Writing Epic Fantasy - Taking a bold approach to gender

One of the most frequently heard deals in our world, reinventing especially in motivational circles and in Internet marketing is "not the wheel." The advice of the writer is to the work of other people, be aware that this is done, read, and the formula that they follow completely. In this way you can "manage" without being in too much work. If you do the form for you right here. In eight easy steps you too can be a successEpic fantasy novels.

The formula for success:

1. Create a group of non-human characters interesting, ogres, dragons, elves and dwarves, of course, that your hero must be human or substantially human

2. Put them in a fantasy world filled with magical secrets

3. Open your novel with something exciting for the reader "get connected"

4. Keep the action moving - you create a series of small obstacles

5. Anticipating somethinglarge, this will happen (will not be in this novel, but if it never ever happens)

6. Have two important things that happen, and if they are not solved, they disappear when the act was not advanced at all

7. A great advantage in the next novel (promise the moon)

8. Repeat steps 3-7 for the next novel

Before (this formula is further guaranteed to get rich and successful) writers make in less than 30 days, because they do not stopand think about why you write epic fantasy on.

're probably writing epic fantasy, or thought about writing, since the incentive to create a hero who can be admired. Do you want a story about an average person (or hobbit) that comes to write against the stream, ignoring public opinion, but somehow victorious in the end. So why not this way your own handwriting?

Is not that a bit of "ironic?" It's like looking at aSeries of Bruce Lee movie and then write a book about self-defense. While this is not technically valid, but in your life, you actually do?

Epic Fantasy in the basic principle is to have the courage to continue the courage insurmountable obstacles, or even probable death and the courage to face on the road after dark. This is what we admire, in general. So we've read this way. The little guy does not often (literally, like a hobbit in Lord of the Rings or even a rabbit, as inWatership Down), everyone can do what is right. He fought against the internal conflicts and battles the creatures of evil, and learns something about himself on the street. The great writer was a kind of courage.

Tolkien was terrible for his work when he first published criticism. But he believed in the world, and creates persevered. Stephen King had the courage to move freely between different genres, even in the same book. Robert Howard has had the courage to write whatwant to write, though he never achieved the financial pay off he deserved. Frank Herbert had the courage to tackle the big problems and big issues of life. And you think that Harry Potter would have reached such heights if JK Rowling does not really Harry?

And where the muscles are connected with the writer made the world of the fantasy epic, the courage for what is right move? It is the writer of the genre before somewhere? MaybeYou?

Some tips

Courage! Do not write something because you think to sell it. Do not shoot for something important. Can not read the popular epic fantasy novels of the moment and follow the same formula. Background: One of the fundamental lessons of the fantasy epic in itself does not follow, that the public opinion. You write an epic fantasy, and your main character is without a doubt going to face the challenges of epic proportions. Have the courage to do the sameThing. Suggest something new.

The ideas

Fantasy epic is not really slay dragons and rescue princesses. This is a deeper meaning. It is about the search for meaning in life. It takes about a road never taken, and the challenges we face is not known. Follow the same path in your life and your writing.

Forget the grammar - now

Too often a writer is made in sentence structure,Grammar and a number of other technical details. Innovate. Let's develop the story and allow the exchange of ideas. Worry about the grammar later. For now, should you write. Your ideas on paper. The world is waiting for your novel. Take the chance and go against the popular belief. The world thanks you.

Need help?

If you are an epic fantasy novel that you think is brave and publishers have written, do not receivebecause it is too risky, then send the manuscript to me. While I agree that this is something special, something worthy is a hero, I will not publish this, even if I have to pay me. No thanks needed, and test any financial reward. Just think of themselves as Bilbo and myself as Samwise Gamgee.

With herbs in Fantasy Writing

In the Middle Ages in Europe, China or elsewhere, the most common drugs came in the form of herbs. Although it is probably at the moment does not always up to modern research. A botanist is a professional training in phytotherapy (the use of herbs). A midwife, a woman who cares for pregnant women from the prenatal period until birth, which often herbs in their profession. A pharmacist is someone who prepares and sells drugs and medications, similar to a modern societyPharmacist.

