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06-28-2003, 12:29 AM | #1 |
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Are You Writing Serious Fantasy? II
On the last 'Are You Writing Serious Fantasy?' thread, there was debate whether we should start a new thread to continue it. I have gotten permission from the Barrow-Wight and Estelyn Telcontar to began a new thread and continue our writing discussions. The old thread will be locked but we can see it.
So here is the new thread! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] I have a question or two so we can start(if you have another idea that's fine too). How did you decide that you wanted to write fantasy? What kind do you write? [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Has Tolkien influenced your writing? If so, how? I'll put my answers later. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Enjoy! ~M [ June 29, 2003: Message edited by: Morquesse ]
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06-28-2003, 04:12 AM | #2 |
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I have always loved writing and it has been a long time ambition for me to become an author. However, I'm only 16 at the moment, so I think it's better for me to practice my writing now and try at writing a novel later on in my life. I already have a few plot ideas in my head, both based on fantasy. I have always loved reading fantasy books and it would be amazing if I could write one myself.
The Lord of the Rings has influenced me a lot, I love the books and I decided to try my hand at fanfiction a while back. I practiced my butt off and learnt so much, how to use punctuation correctly, I find that my vocabulary has increased and I've got better at spelling since I started writing fanfiction. I've found fanfiction great practice, and I hope it will help me when I decide to write something of my own.
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Well, I write just for fun and I love it!:lol. I am actually trying to write a book, but I doubt I'll have enough guts to get it published [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]. Hey, I'm only 14!!
I love reading fantasy, but it's hard to get any in my country that is in English. Tolkien has, of course, influenced me, as well as other excellent fantasy writers, but the trick is, at least for me, not trying to copy them. Writing fantasy, in my opinion, is becoming harder and harder, since a LOT of things have already been thought of... Quote:
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06-28-2003, 11:46 AM | #5 | |
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So, assuming I count, I write, as stated, poetry/songs. The ones that are fantasy are usually in reverence to nature, though I wrote a couple ones about battles and war a while back. Tolkein isn't much of an influence to my writing. Usually, most of my work comes from being outside for a long while, just listening to the world. Occasionally, I'll outline something similar to elves, and I mean the elves from LotR. They were beautiful. The ones on battle, though, were based directly on Tolkein and his Nazgul.
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06-28-2003, 01:55 PM | #6 |
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I have been writing my novel for about a year and a half now, and so far I have about three chapters finished. At the rate I'm going, it should be complete in about twenty years. [img]smilies/rolleyes.gif[/img]
I have always loved writing, and have written many short stories besides the work on my book. I have been using Tolkien's languages, because I don't have a big enough emagination to create my own.
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06-29-2003, 12:04 AM | #7 |
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Daisy Brambleburr: Same here. It was because of writing I learned how to do it, and am continueing to. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] My greatist joy of it is creating and growing the characters' personalities.
Aredhel Idril Telcontar: Publishing my stuff at this time sounds exciting and scary, so I'm with ya. We'll just keep practicing. About trying not copy other peoples' work, I heard some good advice that 'you shouldn't worry about being a copy-cat, because your and your stuff only will come out some time', and I've been following that. [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] Quickslash: that's cool! I don't think I have the patience for creating poetry, but I admire those who can. Do you write full stories? Duncariel: I have been working on my third chapter also, and I'm slow too. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] Though I am trying to construct some languages, it doesn't require that much imagination, just an idea of what you like and knowledge on the subject (which, could take a while to recieve). But you should at least try it. Before I read Tolkien (I was about 11 at the time), I got this magazine for kids that would sometimes have comics in there. One time the subject was fantasy. I looked at that, and decided that I wanted create my own fantasy world, and perhaps write about it. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Tolkien influenced me by wanting to put lots of detail in my world, and by wanting to learn and create languages. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] See you later! ~M
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06-29-2003, 12:40 AM | #8 | |
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06-29-2003, 01:38 AM | #9 |
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Thanks for the advice, Morquesse! Yeah, I try writing poetry as well, and am doing quite well *ego swells* [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img].
As for languages, I actually use my own native tongue, since I write in English, and just adjust it a bit. Works quite nicely too! In my novel, I've done the prologue, chapter one and I'm onto chapter two, but I always have to look back and fix things. Quite frustrating, but that's life [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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06-30-2003, 06:30 PM | #10 |
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I've been working on the pre-writing for my novel for a long time, since I want to get everything planned out first, and then actually start writing the story. All I can say is, it is filled with strong female characters, and the racial diversity is comparable to Lord of the Rings.
