Fantasy

Most of the other genres already have one, so we should have one too!

Have your characters go on a huge quest for a magical object
BP the quest is a sub plot, not the main plot
TBP if the object turns out to be useless because all it does is make cheese
QBP it it is actually useful because it makes cheese
Cookies if the object really helps save the day by making cheese

So that we don't clutter up the forum with dozens of writing buddy requests, here's a single, consolidated thread to post your requests!

Fantasy is such a far-reaching label that it simply can't cover all the possibilities. Here you'll find a comprehensive listing of those who aren't writing just fantasy!

NOUN: A subcategory within a particular genre: The academic mystery is a subgenre of the mystery novel.

To have your subgenre thread added to this list, please send me an email with a LINK to the thread, and which main genre it is for (there is more than one thread like this.). Requests that do not include a link will not be added.

• Arthurian Fantasy
• Contemporary Fantasy
• Fantasy Mystery/Thriller/Spy-fi
• Historical Fantasy
• Urban Fantasy
• Steampunk
• Sword and Planet
• Sword and Sorcery
• Young Adult Fantasy
• The New Weird

...what sort of crimes would you consider to be punishable by secret death? I'm going for things that could be construed as bad, but don't really deserve execution, hence they're being carried out behind closed doors, so to speak. Treason's an obvious one, but treason he can prove can be done in the streets and celebrated by the people. The more specific the better:)

I have a forest in my story. The people living there use the tree's bark as paper. The trees eventually grow older and when the people living in said forest begin tying the stories to the tree's branches with string, the trees begin to decide who gets to read the stories or not. I have been having trouble introducing the whole scheme of things with this forest in my story, considering it is first introduced in the beginning of my story which is very fast paced... Later on, however, my protagonist revisits this forest. Should I explain EVERYTHING about this forest when it is first introduced, or is it okay if I go into further detail if my protaginist goes back into this forest 300 years later...?

Thanks for the help.

I need to work out what my main character should call his mum. "Mother" sounds too formal for a young-ish boy, and "Mum" sounds a bit too twentieth century. I realised the reason I have no idea what sounds right because almost every fantasy child I've read about is an orphan by the third chapter near enough! I'd appreciate some feedback here,
Cheers

Josi, my MC, was a barmaid. She is now showing two men she's travelling with how to mix drinks. Unfortunately, I don't know the first thing about alcohol (preserving the youth of tomorrow! =D) or mixing drinks, ESPECIALLY in a fantasy setting. What on earth is this woman making?! XD Anything-- normal to obscure and beyond-- is much appreciated and welcome.

I can find characteristics for people but UGH i need a list for monsters.
help?

Ok, so I've got a question to ponder. At the end of everything, and you MCs are in the midst of the final battles with the Evil Lord and his greater or lesser minions, who fights who? Does the MC get to strike the final blow on the Evil Lord or does he get stuck with the high ranking evil lackey? Is there a classic sub-boss battle between the FMC and the SMOKING HOT evil elfain warrior chick? Tell all!

As for me, I'm thinking about having my pet wizard, Mallinoy, reluctantly offer to use a spell that would normally destroy the world, but since we can't really have that happen, he decides to alter it and amplify it through the MC, who happens to be a decedent of a race once used as living relics and magical amplifiers to the purpose of focusing the attack to a single target (rather than the whole world) and destroying Mallinoy's former master (the Evil Lord).
On the other hand, that kinda leaves little room for my sub-chars to get in any glory, so I'll probably have a bunch of useless and time-consuming battles between them and the Evil General/Hot Elf Bitch, just mano-a-mano, while the MC decides how he's going to save the day.

For a sweet bit I made a vampire and a werewolf fall in love. As I was writing in study hall, my friend asked me what I was doing. I responed with, "Implying that a werewolf and a vampire had sex." At first she thought that the werewolf was the female and she said "You should make her pregnant." I politely told her that the woman in the relationship was the vampire. My friend blinked twice and said, "Yeah so?"

So now for a bit of comedy, my moody, depressed, Italian vampire, who swore never to fall in love is now pregnant. I need someone (I've asked a ton of people, and I need an answer that is slightly funny). Help!