Medieval Folklore vs. current research

Folk Lore surrounding grass. Angelica Fennel and Basil had to protect against witches, and the garlic would naturally keep away werewolves and vampires. In some cultures, the basil is associated with scorpions, they feared that the Scorpions can grow in pots of basil and cause odor actually cause scorpions to grow in his head. However, in Italy, suitors signaled their love in court with a bunch of basil intheir hair.

Sage has been as the panacea of the Middle Ages, believed to cure everything from a snake bite with mental illness. To be done in truth and not allow all the problems, but it has many positive attributes. Help reduce excessive sweating, digestive problems, sore throats, premenstrual cramps, and hyperglycemia. It also helps the depletion of neurotransmitters in the brain is necessary for the functioning of the brain is crucial and can be used in combination with ginkgo, biloba and rosemary helpslow or prevent Alzheimer's disease.

Fantasy purposes

In your own universe, you can choose to take herbs available, or create your own use. I prefer a mixture. I will be together herbs which to use in many cases, but then a place where I can find something that the property that I need. You can inspire the established folklore, use or test drive with the property. Most importantly, at least in a medieval fantasy world, or in common is that patients with the treatment of faithTreatment when medical treatment is healthy.

If you herbs, real or invented, you should take note of where the plant grows, as it seems, and their healing properties. I have a table with the herbs, which in my book, and her descriptive notes. There are many herbal guides in both book form and online. The search for "herbs" comes with a very long list. If you are the realistic approach, you want the documents for on-line to viewensure that there is a role player or a list of herbs in her writers created worlds.

Definitions

When considering herbal remedies, is the first thing that comes to mind of herbal tea. But there are many different treatments for plants and other drugs. The following definitions have been killed from their entries on Wikipedia.

An ointment is prepared, semi-viscous solids used topically on a variety of body surfaces. An ointment may or not be treated too. The

A plasteris fresh, soft, passionate and often for medical, which grows on the skin tissue for the treatment of pain, burning or painful area. Poultice should not be used normally to open wounds, as you slow down the healing process or cause an infection.

A tea, herbal tea, herbal teas or herbal is not a fact, from the leaves of the tea plant. (Variety "real" tea black tea, oolong tea, green, yellow and white). Herbal teas can be taken fresh or dried flowers,Leaves, seeds and roots, generally by pouring boiling water over the plant parts and they let him go for a few minutes. Seeds and roots can be cooked on a stove. The tea is then charged, sweetened, if desired, and serve.

A project is an oral drug or poison. As a rule, in connection with the magic.

A tincture is an alcoholic extract (eg grass) or a solution of a substance is not volatile.

The infusion is a method for producing medicines, where 1-2 teaspoons dried plantor 2-4 fresh herbs (flowers and berries are interchangeable) "penetrated" or placed in oil or boiling water, then after ten minutes, is strained. Forced to wait too long, add the results to the bitter herbs. The herb / botanical is then removed from the oil and the oil is used in many formulas, the oils that require short-term infusion.

If you can help the descriptions of herbs, the following words from a repertoire of plant:

Antiseptic: This herb combats andneutralizes pathogenic bacteria and prevents infection

Astringent: This herb is not subject to their application, for example: a check that hemorrhages or secretions by coagulation of proteins on a soft surface

Hemostatic: This herb Stop The Bleeding

Parasite: This herb kills parasites and worms

Tonic: This herb restores, nourishes and supports the entire body, exerts a slight strengthening effect on the body

Effective use of herbs in the fiction iswant to do your own research to decide what color your purposes. Even with a world in which all the herbs of your creation, it would make sense for you to deal with the conditions I have mentioned familiarize.

