Five Tips For Planning A Fantasy Novel - Writers Bureau.
The key to writing a real epic fantasy novel lies in the word “epic”. But this doesn’t just mean big in scale, scope, and size. An epic fantasy novel doesn’t have to be a thousand page doorstopper. It has to be epic in its ambitious reach for finding answers to the big questions in life. This is the true and hidden goal of epic fantasy.
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How Not To Write A Novel: The Quiz. 1. A good plot: a. gives an interesting character important problems which rise naturally from the character’s personal history, but have universal interest. b. shows once and for all what phonies my parents are.
Unless you are writing in the subgenre of science fiction or fantasy, make sure your sex positions are humanly possible and that your characters are equipped with the proper parts. Spend some time getting to know how the sex organs function.
Since I'm writing an epic fantasy novel, travel is a big theme as characters often have to move from where they are to where the plot dictates. However, one of the difficulties I have is that the travel itself is often not important to the plot.
Either way, though, the best marketing is write a good book. Do that and other people will promote it for you. That's much easier than persuading anyone to pick up a book no-one much likes.
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