How do you start writing a high fantasy?

Writing high fantasy: 7 tips

1. Study classic high fantasy for insights.
2. Make sure your fantasy world is developed.
3. Avoid high fantasy clichés.
4. Make characters complex rather than stock types.
5. Avoid the pitfalls of muddled fantasy book writing.
6. Write fitting dialogue.
7. Choose names smartly.

What should every fantasy book have?

5 Essential Elements Every Fantasy Novel Needs

• A magic system. This is the element that sets fantasy fiction apart from other genres.
• A well-developed setting. This is another absolutely vital element within fantasy fiction.
• A cast of complex characters.
• A central conflict.
• A power structure/system of government.

What should I do before writing a book?

Before you start writing a novel…

1. Nail down the story idea. An obvious step, but not an easy one to cross off.
2. Read books in your genre.
3. Choose your book’s point of view.
4. Establish the setting.
5. Develop your main characters.
6. Establish the conflict and stakes.
7. Create an outline.
8. Choose your story structure.

How can I improve my fantasy novel?

10 Tips for Writing Fantasy Fiction

1. Read and re-read. You can only write as well as you read.
2. Know your market. For first-time fantasy writers, it’s especially important to consider your audience.
3. Start small.
4. Next, go big.
5. Choose a point of view.
6. Meet your characters.
7. Outline your story.
8. Make, and keep, rules.

What to ask yourself before writing a book?

12 questions to ask yourself when writing a story

• What’s the story really about?
• Can I sum up this story in one sentence? (If I can’t, then I stop everything and do this.)
• Where do I want this story to go?
• Which sections do I need to elaborate on?
• Am I forcing the story, or allowing it to flow naturally?

What makes a story high fantasy?

High fantasy is set in an alternative, fictional (“secondary”) world, rather than the “real” or “primary” world. Many high fantasy stories are told from the viewpoint of one main hero. Often, much of the plot revolves around their heritage or mysterious nature, along with a world-threatening problem.

How to plan out a novel?

The One Sentence Summary. Start by writing a one-sentence summary of your novel.

Describe the story. Now you need to expand the sentence you’ve just created into a paragraph of about five sentences.

Characters. Now you need to turn your attentions to one of the most important part of the story – the characters.

Expanding. Now you should expand each of the five sentences you’ve created for Step 2 into a paragraph.

Back to the characters. Now go back to your characters and write a one-page synopsis for each of them.

How to write a fantasy novel?

1. Develop your characters. Interview them. Do some voice-journaling for them. Create character profiles. Do whatever helps you get into their heads

2. Develop your (story’s) world.

3. Develop your backstory.

4. Craft an interesting and believable plot for your characters.

5. Decide how your story will begin.

How to write a long fantasy series?

Control your points of view. A friend of mine,in discussion regarding an epic fantasy series she’d like to write,proposed that this should be the number-one item on

Control your subplots. Once you have multiple pov characters,it’s easy to let them wander off from one another and start doing different things.

Centralize.