Naturally, the minute after I finished reading the books, I wanted to write one of my own. The books have really influenced my works, but it's not as if I'm copying whole plot-lines and characters from the stories. My Elves are very similar to Tolkien's elves, but they have some differences. For example, my Sea Elves have hair colors and eye colors ranging from blue to silver, and their skin has a bluish tinge. My High Elves are a lot like the Noldor, and are dark-haired, grey-eyed, and pale-skinned. My Wood Elves have brown to blond hair, and brown to green eyes, and they all have golden-brown tans. I think it's all right to take some elements from other books, like the way that I did above, but I changed mine around so that they were original in some way. I think that's the best way to do it, so that you don't feel like a copycat.
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I did actually think about trying to create my own language, but with all the home work and stuff that I have, I found that it takes too much time.
I have the prologue finished, and the first chapter. I'm currently revising the second. Most of the stuff that I write about blossoms from actual experiences that I apply to my main charaters. Most of them seriously resemble people that I know. [ July 02, 2003: Message edited by: Duncariel ]
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07-02-2003, 07:15 PM | #12 |
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Yep, and I'm finally getting somewhat serious about it now. I haven't had any fiction published, but I have some research articles and opinion pieces under my belt. I also have most of a novel finished, but I'm not ready to let it go yet.
I believe LOTR was probably my first introduction to serious fantasy, but I'm not sure. I can't honestly remember if I read Anne McCaffrey's Pern series, Narnia, or LOTR first. I've done so MUCH reading, it's hard to say what's influenced me or not. I like to write my fantasy as partially based in the modern world - I love mixing magic and the mundane. And I've never been particularly interested in languages. I do sometimes write about elves, though. [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img]
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07-04-2003, 11:49 AM | #13 |
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So far I have written the prologue to a book and have about eight other ideas including one science fiction which, if I ever write it, will probably be two books long at least. My biggest problem is getting started, I am better at writing action scenes. Tolkien has influenced me a lot I expect, although it isn't too obvious to me.
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07-05-2003, 12:36 AM | #14 |
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There's one thing I've sworn not to write about in my books and that's elves. It's because I could never make them better then Tolkien did.
Of course, there are immortals or really long-lived people in my novels, but they gain that through preserving sorceries, *magical* fields, plains etc.
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07-05-2003, 08:24 PM | #15 |
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Well take a look at this. Nice going, Morquesse! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img]
I've been writing my one magnum opus for 17 years now (I think). So you may have thought you were exaggerating by saying 20, but well, that's life. I'm finally actually getting reasonably good at the craft of writing. I always felt I had the ability, but I got with a group and learned a lot. I'm in my 7th revision, up to chapter 17 right now. I don't have any elves either, but I do have immortals, both good and evil. I also mix modern and faerie worlds; actually, my protagonist moving from the one to the other. I'd say Tolkien has influenced the way I think a lot, but my writing is not like his much at all. How about a new question: how do you make your protagonist (hero) somebody your reader can relate to, or like, or at least sympathize with? [img]smilies/wink.gif[/img] |
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For some reason, everyone keeps saying my current protagonist is really eccentric, but I like him, so I figure that's all that matters. He really IS a likable guy, and his way of perceiving things makes sense (to me, anyway). There's no relation between Tolkien's work and mine though, although I'd like to work on the geography and history of my novel and give it some more depth (which is something I admire in Tolkien's work).
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The first thing I did, before starting my novel, was to sit down and think of how I want my characters to be. Do I want them perfect? Obvioulsy not.
People can related to more flawed characters. A simple person thrown out into the cruel world is an excellent main character (as Tolkien and others proved). My main characters are actually quite likable (at least I think so). They have their virtues and flaws (egotism, arrogance etc.). But all that's pretty obvious [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]
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Now I am just starting to write a novel. I only have the outline. But it will be finished I hope some day and hopefully it will be published. I have always enjoyed fantasies and novels etc. Since I can remember I always saw those three big books on the shelf which I couldn't even read the titles of, and I always said to myself, I'll read them when I'm older. So in 5th grade I finally began to read then, and I loved them. (and it just so happened that when I began to read them the movies came out so that was a bonus) I also remember going into my brothers room and looking at all his books and saying which ones I was going to read when I was done with LOTR. And so Tolkien enspired me Dragon Lance enspired me and Dungeons and Dragons (a role playing game that I play with my brothers and their friends every Sun.) enspired me too. But the top thing that pushed me the most was my own cousin, he wrote a novel and it got published. At this I decided that it was time I picked up a pencil and begin to write a fantasy of my own! I loved writing anyway and thought it would be fun. So far so good ideas have been pouring into my head and my family is cheering me on (especially my mom). But I do have a problem I have all these ideas for my book but I don't know what the title will be. I'll keep thinking but anyway, this novel will be a big part of my life and I can't wait to start the story (remember I just have an outline right now) and I hope if it does get published the readers will love it as much as I will! [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img] [img]smilies/biggrin.gif[/img]
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I've always liked writing, mostly short stories, and I must admit once in a while I thought about writing a novel. My problem was that I couldn't think of anything to write. That is, until I read LOTR. Somehow that book inspired me to write the longest piece of work I have yet done. June 5th of 2002 I started to write what I thought would be a short story. After a few days of writing, I decided to extend it and make it into a novel. I had no clue what I was getting myself into.
