Are You Writing Serious Fantasy?

[Thinhyandoiel]

Hello Number10! Mae govannen!

How do you make your adventures and mishaps seem realisitc, and not seem like everything happens to the same person, impossibly frequently?

Eeee...this is so hard to do! And it is kind of important as well. (Tch, kind of? 'Tis very important.) I mean, if Frodo got stabbed one more time in LOTR I would have thrown down my book in exasperation. Seriously, that hobbit cannot keep himself out of trouble. Well, okay, so he's carrying the Ring of Power that could very well destroy the world...er...I withdraw what I said earlier.

The thing is, I've read stories where everything horrible and awful happens to only one or two characters. It gets mundane and predictable, but none of the characters can go through the whole tale unscathed (in our chosen genre of course).
In my story, I've tried to 'balance it out' a bit, trying not to reserve all the injuries for one of the main characters. After he fell off that building, I decided no more injuries for a few more chapters. He'd had enough for one day [img]smilies/tongue.gif[/img]

Oh yeah, I just thought of something. That one character who hadn't done anything, actually joined the party because he was looking for adventure. Ironic.