Questions tagged [fantasy]
Is the literary genre that deals with magic, magic creatures and imaginary worlds. This tag should be used for any questions relating to fantasy, including formatting, techniques and publishing.
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Ways of explaining Fantasy without a lecture
a question just to get some feedback and knowledge from you all.
In a High Fantasy setting i work with, the Hard system for magic is defined as being a skill that anybody can learn. Anybody can get &...
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How to avoid harmful tropes when writing a white protagonist among a cast of dark-skinned characters?
I'm white and have been writing a fantasy world I’ve been building for 5–6 years. One of my stories follows a character (a white girl who grows up in an African/Middle Eastern-inspired region) who ...
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Worldbuilder Syndrome: How to Avoid It?
I’m trying to create a fantasy story. I'm worldbuilding as well and noticed that my world didn’t have as much fantasy atmosphere as I wanted. The atmosphere got a little mundane. For example, in Harry ...
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Can I use a creature concept with a similar name and appearance to an established creature I didn't know about?
In 2014, when I was 7, I made a dragon that I called the Shadow Fury, and then in 2016 I watched HTTYD for the first time. I've since added the Shadow Fury to my books.
My issue is this. The Shadow ...
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How can I shift my brain from thinking about 'short-story writing' into 'world-spanning book series' writing?
I am currently about half-way into my novel. I have 6 books planned and this is the farthest I've ever gotten with a novel before. My usual writing style before was short stories and poetry. So this ...
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Is there no any problem at all even if the size of the terrestrial planet is set to be larger than the sun? [closed]
Is there no any problem at all even if the creator sets the size (Diameter, Surface area, volume, and mass all included) of the terrestrial planet where the main characters are in the creator's own ...
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What is the ideal word count for a Young Adult fantasy novel from a debut writer?
I am currently working on my debut fantasy novel, which will be the first in a trilogy. I was wondering what recommended word count is for a YA fantasy novel? I currently will be finishing at roughly ...
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What kind of equipment does a spy of this type use?
What would a spy character who uses magic look like? I would like to know what types of equipment to use since in fantasy it is different from traditional spy books, I am not asking for ideas The only ...
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How to describe the "grabby hands" hand motion?
I'm writing a scene in my fantasy novel where a small child (toddler age) asks to be picked up with the classic "grabby hands" or "uppies" hand motion. Neither of those things fit ...
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How are magical spells created in fiction?
How can I create spells for a magic system? Do you use any techniques to create spells? I want to create some spells for my story that I will submit to a contest. I have difficulty with the part of ...
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How to choose the right setting for worldbuilding?
how to make chosen locations relevant? I wanted to know how I choose the right locations for my WorldBuilding. I chose some settings that were irrelevant to the plot, like a bank, a forest, a cave. ...
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Name for a bird-person?
So I'm creating a world with different fantasy races (Elves, druids, dragons, etc.), and one of those races are...people with bird wings. It sounds cliche, but these bird people have a kind of dynamic ...
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What words to describe this reaction? [closed]
I'm currently writing a fantasy book where one of the characters is a dragon prince (the firstborn of three) who hates being royalty, because of all the heavy expectations and unnecessary attention ...
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Can I make my own symbiotes
So, one of the books I'm writing, Protectors, has these basically symbiote like things. Like it's literally symbiotes. I made these thing back in 2016 back before I even knew what the MCU was or even ...
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Where could you imprison a God? [closed]
I've seen some cool ways to imprison Gods like in Moonknight in stone (a small statue of themselves). What other ways could you imprison a God that would make sense and isn't cliche? (Ideally not the ...
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