My story first started out as a fan-fiction of LOTR. I made up my own characters, of course, but I put the settings in Mirkwood at a time after the 4th age. After a few months of writing, I started to talk to people about it. I even talked to a few on this site. They, unfortunately, convinced me to not write a fan-fic but a novel of my own creation. I sat down and had to re-do the entire thing. I kept most of the characters I made, and some points of the original story, but now it is completely different. This fantasy I am writing has probably taken up most of my free time at home and at school. I would constantly keep coming up with ideas, and no matter where I was, I would have to write them down. I made up my own world, characters, places, creatures, everything. I had no idea the sort of thing was in me. And now after over a year of when I started this piece originally, I have written 13 chapters. I started out with probably around 6 characters at the beginning, and now I have over 25. I have 7 different types of creatures, 15 names of places, and so many pages of story I don't even know what to do with it...and I'm not done either. Even now after all this time I have finally come up with a title for my novel, and it would be Mirage. Now...you ask... Quote:
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I guess we as fantasy writers are all indebted to Tolkien in our own way. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] By the way, I think threads like these are wonderful, giving writers a place to come together, share experiences, and help each other out. [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] [ July 11, 2003: Message edited by: Estella Brandybuck ]
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Okay, for some reason, the site wouldn't let me edit my last post, so I'll just have to post again...
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Interesting thread, guys! I flatter myself I am a beginning writer after the style of C.S. Lewis. Time will tell.
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My writing has been described as correct and well thought out, but not interesting. I foresee a career as a journalist before me! [img]smilies/evil.gif[/img] Thankfully, my lil'sis is helping me with character developement and description. She has a truly artistic mind, and that flavor carries over to her writing. Can anyone suggest a site where I can get help and inspiration? Have a great day! ~Kates~
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Lily, don't worry about not being able to think of a title for your book/work/novel. I am three chapters into my poem and still don't know the title.
Well, right at the beginning I named it "The Tale of the Fall of Men into Evil" but I think that sounds terrible. So I want to rename it but I don't know what to call it. I have heard that the best thing to do is to wait until you've written your entire work and that's exactly what I'm gonna do. |
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Hmmm... I didn't exactly answer Morquesse's questions. I better rectify that.
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I wrote a short story for an english assignment that I think is good, but it isn't very well developed, because I didn't have much time to write it, and it seems more like a segment of a longer story. I have a really hard time introducing my main characters, which is why I've only written a prologue so far, although I've come up with many ideas for different stories. Sometimes I like to start with a title that gives me an idea of what the main idea will be. These are my random ramblings... I'll stop now.
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Anyway, yes, I like writing immersion. I guess I just get all caught up in the world I created in my book, that I never even stop to think about "What if I had a character from today's time enter the story?". I did think about having people from a distant land, like and existing land around the time my world would have exitsted, come into the story. But somehow when I started writing it the idea just disappeared from my mind. Thankyou for reminding me of that, littlemanpoet, though I'm sure you did it unintentionally. I think now I have just discovered the ending to my book. |
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I dont know what immersion is, but I don't think I write that either. Mine is like Tolkien's Middle-Earth, It's our world, but in ancient times.
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I am currently working on a fantasy quest type story very much inspired by Tolkein's works (especially the Silmarillion and LOTR). I want to create my own fictional universe like Tolkein and Lovecraft have done.
I have no idea what the main story will turn out to be except that it will be a quest of some sort. Right now i'm focusing more o ncreating the background of the story (how the 'world' was created, common legends, different races/cultures, etc). I'm also working on a language though that is proving very difficult since all i have are a bunch of sounds and these sounds must mean something and it must be consistent, unfortunately i'm not a linguist or a philologist like Tolkein so this complicates the task for me (i only know 2 languages fluently). As well I want to make it more morally ambigious than anything Tolkein ever came up with since i feel that the obvious christian tone/message of Tolkein's works are their only weakness. I'll probably be working on this for many years until i feel it'll be published as i'm only 22 and i'll i've ever written are poems/songs and a few short stories here and there.
