{"id":35043,"date":"2022-11-16T13:52:42","date_gmt":"2022-11-16T13:52:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nazing.co.uk\/?p=35043"},"modified":"2022-11-16T13:52:42","modified_gmt":"2022-11-16T13:52:42","slug":"5-tips-for-writing-your-first-fantasy-novel-by-carlos-j-eguren","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nazing.co.uk\/5-tips-for-writing-your-first-fantasy-novel-by-carlos-j-eguren\/","title":{"rendered":"5 TIPS FOR WRITING YOUR FIRST FANTASY NOVEL BY CARLOS J. EGUREN"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
In this article I will give you 10 tips for writing fantasy. The fantastic genre represents a large part of my life. I fell in love with literature, while reading Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (and waiting for my letter from Hogwarts). I have met friends thanks to a conversation about The Lord of the Rings. I have enjoyed every moment in which some paper friends like The Losers of That faced the monster. I’ve watched the sunrise and wondered if this would be the way it would look in Middle-earth. And what about tourism if you’ve read Terry Pratchett? And what about the chance of a role-playing game or life itself when you have been horrified and moved by the Red Wedding of A Song of Fire and Ice?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fantasy is magic, but also fascination, enjoyment and the representation of how everything is possible in art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Writing this genre is a liberation for me and an eternal game where I can create crystal castles that can fly anywhere. Often, however, the fearsome hurricane of deus ex machina or the storm of clich\u00e9s could tear us apart. It has happened to me often and I want to give you a series of tips for writing fantasy that I have learned myself from all those fragile palaces that have fallen against the rocks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I hope this decalogue works for you and allows you to go as far as magic, fantasy and dreams allow you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Despite the fact that many people think that the fantastic genre only implies escapism, in most of the great stories we find morals that can be transferred to our lives. The Lord of the Rings is not just about destroying the One Ring, it is also a story of friendship, power, hate, hope and overcoming. They are issues of our life. Ok, we don’t have elves and dwarves around us, but there are points that can be extrapolated. So live your life, don’t limit yourself, look for everything that can be looked for, learn, enjoy, cry, suffer, change, play, love, read, see, listen, breathe, dream, imagine… Many times, the advice for writing fantasy just tells you to write and live through the words, but life itself can often be a good story to turn into a fantastic work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The fantastic genre has many masterful authors: Tolkien, Stephen King, C. S. Lewis, George R. R. Martin, Neil Gaiman, J. K. Rowling, Ray Bradbury, Joe Abercrombie, Lovecraft… Sometimes it is difficult even to define which author has written fantasy or not, but you also get into pulp circles and other very interesting movements with people like Robert E. Howard. I am in favor of following this deepening and going to different authors such as Ursula K. Le Guin, Lord Dunsany, Terry Pratchett, Roger Zelazny, Michael Ende… Do not fear if you do not like one too much or have problems with them (for example, I like Patrick Rothfuss, but I deeply hate the end of The Name of the Wind and some of his opinions; Brandon Sanderson doesn’t quite dazzle me… and I don’t deny the greatness of both for their followers). Either way, it’s good to get to know your battle buddies and get a lot out of them, both what you’d like to be and what you wouldn’t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n