Fantasy is one of the most exciting
and hardest genre’s to write in my opinion. You have so many directions in
which your story can go and there are so many important decisions that you will
have to make.
Say you want to write a story about
vampires. There are now a million kinds of vampires that you can choose from or
you have the choice to make your own. Same goes for practically every magical
creature out there. It’s all up to you to choose what you like and what you
think will go with your plot the best.
The biggest thing that you need to
remember when writing fantasy, besides having good grammar, pacing and characters,
is that you need to be creative in all aspects of the story. The plot needs to
be something new and unique, unlike anything that we’ve ever read before and
you need to let your imagination run wild.
Don’t think about what makes sense
but rather what doesn’t make sense while still making sense. Confused? Good.
Your imagination doesn’t always make sense, but if it gives you this great idea
that you don’t quite get, then just go with it and if it doesn’t work of, who
cares? There’s still a billion more ideas out there just waiting for your mind
to discover.
And if you have a hard time coming
up with ideas, then look at pictures. I know it sounds silly, but pictures are
the biggest source of inspiration. But if you don’t want to spend all day
looking at pictures on your computer, watch movies and listen to music. They
are also two big reasons that my head is swimming with plot bunnies. Or just
sit there with your eyes closed in a quiet place and let the ideas flow to you.
- Kailyn
