What You Will Need To Write Fantasy Novels

Posted by Trevor Johnson on October 29, 2009

You will need several things for a workable fantasy novel. When you begin your story will need a plot. It can be quite hard to find an idea. Once you find the idea and plot for your story you need to add interesting and workable facts. No one will buy a boring novel. Write something that is interesting to you and it will be interesting to someone else. To write fantasy novels takes work, but can be a lot of fun.

To make your story workable it will have to be on the logical side. Your story will have to have rules, limitations, and even structure. You should be prepared to explain how it works, or why the things in the story may happen. If you are going to write about supernatural creatures such as werewolves, and vampires they will need limitations. Magical and fairytale beings in your story will need to be explained as well.

You will need to make an outline before you start writing. All an outline is, is just your idea put down on paper. The main character, location, and the main points in the story will need to be included in your outline. Make sure to write down any and all details for your fantasy world.

The main character will need to be made up next. In thinking up your main character you will need to consider many things. You need to determine the characters gender. It is easier for me to write about a character that is the same sex as me but you may have a story line that calls for the opposite sex. After the gender is chosen you will need to consider the age, background, and occupation of your character.

I find that the leading character is the hardest character in the book to make up because you will need to know the most about this character. Make sure to include the characters physical traits and personality. Height, weight, hair and eye color are just some of the physical traits you will need to describe to your readers. Make sure these things do not read like a list, you need to gradually add the traits into the story line.

Next you need a personality for your character. Decide if your main character will be shy, outgoing, quite, loud, arrogant, sensitive, intelligent, mean, or nice. The personality of your character will determine the way they react to certain things in the story.

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