Writing Fantasy - A creative approach to the construction world

Before your fantasy world you live in the minds of your readers, you need to recover before the start in your mind. It must be tangible and real. And you must see before you expect to see your readers. So how do you do? I have three proposed methods to bring your vision of a world to life.

Draw maps of your world

If you have a lot of ways medieval fantasy epic you've ever read on the cards, which saw many of themBooks. They are an excellent addition to writing. Bring a visual reality that the world in the novel and not in second place after the novel. They are a valuable part of the experience of reading a novel.

The cards are not just for the drive, though. You can play a useful role for you, as a writer. The chances are good that your main character or main characters travel around the world that you need to be created. What are the rivers? How far apart are the cities?What are the main features of the landscape? There are the mountains? How long does it take to move your character from one place in the world in a different place in the world. A good map can answer all these questions.

Too often, the cards are almost playing a supporting role. The story is written, then the card is designed to fit the story. You should put this approach on its head and drag the maps early stages of the writing process.

A map or series of cards, you can base your story in a wayReality. It can also stimulate new ideas in the story. The visual representation of a card can be new ideas. If the missing card. How do you feel to a natural lake at the foot of a mountain? Drag and see if it brings a new chapter in its history. There are two rivers? What was the meeting place? It is a city? Perhaps there is a dark forest. Perhaps these new features of the country have a role in your story.

The cards are something that the readerfrequently refers. A map is a premium of a novel, and every time there is a map in a novel, I read the pages of the card is very clouded. He brings a different part of the brain drive in history. Do not forget the cards and is not stored as an accessory. You can use to realize their full potential. Even if you do not have much skill with drawing, the card can be good enough to be used effectively in the final print. This map is the most difficult to watch as they pulled the hand thatbetter accompaniment to a great story.

Rendering of 3D scenes and dioramas for your world

I am a manufacturer of diorama. I like to create the scenes with wizards, barbarians, and all kinds of evil creatures. When I wrote my first novel, I have an ambitious project to create a table diorama of a particular region of the world that I am already. It is a project under which a specially designed table, seven meters long and four meters wide and has taken a long time to build, butThe reward for this project was too big. In a real configuration of a scene in the novel allowed me to live, give the novel. I saw the earth and move like the characters. I could imagine the time and plant species. Made it much easier for me to move into the soul of my readers. You have a project not as ambitious as I am, you can only make a small scene, but this type of structure in the world in a visual sense adds a sense of depthwriting.

Create a video game that you can run in the

Sounds like a lot of work and a couple of years, this was not an option for an amateur, but now the technology and tools exist that you can actually create an amazing world within hours. There are many free resources for you to internal and external worlds, without allowing for a penny. You need only invest a little time. The technology has to come to the point whereis almost plug and play. Let me give you an example. You can draw a tool for building the world in one city. You will receive a certain size, topography and buildings there, then add all types of prefabricated extras. In a weekend you can get a complete little world that you can actually use, already a sign to go into your world.

There are two key advantages of making efforts to do so. First, we can build a pseudo-realistic interpretation of an area of yourHistory and can help you see better. And that means a better display you describe your best players. But secondly, and above all, the process of creating this world in a different medium of paper and pencil to take your imagination and creativity to a new level. As you build your world, you will see a new path. This will provide new ideas, ideas that you never thought of a simple word processor.

I worked with severalSoftware suite to create different worlds and is a new platform game Kaneva. I have not yet used, but it seems very interesting and very friendly. If you use this platform to create a world, you can also invite other people to come and study with you. It's not that something? You can tell them that the world is, the novel is set in.

Fantasy epic and writing, in its essence a form of visual art. But too often we haveWriters usually more is too much emphasis in action, or social interaction in the story. You should never forget that the story in a world that you created is terminated. And this world is the land on which is attached to the whole story. It must be understood as a rock solid and clear from you. It must be clearly expressed in your reader. Construct a physical representation of the created world, brings a new level and helps you to express your sense ofReality to your reader.