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I am currently working on around five or six novels, or at least the basic ideas. Two are most definitely not based on Tolkien, and a couple are not even fantasy.
One is more comparable to Lord Of The Rings but I am trying to avoid any large similarities. I am also working on a series of short stories, which are largely unrelated to Tolkien. The only way in which Tolkien has influenced my work is in the way he has portrayed elves. I suppose I never really considered the different ways in which elves could be personified, ie. near-human, pixie, etc. Other than that, Tolkien has no major influence over my work. I have been writing since I could write, and it has always been fantasy. I generally live in a dream world (in fact, I'm wondering if I have some sort of mental disorder, I spend so much time "out of the real world"), regardless of my love of Tolkien.
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When I ever find the chance to write, fantasy for that matter, I tend to enrich it with poetry, something I love as a hobby. When I do this, I end up proof-reading it over a million times, even though they are always short stories. Another thing I love to do is encorporate historical fantasical items such as one I used, a spiegeltent which played an important role throughout that story.
Also, I have a bad habit of being a Poe, I always have something of maniacal or of dark humour happen. Another habit is giving characters very detailed backgrounds - Which end up taking a whole page... None if my characters are "goodie-two-shoes" either, I don't know why. Sometimes it would be nice to have some to liven up the text a bit. Tolkien has effected how I see or specifiy fantasy in some ways, mostly structure. His works are indeed high fantasy works of genius, which most tap insperation out of like a fountain. I don't think I have based any of my works on similar topics and ideals as Tolkien, but it would fun to try. Well, that's all. Really. ~ Poe Loving Ka~
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The Ka, I never write about goodie two shoes either. If the people are kinda bad, it adds drama. My stories always have the worst things that can happen to people, but I at least can still make it funny. (Without being like Leggy and Gimli)
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Mmm, Poe. One of my idols. Except I don't want to die a drunk.
I too like to write flawed characters, or nasty or annoying ones. People don't want to read about all these perfect characters... at least I don't. |
02-01-2005, 07:11 PM | #37 |
Child of the West
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Flawed characters are always more interesting. They seem to endure the most conflictwise. Atleast mine do. They always have to fight two battles. One for whatever cause and then one within themselves. Good stuff. That's what Kitanna is in my story. She's my most flawed character I've ever had and everythings always about questioning if "this is really who I should be fighting for" or "is it really worth helping when the world will crumble" I love her so much which is why I picked that name to be my Barrow Downs name.
Encaitare~ I also hate reading about perfect people. They're ok as minor characters but a good story can't have a super perfect person as the main character. There's no conflict in that. My friend's story characters are all perfect and like superhuman with no flaws and I can't stand reading about them.
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07-19-2003, 09:09 AM | #38 |
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the guy who be short: Nar classifies Tolkien's - and therefore your story - as immersion fantasy. The reason for this is although it's our world, it's a different time, thousands and thousands of years removed from our own such that it's tantamount to a different world. Of course, there's plenty that is familiar and feels like "home", but that just makes it all the better. It's still immersion fantasy.
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07-19-2003, 10:21 AM | #39 |
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Ahh, I'm glad that I'm not the only one who has four novels in the works and ideas for more flitting through my mind.
I actually began writing poetry before I started actual stories. Then, to make my e-mails to my Grandma longer, I started to write "short stories" about the life of flowers in our garden...the short stories actually ended up to be a short book. Then the poetry side of me kind of "died out" and I started a sci fi, with a plot that my brother thought out. There is one book that is based on LOTR, but I won't have any elves. I will introduce faeries, but they will be slim little girls full of mischeif (I don't think I spelled that right)! [img]smilies/smile.gif[/img] Of course Tolkien influences my work! The main thing is how he makes everything so deep, bringing in bits of the past into LOTR. That is what influences me. I try to show the past (which I plan on writing one of these days) into my story. I like to develope my characters so that they have plenty of original sin and are not perfect demi-gods. I also want to make them deep and intricate so that you are really drawn into them and its as if you are really them when you read about them. Of course, I have a really hard time with that. I want to make my characters so real, that if one of them dies, you start to cry. I am writing in four genres: science fiction, historical fiction, fantasy, and future fiction (a book like 1984 and Brave New World). As you can see, I'm a fantasy nut. Love fiction, love fantasy even more, despise history and biographies because they are usually drier than dust. Actually I did read three that weren't like that. Autobiographies are usually better, but I really love fantasy because it is so different. The main problem with writing my stories is that I run out of inspiration. Everybody loves my writing (even strangers!). It's just that I run out of ideas, I get out of the writing mode, everything I've written sounds poor and worthless...those are the main problems I need to overcome.
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