agree, in hopes of getting money. From the writing point, there are a number of reasons that authors may feel uncomfortable with their work; it could be their presentation of the story, poor prose, and poorly constructed story. 1. Presentation of the story The first thing that makes YA hard to read is that the story tends to be presented in a bad way. I’m referring to the first person point of view. There is nothing with first person point of view in itself. It is the best POV for trying to make us get to know the character’s feelings, and personality. It’s easy. However, that can be the downside. Sometimes, first person is used by first time authors because of how easy it is for the author to put themselves in those situations, and speak as the person. Unfortunately, this is easy to sense for the readers. As a consequence, the character seems to disappear and we here the author telling us what they want us to know about the character, and the world. 2. Prose The second problem most YA fantasy novels have is prose. Usually, the stories will feature prose that is very elementary, and basic. The prose may feel bland at best, and at worst, it feels like a children’s book. This is caused by 1 of 2 things. First, it could be that the author wrote bad prose due to some sort of lack maybe they lacked the skills for proper prose, or they lacked the time to refine their work. The second reason is that the author decides to write the story specifically for a younger audience, but they greatly underestimated the developmental level of the children. So they write prose that is unbelievably basic, and simple. This then leads to an uncomfortable reading experiences. 3. Poorly Constructed story A story is constructed of 5 elements; plot, characters, setting, POV, and themes. Good stories are stories that have a single unified message. This allows the characters to meld together with the plot of the story, the themes, the settings, the POV, and finally, the themes of the story. This melding together of the separate parts of story creates a satisfying cathartic experiences as you read the story. However, there could be an instance where these things don’t meld. Perhaps the character’s arc, and the plot are not compatible. Or maybe the world betrays the themes. Maybe it betrays the character’s arc. Or it is the themes that are just not compatible with the character’s arc. Whatever the reason, the consequence will be a story that comes across as being dissatisfying, and disjointed. Readers know instinctually when they are reading a bad story. They can tell from how bored or confused they feel, but what’s worse is that writers also know when their story is disjointed. As a writer is working on their story, they can feel instinctually as things are becoming undone. As things are being continually misaligned. This leaves them feeling terribly anxious, and as a result, they feel dread when their writing session comes. To avoid that, they may do something else, like watch TV or so procrastination. This leads to depression, and general anxiety. A constant anxiety. This constant stress then culminates with a feeling of spiritual exhaustion, even though they have not done any physical labor. Basically, this leads to writers returning to their work feeling no energy, thus they write just to finish, and get rid of the thing. This makes bad stories, and when the writer knows it. But they liked the concept of the story. So rather than throw it away, they give the story to a publisher. Instead, they make it YA, hoping children will not be able to notice the weak story lines. Who Is The Target Audience of YA Fantasy Books? The primary target for YA fantasy books is 12-18 year olds. This is another reason why YA fantasy books tend to be bad. People see these teenagers, and assume that writing for them will not be that hard, so they drop their quality. But they miss 2 things; first, children are really bright.
