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Questions tagged [fantasy]

Is the literary genre that deals with magic, magic creatures and imaginary worlds. This tag should be used for any questions relating to fantasy, including formatting, techniques and publishing.

Fantasy is a genre of , that mostly deals with magic, mystical powers, mythical or magic creatures (like Vampires or Dragons) and often plays in a mediveal-styled world.

Questions with this tag, should center around this theme, including , and questions.

Also you should state, in which phase of your story you are (e.g. or to improve the quality of the answers.

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How do evil protagonists win the reader over in dark fantasy stories?

I thought about writing fantasy story from the perspective of the evil antagonist (think from Sauron's perspective). So my bad guy will be the protagonist and my good guys will be the antagonist. I want my main protagonist to be in general a bad…
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A villain that doesn't even know the hero's existence?

In the story I'm writing, the villain is a tyrant who is taking over control of the world (a very small one, with only two continents) as he pleases. The hero and many other people are affected by his actions, besides many other sub problems he is…
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Critics said my first novel is too descriptive. Would they say the same about my new novel?

My first language is Arabic. Please ignore the grammatical mistakes. I've published a novel about 6 years ago, and most of the critics who read it thought that it was too descriptive. Now I'm worried if my second novel to be published has the same…
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how to make enemy of mc to fall in love with him?

My mc poses some strange shadow powers which he tries to hide and in one quest he met his enemy who also has these powers. They both end up fighting each other and the mc slows her down and escapes from there. Then he realizes that they both were in…
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Writing an overempowered antagonist?

I have the principal antagonist for my modern fantasy alternate world setting. Unlike the typical antagonist, this particular character, whom I named Vritra. He weilds the exaltation of a goddess, which granted him a slow aging, stronger than…
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Is the forbidden love story of an elf and prince overused?

I'm writing a short novel mostly for my own enjoyment, but I want to know if the elf and prince forbidden love has been beaten to death and if it would actually get any attention if it were to be published
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My protagonist is using a different name at the beginning of the book, but changes half-way through. How should I write the dialogue tags?

My protagonist is living under a curse, with added amnesia, making her have a false name. Halfway through the book, she learns what her real name is and chooses to become that person again, with all the things it means as well. After this, when…
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How do I write about witches and wizards and have child/teen protagonists without copying Harry Potter?

I am planning on writing a story about witches and wizards and I want to have child and teen protagonists, but not copy Harry Potter too much. One of the ways I thought of doing this is by having school on the SIDE so that I do not repeat the idea…
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Can I get in trouble for discrimination by writing an epic fantasy based on Medieval England like Lord of the Rings?

The Lord of the Rings has been criticized by actor John Boyega for having every character be white. I don't believe Boyega understands the background of the series (i.e. that it's based on medieval England). If I were to write my own epic fantasy…
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would this be considered fantasy?

I am wanting to write a short story in the fantasy genre maybe genre blending. but I'm not sure if my idea is still considered fantasy. an example of what I was kind of thinking is: a man is walking along late at night and sees a bright flash of…
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Can I transition from real to fictional places in fantasy series?

I've started to write my first Fantasy novel. But there's one question that always bugs me. If I were to have a Kingdom, of course I would have a fictional name for it. So if I have a non-fictional place in my first few books, can I have a…
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Is it bad writing or just the plot if the hero ends up being as evil as the villain in order to stop the villain's evil?

The villain is evil; he does evil things to the world's people. The hero (a.k.a "the good guy who does good things and is against the villain") wants to stop this evil, and goes in a journey to face the villain and stop him. However, in order to…
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What to do if your story seems too similar to another?

My story involves a government run program for the paranormal and the main protagonist is a demon. My problem is that I don't want people to think "Hey , you stole that from Hellboy".
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Can justifying "boobplate" armor in the fantasy genre damage its credibility as a serious setting?

If you are trying to convince readers that women are an important part of war in an alternate world, is sticking them in costumes designed to titillate instead of protect damage the worldbuilding credibility? How could you balance the rule of cool…
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Need mythical creatures for high fantasy

I want my novel to have more than just the real common mythical creatures. (Like dragons) Are there any websites or books with mythical creatures in them? I'd prefer they had pictures or at least a detailed description of what the creature would…
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