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!

Note: Please don't post excerpts in this thread. That's what your profile is for; pepole can just click on your name in the forums to see if they're interested.

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
• Comedic 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

Which one do you prefer to read and write?
I tend to get bored during long fight-scenes, but I'm afraid my battlescenes are a bit too short and to the point.
I kind go, they fought,they died.End of story, kind of.

How do you go about prolonging a battle-scene?

Am posting this here because Fantasy is my genre...and well, I don't know where else to start!

So I am working on Book 4 in a series. I started a pattern with the previous 3 in that each title has been "White____" The first was Pawn, second was Prophet, third was Penitent, the fourth is Prodigal.

It's already looking like next years Nano is going to be book 5, because what I've got plotted for this one now is WAY too long.

Book 5 will likely center on my MC's fulfilling a prophecy by performing a ritualistic cleansing of a defiled temple...the end result of which will be the beginning of the 'healing' of the kingdom's recent internal violence and strife.

But I can't think of a P word (word starting with the letter P) that fits that theme. Writing it is a long way off, so I've got plenty of time to worry about it, but thought that tossing it out there now would get the question out of my head (and thus let me sleep) and give me something to focus on when Nano is over.

Suggestions are welcome if you have any! Thanks!

In my novel, my teenage FMC finds out she's one of the Fates. She meets a guy, also teenaged, who is one of the Furies, sworn to fight the Fates and save innocent people from being led to their deaths. He became a Fury when her mom failed to save his parents' lives. As far as my FMC knows, her mom died when she was 5.

In my novel's universe, being a Fate is hereditaty and being a Fury is a chosen path. Her dad will also turn out to be a Fury (he became one after her mom died).

I'm struggling with whether or not being a Fury changes someone's lifespan. I'm thinking that maybe Furies become immortal or can't die until they've achived vengeance. Do you think it would make sense for my MMC and my FMC's dad to have become immortal when they decided to become Furies, or would it just make things more complicated and confusing?

I’m writing in Tolkien’s Middle-earth this year (pulling from both the Silmarillion & Lord of the Rings), and I’m trying to figure out which way to go on something. It’s end of the First Age, and I’ve touched on the idea of Annatar (Sauron) being more evil than his master and basically waiting for an opportunity for Morgoth to fall – potentially even doing what he can to make sure that Morgoth does get defeated. It’s easy from my perspective to go ‘oh, this is brilliant!’ but I’m interested in knowing if I’m the only one who thinks this. Thoughts are appreciated, even if you’ve only read Lord of the Rings – heck, I’ll take opinions even from those who have only seen the movies! (also posted to the other genres forum, just in case... I need all the help I can get!)

...finished their Fantasy novel yet?

My characters just told me I was done. And that they wanted a sequel to keep going.

Guess I'm going to be doing a second draft early because I feel like I still have so much to write *IN* the novel.

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I need a name for my excentric and slighty mad wizard who runs a bookshop.

Read both science fiction and fantasy? Or write both? If you prefer one over the other, why?