the difference between good writing and great writing is how many times you’re willing to rewrite the same sentence until it sounds less like wattpad and more like pride and prejudice.
It is important for you to understand how your fantasy world runs. It would make things a whole lot easier to write a novel if you understand how things work in this world. I would recommend planning out some information before you start your writing journey. I have briefly discussed some other helpful tips for writing a fantasy book before too! 1. Think about the currency/currencies in your world, do you want it to use coins or something different? Just like the world we live in, you cannot travel to a place that doesn't need some aspect of currency, whether it is dollars, euros or something else. A very simple idea could be using buttons for a currency.
2. What are the jobs and their purposes? How respected are they in society?
3. This links to number 2, but what is the agriculture and crop growing like? How needed are the farmers? Do plants grow via magic, photosynthesis or something else?
4. How does the world work through trading, communication, travel and combat?
5. How big are the villages, cities and locations in your world?
6. Who are the Gods/deities in your world and how did they create the world. Are there any in particular who are of importance? Why, why not?
7. What could be some of the stories in your world that have been told and passed down for generations? Are they myths, truths or does no one know?
8. What is the education system like?
9. Plan your magic system! For example, it could be generated through energy, a magic crystal, a gift from a God, who may have gifted something to the living beings in order to help them exist in some way.
10. Think about the names of your locations, if needed I can do a separate post dedicated to naming a place.
11. Impacts of characters. Why is your character good for the world/bad for the world? Are they even necessary to the plot, if not, think about if they even need to be written about.
12. How is their food prepared and made?
13. What are the politics like through voting systems and laws etc? Who are the people in charge?
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underrated form of humor: just making shit up in past tense
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You guys lemme just tell you that my ex girlfriend who cheated on me like three years ago just texted me out of nowhere yesterday and said "hey we're learning about mutually assured destruction in our senior year high school class and just wanted to say that's what being in a relationship with you felt like" and I was emotionally destroyed but damn that was a good one. Will probably use it on someone else later.
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