YA Fantasy Books: Why Are They So Popular Amongst Adult Readers
With how many people seem to feel like it is bad, it is amazing how popular YA fantasy actually is. Just looking at awards, or tallies will show you that on the top 10, there is always at least 3 YA fantasy books/series. Natural, this got me wondering, why exactly is YA fantasy so popular? After digging about, this is what I discovered. Adults read young adult fantasy because it young adult fantasy reminds them of their teenage years, their most energetic, and potential filled era. Young adult books feel adults with hope for the future, while also activating their nostalgia. Finally, young adults books provide them with a comfortable space where they can relax, shut down, and prepare for the upcoming day. For a more in depth example, we will be observing the 9 reasons why adults read young adult fantasy. 1. YA fantasy provides Escapism Adults may read Young adult fantasy as a means of experiencing escapism. This is the most obvious reason, and as such it is the first, and least expended upon. Fantasy worlds are magical, and different from our worlds. So adults may want to read young adult fantasy as a means of avoiding their grown up world, and returning to the world of the young. This does lead to the question of why would adults wish to return to the world of the young? 2. YA Fantasy Provides Potential Adults want to read young adult fantasy because they want to connect to the time when they had the most potential. Being an adult is great. You have money, and a job. You basically have everything you wished for as a child. However, you quickly learn 2 things; 1, you have lost all your freedom, and 2, you can never get higher then where you are then. As an adult, you lose your freedom because you need to work hard to get the money that you have. You work so hard, and so often, that you do not have time to spend all that money you make. Additionally, most of the money is spent paying of bills, so you barely make any real money in the first place. Also, as an adult you have reached your peak. When you were a child, you still had time to practice, and train for whatever you want to be when you grow up. but as an adult, you have no more time left. You have reached the peak of your life. So, why else would you not want to go back to being a child? 3. Optimism Adults read young adult fantasy for the optimism. With the above point in mind, you will get to experience a lot of optimism. With the feeling of potential that adults feel when reading about these teenage heroes who have such bright futures ahead of them, they get to tap into this well of optimism. For a span, the adult can have feelings of hope for the future. They can feel better about where they are, and can have a space where they can be happy. 4. Closure Adults read YA fantasy books to complete the series they’ve been enjoying since they were kids, or just because they are fans of the same series they’ve enjoyed since they were kids. One of the strangest mistakes that is often made in this discussion is the separation of adults and young adults into 2 distinct pillars that never interact. Parallel lines, if you will. But the thing is, adults, and young adults are on the same line. it’s just that adults are further on ahead. People tend to forget that young adults who enjoy TV series, and stories, will may continue enjoying the same things even as they enter their adult years. This is best seen with merchandise culture. In today’s era, it is not uncommon to find that it is actually adults buying things like toys, and purely for themselves. Just because they love the medium. Example This is something that was recently written about in a Times article. They spoke about how in a Lego store in Manhattan, there was a long line that required bouncers, and this line led to not only sections dedicated to Harry potter, and Star Wars, but even a location called, “Adults Welcomed”. Additionally, we can also observe just how much money is spent by adults on merchandises, and stuff like anime. The anime industry, as covered in a previous article, basically makes its billions of dollars just from adults spending money on their merchandise, and the likes. But that is a bit of an impersonal example. Example If you want a more specific example, look no further than this one Quora user. They were asked ‘How much do you spend on anime merch?’. And his response was, ‘I worked out that I spend (very roughly) approximately $1500 annually in manga and anime alone’. Now that is a lot of money. But what does all this money show us? In these cases, we see adults who were interested in a series as a youth, but never had the money to spend on it. But as soon as they got the money, they started spending it on the stories. So, we see that adults and young adults are on the same line, not parallel lines. 5. YA fantasy Books Provide Nostalgia Some adults enjoy reading YA fantasy purely for the nostalgia. This reason is often spoken about, and it is with good reason. I found an interesting research paper on what Nostalgia is actually about, but before we get to that, we need to understand that sometimes adults do lose interest in a series. Maybe the series comes to an end when they are young, so they stop watching it. Or maybe they decide they want to fit in with friends, and stop watching “childish” things. Whatever the reason, adults may find themselves not watching the series they watched as kids, and move on. but then one
The Luminal Circle Technique: How To Write Unique YA Fantasy Books
