View Single Post
Old 01-28-07, 04:10 PM   #20
Dabatos
C.hristopher S.ean D.abatos
 
Dabatos's Avatar
 
Posts: 5,693
From: Bay Area
IP:

Quote:
Originally Posted by Nick Fletcher.
Word man, take your time. I hope to have my first book out this time next year which means I will have to pull some hardcore writing hours. But, if I finish it and read through it and find parts I could alter or remove, or find gaps that would work better with something extra in I will fix it.

If you are trying to write fantasy then you should avoid stories that involve Elfs, Dwarfs, dragons, golden heroic characters with no flaws, pure evil villains... that stuff is all played and won't sell. What sells is gritty realism, tackling world issues in a fantasy world of your making, evil characters who are not so evil, more gray... less black and white, flawed heroes, strong female characters... all this shit sells.

Also, I advise people who attempt to write fantasy to first create their world starting with a basic map. I tried writing without one, improvising on my way and you just end up with too many mistakes. I have a map for my world, finished. I have notes on religion in my world, governments and shit like that. The planning I think is the hardest part, once you've got it down though the writing comes easy.... or at least it does for me.

You can all look for my first book early-mid 2008.



yea, im doing something like medival times but no elves or stuff.. something with magic ofcourse but something original..all mine.. imma create 50 character names and maybe use all of it so I wont think of any ppl while im writting.. I want everything set before I write the book.. i have an intro i wrote jst for fun.. not really what imma use but just wanted to see what my abilities are as a write after reading 10 books in these 2 months lol.. jst so u know the 8 books I read was Eragon, Eldest, harry potter books 1,2,5,6, and chronciles of narnia books 123 and bout done on the 4th one. I'll try to post what I written so far just for fun.. not really connected to what my real story will be but something i did out of boredom.
__________________

www.FG-Servers.com





Send a message via AIM to Dabatos   Reply With Quote