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Question Are major mystery subplot(s) in a fantasy story distracting or do they make a story more appealing?
Is it too distracting to include a major mystery subplot(s) in a fantasy story? I mean a complete subplot or subplots that the character solves. Perhaps the examples below do not qualify as mystery subplots. I realized that, among many other methods, George R. R. Martin utilized mystery subplots eff...
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over 5 years ago
Question Writing a character who is going through a civilizing process without overdoing it?
In my planned novel the main character is essentially from a less technologically advanced society and is learning about the "civilized world" beyond their village. He has above average intelligence, but everything is going to be 'new' to him. It is an entirely fictional world so the reader will also...
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over 5 years ago
Question How do you get out of your own psychology to write characters?
What are the best ways you find to get out of your own habitual thought patterns, personality, dispositions, and culture when writing characters? For example, we are all familiar with the Myers-Briggs personality tests and many of us with the Enneagram. We are also familiar with different learning s...
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over 5 years ago
Question Protagonist Joining the Group of the Antagonist
In my novel, I intend to have the protagonist eventually join the group that killed his family and of his antagonist, and this will set the plot for a more massive arc of what I hope will be multiple books. Is this going to muddle the hero's journey and conflict in the story? One thought I had is th...
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about 7 years ago
Question How many pages should cover the Ordinary World of the Protagonist?
How many pages and chapters should cover the Ordinary World also known as the normal world of the Protagonist? Ordinary World is the term used in the Hero's Journey for the ordinary world the hero will leave. Otherwise, the 'homeland' of the protagonist. As I recall J.R.R. Tolkien spent significant ...
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about 7 years ago
Question Should my opening include a religious initiation ritual?
I am about to start my first novel set in a fantasy world I am designing, and am struggling deeply with my first scene. I have read in books on fantasy writing that the opening is the hook. I am contemplating starting with a religious initiation ritual that the young protagonist is going through. My...
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about 7 years ago