So far we have covered the complex position of YA fantasy in the book community. We spoke of how and why it is popular, yet paradoxically, it is looked down upon, and considered low art. You guys know I do not share this sentiment. I think there is a lot of good YA fantasy books out there that are unique, fresh and exciting. Now that we have finished discussing how to write a story, how to be productive with your writing, and how to be consistent until you finish a book, we will be discussing how to have a unique story. In this article, I will show you guys just how to create fantasy like that. In order to write a unique, page-turning YA fantasy book, you need to craft your story in a way that reinterprets the tropes of YA fantasy. This can be done through the blending of other genre tropes into your fantasy book. Other methods of reinterpreting fantasy tropes consist of subverting the tropes, red-herring the tropes, and blatantly subverting the tropes. Of course that may not be specific enough, I know. The best way I can explain what I am talking about is through something I call the Luminal Circle technique, which will get right into explaining: The Circle of Young Adult Fantasy In order to use the luminal circle, you need to decrease or increase one of the tiers, and the other tiers must respond in an equal inversion to the first. This keeps the same dynamic as other YA fantasy books, but it leaves yours feeling distinct to the other ones. Basically, YA fantasy has a number of tropes that must be met if you are writing YA fantasy. The most fundamental element of YA fantasy is that it is a story that features our young character growing into a competent person. This makes it distinct from all other genres of fiction, as most of those genres do not necessarily need our lead character to grow into a role or position for them to conclude their character arc. Example An example of this would be, a young adult fantasy books features a student, training to be a dragon slayer, and it ends with them being awarded the dragon slayer ship. But an adult fantasy story usually begins with the student already as a dragon slayer for some years now, and their character arc culminates with them learning to trust others, or something. Maybe even learning to humanize dragons. In addition to these character developments, the nature of young adult fantasy is shown through things like theme, plot, POV, and setting. So, in order to make your story interesting, you need to either increase, or decrease the coming-of-age elements of some of the other categories, while inversely diminishing, or increasing the other categories/tiers. YA elements/ sections These elements manifest like this. Character: The character is usually young, and they are in a coming of age profession. Their character arc concludes with them learning to be something. Setting: The power system of the world usually reflects the character’s untapped potential. Often times, the character receives some sort of power up. POV: The POV may show us the character’s self-reflection through it being first person perspective. Usually the character is trying to discover themselves so this seems most appropriate. What are some examples of this 1. Avoid Direct Coming Of Age Professions In Your YA Fantasy A unique YA fantasy book maybe one that has no coming of age professions for the lead character. The easiest way to instantly make your YA fantasy book stand out is through giving your character a profession that is not coming of age profession. This means avoiding things like apprentice, student, or learner. Basically, any profession that indicates the person is learning to be something Now, this can be hard, especially considering the fact that most of YA fantasy characters tend to be teenagers, so they may be in school to some capacity. But it is not necessarily wrong for your character to be a student. The problem begins when all the character’s problems, and the solutions derive from their school. You can make them be school students, but have their core problems, and solutions derive from their other past time things. Example An example of this is those cartoons we used to watch as children. If you think about Ed, Edd, and Eddy, they were school children. Yet most of the plots did not revolve around school. They revolved around other things. In order for this to work though, you will need to increase the other trope types, since this is a decreasing action. 2. Avoid Coming Of Age Demographics In Your YA Fantasy You could make a unique coming of age story by giving your character an unfitting age for your story. This one is going to be a lot harder to pull of. Basically, most YA fantasy stories feature characters who are teenagers, or young people. This is with good reason. It is easier to relate to a character when they look the same as you, and deal with the same problems that you deal with, so it would be harder to make teenagers read about a middle aged man as a main character in their story. But it would not be impossible. As discussed in my other posts on why YA fantasy is so popular, a majority of YA fantasy readers are adults. Therefore, making your character older could cater to their demographic. So you could change the age of your lead character, but that would mean you then have to increase the other criteria on the Luminal circle. This means they’d have to do some sort of coming-of-age profession, it’d have to be written in first person, the character development should have them dealing with a problem that requires them to be a new profession, and it concludes with them finally mastering it. Example For example, she could be a middle aged woman who
How To Write A Cunning Villain (New 2024)
