Are You Writing Serious Fantasy?

[Niphredil Baggins]

Well, one of my stories starts with a meeting that will change the lives of those who meet... and their lives are far from insignificant... the balance in this world is between action and serenity, generally humans act and elves ponder, but sometimes things get reversed.

In the other story the beginning is an accident, followed by the downfall of the one who caused it. But the downfall means a new beginning and personal growth. Of course the major events have their roots far in history, when a powerful man gained rule of the world. This was a tip in the balance of power- from independent city-states to an empire.

There are many balances to be tipped:
good-evil
old-new
power (tip results in war/revolution/conquest)
personal mental balance
religious balance

etc etc.