One of the most fascinating character in fiction is the cunning villain. He is unique for a number of reasons that will be covered in this article, but with the popularity makes one wonder. Is it even possible to develop a formula for writing a character like this, no matter the medium? How does a person write a cunning villain? If you want to know how to write a story, how to be productive in your story writing, and how to be consistent, then it will assist you in putting all of these into action. After some snooping around, I’ve distilled it into this simple phrase. To write a cunning villain, you must write a villain with hidden intentions to the heroes, which only become obvious only after the villain has manipulated the heroes to help him further his ends. This may seem overly simplistic, but it is a technique that is far more valuable than you could understand. First of all, it naturally portrays the qualities that make a cunning villain, while also showing the villains intelligence, and power. Finally, it gives the villain an aura of invincibility. This can be a problem for when it comes time to defeat the villain. We will show all that here. Let’s get right into: What Makes a Villain Cunning? What makes a villain cunning is that ability to control the main character’s actions so that they further the villains aims, and they can control other characters in such a way that the villain gains. The words most used to describe a cunning villain are: What all these words have in common is they focus on the consequences of the villain. The focus on how the villain always seems to be a step ahead of the their characters, and the heroes only arrive as the villain has already dashed of with the treasure, waving them off on his helicopter. But what really causes these consequences? Control. A cunning villain’s intelligence is shown through how he controls all the other characters in the story. This shows their resourcefulness. It shows their patience. I mean, think about it. This means the villain spent many nights scrawling through their nemesis’ Facebook posts to understand them. The point is, the villain knows stuff, and uses the stuff he knows to make the heroes do as he wishes, so he can gain. The villain gains this control through controlling the flow of information the hero gets. Whether through direct information, leaving false clues, or spies, the villain always tells the hero what she wants them to know. Now, how do you write such a character? How do you write a character with control? How to Write a Cunning Villain? 1. Write a Character With Justified Ambitions You need to write a character who would be capable of being cunning. Now, the more obvious take here is that your character needs to be smart. That will work. To have a character that has a high IQ and stuff. But if you don’t know me than allow me to introduce myself. Hi, I am fond-of-story-tropes-that-are-given-a-unique-twist, and who might you by? Right, my precious student. So, let me tell you 2 things you can do to make your character cunning. First The first is that when I say make a character capable of cunning, I do not mean in general IQ ability. I mean in terms of character goals. If you have not read my how to write a character article, I will summarize. In essence, your character is an extension of certain ideas, and their design, personality, and physical, are a representation of those ideas. So, you character is composed of the themes, and the internal conflicts they face. You cunning villain needs to be a character whose central conflict requires them to be cunning. Maybe they are physical weak, and must survive in the world (see? The idea of ‘What would happen if a physically weak person had to live in a world of able-bodied people’ made manifest). Or maybe they are the lowest in the society where bloodlines are important, so they need to use their brains to catch up to the other characters born to wealth or high societies. (The idea here is ‘how would a peasant take part in the affairs of the noble in a strictly stratified society’. So the character is born). Then, you can make your character unique by giving them an uncommon sense of intelligence. Example A real life example would be Al Capone. Not bookish smart, but viciously intelligent in the crime world. The point is that a character who is an A student, and who is very obviously intelligent is a bit predictable. Imagine instead we meet a character who is dressed not in a suit but in a safari uniform with those shorts, and he is coming up against our suited heroes. Then, this character somehow outwits our characters at every turn. The element of surprise here emphasis the cunning in the character an makes it seem new. So how to do this unique intelligence? Well, just avoid stereotypical intelligence signifiers. From physical design. Instead of tall, and lean, maybe a pudgy, short character. Or tall, muscly type, to accent. A rougher lower class kind of accent, or maybe even a harsh unattractive foreign accent, to choices of entertainment for the character. Instead of reading, maybe he likes partying all night, and sleeping with girls. Or he prefers to go out hunting, and seems rather careless, and even to their living station. Perhaps instead of a multi-layer single building maybe they live in a common rented apartment, in spite of having the money for a private apartment. 2. Write a Goal Worth Wanting For This Villain To write a cunning villain, you must write goals that are worthy of the character. So, now you’ve given your idea a physical manifestation (you made your character). What follows next is fairly simple if you’ve finished that stage. You will
How To Write A Hidden Villain? (New 2024)
So, you have written a story but now you need your villain to hide themselves in plain sight. How do you make the reader trust your villain? And how can you make your villain intimidating? How can you foreshadow this villain? And how to you slowly reveal the villain? First, you need to know how to write stories, how to be consistent with your writing, and how to be productive enough to actually finish your writing. After that, well, it is only complicated depending on where you are writing. To write a villain hidden in plain sight, first you must know who the villain is, then you must write the story from the villain’s perspective, after which you must then write it from the heroes perspective. Knowing the villain will allow you to be able to understand what the villain is doing, and you can focus the rest of your efforts on making the villain trustworthy, which can be done by giving them a character arc. Finally, write out why the villain went through all this effort of hiding themselves. Admittedly, these are extremely broad strokes. So here is a specific step by step process on how to get to writing. What Makes A Villain Hidden In Plain Sight? A villain hidden in plain sight is a character who comes across as taking a role as one of the other types of character’s in the story, and later changes to take the role of the villain. Basically all stories have the same type of roles for characters; the hero, the villain, the allies, the supporters, the distants (extras) and the opponents. The hero, and the villain are the most obvious. They are the two primary powers fighting over the same goal. In their war against each other, they each have helpers, and close confidants. These are the allies for the heroes. Characters like Samwise for Frodo, and the entire Z fighters for Goku. For the villain it is the opponents. Character’s like the stormtroopers for Darth Vader, and the Forsaken for Ishamael. Then there are the supporters, who are characters that aren’t close to the hero, but support the hero in his quest, usually due to profession. Example For example, the armor who makes the heroes armor, or the mechanic who fixes our heroes Spacejet. It could even be the school lunch lady, or the deputy headmaster. These characters may even assist both the hero and the villain, like the mechanic who fixes both the hero, and the villain’s jet. This is simply because the supporter is just going about their life, and running a business. Finally, you have the distants. These are just the extras. Characters who sit in the mall, or in the car,, or fill the class room. They are the character the hero cares so much about what they think, yet they never actually have a dialogue in the story. Readers, viewers and consumers of stories readily recognize each role of these characters, and that is due to how the characters are introduced to us. Conventions of each archetype There are conventions. The Extra For the extra, they are scarcely given more than a single description, and usually the hero never speaks to them. Often times, they may be described by their profession. They usually have a single reaction to emphasis the heroes point. “I had the worst day today. When i walked into the apartment building, the guard looked up at me, gaped. I didn’t give him a chance to ask about the hair, bolting away instead.” The supporters The supporters tend to have more of a dialogue, and a more detailed description. But they are always just meeting for the sake of business. At best, the hero may have to convince the support to help them. Either than that, this is the full extent of the heroes interaction with them, Sometimes, the support never even speaks again after the first scene, usually only reappearing through the form of thoughts in the narrative. “The sword fit within a single slice. He’d asked Samuel to shorten it’s width to fit into the scabbard. As usual, it was hard to tell whether that had been that strange request that made him angry or if it had been the tea his wife had given him.” The allies The allies are far more detailed, obviously. They are the beloved supporting cast after all. This goes for the opponents too, who tend to get more flashed out. Their descriptions tend to go into details, and the characters are shown to have personality flaws, which they will have to deal with throughout the entire book. So we know they must be supporting characters If you want to hide a villain in plain sight, you must remove her from the main villain role. You may pick any role you wish after that. The basic step for hiding a villain in plain sight, is introducing them as playing one of the other roles, and not the main villain role. You can make your villain play the role of the distant characters. The extra. Maybe you could have your villain play a supporter role, or maybe even an ally role. It all depends on your introduction, and of course, on whether you can commit a proper transition to hero. How To Write A Villain Hidden In Plain Sight? 1. You Must Know Who The Villain Is The first step to making a villain hidden in plain sight is to familiarize yourself with the villain. Writing is like a magician’s trick. You the magician know the trick, and you see the behind the scenes, but your target does not know the trick. You must know the trick as the magician. The same goes with writing this type of villain. You must know who the villain is. You must write the character’s personality traits, their physical appearance, and most importantly, their flaws. What flaw does your villain believe that makes them want what they want?
How to Write an Engrossing World and Sympathetic Characters?
So, how could you write a world that makes your readers sink into the world? Well, just write a world that feels like their own world. And how do you write character’s that readers can sympathize with? Again, make them like characters in their own world. Once you know how to write a story, how to be consistent with your writing, and wake up early to create time for productive writing sessions, it will be easy. The rest is done in a rather simple enough manner. In order to write an engrossing world and sympathetic characters, you must use the proper combination of worldbuilding, and prose. With worldbuilding, you want to avoid creating locations that feel very stereotypically fictional, and you can do this by adding a single noticeable element within the environment. Preferably, an element even the reader is familiar with. When it comes to prose, you do this by writing realistic narratives, and thought patterns for the character. Write prose that tells us more about the character, without telling us. This way it does more than one thing simultaneously. That is a mouthful, yes detective. I am aware. So how about we get to tenderizing, and cutting this stakes into consumable pieces for you, yeah? Yeah! What Makes An Engrossing World, and Sympathetic Characters? What makes an engrossing world is a world that feeds readers multiple threads of information from just a single scene. Information that tells us about the world, the atmosphere, the past, and even the personality of it’s people. The same could be said about a sympathetic character. A sympathetic character is a character who we learn so much about from just their introduction, that we can readily recognize them from a bunch of other characters. This is because they have an element about them that reminds us about the people we love. 1. A Limited History Of The World A limited sense of the history is one of the simplest ways of saying more about your world than any, which will make it more engrossing as it would be similar to our own world. The mistake a lot of stories make is that their histories tend to be perfect. Everybody remembers everything that happened, the exact same way. In the real world though, we remember history different, due to a number of reasons. Maybe its because the past is ugly, and many do not like that history being taught. So they do everything in their power to make sure the history is suppressed, lest their power comes to question. Or maybe they end up having a bad image of themselves, or their heroes. In some instances, it could be that the history was simply written wrong. It could be the people who are writing the history down were not eye witnesses, and they were simply rewriting what they saw from another book. Maybe the king of the time wished to make themselves look great so they had a purge of the books, then they attained their legendary status. People in the future may know to take that history with a pinch of salt, since they know that there was a purge. But they would not know the exact details of what happened, just that it is not written in the way it did. In some instances, history is merely lost, and we do not have the books that recorded those events anymore. Your history needs to be reflective of the real world in this way. Make it a limited history. 2. An Imperfect Environment To Deepen The World The world your characters live in needs to be an imperfect world, which should not only be reflected in the buildings, and other man made artifacts, but also in the very ecology/ nature itself. One of the more bizarre situations in fiction is when you read about characters who are experiencing something that tends to feel somewhat negative, and they are having such a great time. For example, a character out sitting in the woods. In most books it tends to be a picturesque scene. In reality, the woods are a pile of shit. You have ants crawling over you, things stabbing you which could either be a rock, a branch, or your keys. It can be really cold, and your back is going to start punishing you. By the tie you get you, your pants are dirty, and so is anything else you touch. In short, it tends to not be fun or passive. In your story, you need to make the environment imperfect. If they are out in the water, it should sting the eyes, and wrinkle the fingers. Let’s say they are seeing a building, they should notice how one side of the wall is darker that the other. If they are seeing a statue, they should notice how the face is flatter, and fatter than the real person was. The world needs to be imperfect. It needs to be uncomfortable, and allow you to grow as you see fit. 3. Characters with Imperfect Physical Appearance In order to start making your character’s sympathetic, you need to begin giving them a physical appearance that could be considered imperfect. It would absolutely help to give your character some sort of physical blemish. In most stories, we are used to character’s being given standard descriptions. Eye color, skin color, hair color, body shape, and even the shape of their face. The one thing we scarcely get is a description of a blemish on the character’s appearance. The thing is though, most people in the real world have blemishes on their body. This is a shame, since blemishes usually tell us about the character. It could be, then it is a genetic blemish, then we can imagine how they were treated as children. If it is a blemish that occurred during the course of their life, then we have a story that does not need to be told, yet tells us something about the character.
How to Start, Write and Finish A Story/Book? (New)
Once, my mother told me that she felt her life would be an interesting story to tell, then she told me she’d like that book. Funny thing is, that wasn’t the first time I’d heard something like that. Most people want to write a book, but hesitate, because they feel like they don’t have the skill, the time to learn the skill, or the patience to make the time to learn the skill. They don’t trust their ability to write something that takes months or years, when they can barely finish a 800 page essay in English class. But, I’m a magician, and today, I will show you all a magic trick. I make your anxieties disappear, and I will pull a novelist out of your muggle body. So, how does one write a book? In order to write a book without experience, the first thing you need to do is teach yourself to have the patience to write the book, then make time to actually write the book so as to learn, and finally, use proper writing skills to perfect your book. You can only have the patience to learn to write a book by creating a constant weekly/daily writing habit, then you can make the time to write your book by finding it, and marking it out. Finally, the proper writing skills you need to learn is plotting that allows your story to make use of the 5 elements of writing. Then, you need to improve your writing literary skills through improving your figures of speech use. Now, you will here how there are two types of writers in writing, the pantsers and the plotters. But I’m here to tell you if you know exactly what these things up top mean, the rest will come to you. Let’s get to making you know that they mean: 1. Create The Proper Environment You need to be a writer. There is the saying, “You are what you do”. So, if you want to be a writer, you need to do writing. This one is the easiest to do, as it ironically has very little to do with typing down words. Instead, it is about creating a writer identity. How do you do this? Simple, you change your internal, and external environment. Internal will be behavioral change, and the change in your body movement. This means you need to start changing the things you do. For me, that meant I had to wake up every morning, and dress as if I was going to school, but I’m just going to the kitchen table to write. If you want to get a deeper idea of how this is done, I’ve written a how to be consistent with your writing article. The external behavioral change means choosing, or creating a room for writing. If you live in a big place, you can choose a certain room. Only ever go there when you are going to write. I never had this option. So what I’d do is go to the kitchen table, and while my family sits behind me watching TV and making noise, I’d be sitting there, all dressed up, and start writing. For privacy, i faced the table to the wall, and wore my headphones. In those times, I always felt like someone else entirely. 2. Create the Habits In order to become a consistent writer, it would help to create writing habits. Now that you’ve begun to behave like a writer, its time to start being a writer. You do that by creating writing habits. A simple habit that you could learn is waking up early in the morning, and if you optimize the additional time you have, you will be able to 10x your productivity in the morning. Atomic habits is the go to book for habit creation. There are 4 steps to creating a habit. 3. Do Warm Ups You will need to do warm ups write before your writing session. I already mentioned how you should have a writer identity, then how to have the habits of a writer. The next is how to activate your writer mind. You can do this through the use of rituals. An hour before I write, I watch authors I wish to embue, then I start to write. Or, I will read a chapter, then I will start to write. Sometimes, I spend time going over the scene layout, or over the sentence I will write first, tryign to find the best words to use. For you, you can either take the things I do, or do your own. As long as it puts your mind in a book zone, where you feel comfortable writing, then that is enough. The warm ups a just to get you in the headspace for writing, and without them, you will sit through your writing session, and when you are done you will feel depressed. This disappoint is something you will want to avoid, so next time, you will avoid any expectations for yourself so you don’t disappoint yourself again. Before you know it, you have no goals to reach thus no satisfaction, and you give up your writing. Don’t be this guy. 4. Rest Your Mind You will need to take proper amounts of rest to recover your strength. Now, in case you did not know, willpower is limited. Think of your own physical strength. When you lift something for too long, your hand tires, and you will have to put it down again. This goes the same for willpower. When you do a task, or force your will to make you concentrate on a single task like writing, you are holding up a weight. Eventually, you must place it down. But unfortunately, most people do not do this. They will either purposefully continue holding up the taks by forcing themselves to concentrate and write even when they should not. Or, they will place their work aside, and do something else, but their mind