I have a story outlined, but I am nervous of getting someone to give their opinion. So I want to know what people feel is the most important aspect of a fantasy story and how you would judge one.
Since the story is not believable, I’d think believable characters with believable problems would be the thing to make the audience care about the story.
February 21st, 2010 at 11:35 am
Since the story is not believable, I’d think believable characters with believable problems would be the thing to make the audience care about the story.
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February 21st, 2010 at 12:25 pm
Description of character and scenery….the more I can imagine a setting, the better I follow along a book.
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February 21st, 2010 at 12:47 pm
For a detective story/murder mystery, plot is usually the most important aspect. However, for almost every other sort of story, it’s the characters who carry the tale. I’d judge a fantasy story more on how involved I get with the characters than by any other criterion.
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February 21st, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Try to establish what magic/sorcery/wizardry can and cannot do in your world. One of my favorite fantasy writers, David Eddings, established in his Belgariad that you can’t use sorcery to unmake something, and it made the story that much more interesting. It’s boring if your characters can use their powers to do pretty much anything.
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February 21st, 2010 at 2:14 pm
I would have to say what pulls me into the story as a reader and makes me part of the story is the descriptive. If I can see it…I can live it.
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February 21st, 2010 at 2:25 pm
consider this even horror novels use metaphors to immerse us into the story Crighton (jurrasic park) uses factual reasoning , and evident facts, to tell his storys which in a way are fantasy…in a modern world… to write fantasy, you’d have to create the world..wwhoa..good luck with that…
-m
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comparitive analysis
February 21st, 2010 at 2:36 pm
you IMAGINATION, i would judge it on how it captivates me and makes me want to read more and more of it
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February 21st, 2010 at 3:01 pm
When I read fantasy novels, I like the characters, but if the story line can’t be made believable, then it’s just a story. . .You must make it all believable. If you need someone to read and rate your outline, I know just the person! (no, not me. . .my sister)
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February 21st, 2010 at 3:34 pm
My teenagers and the Mr. would be more apt to answer this one but they are not home (I have read good and I have read snoozers as well). Mr. is always saying about this book he just finished or that one that he likes the characters and or descriptions of the places not be so drawn out.
You no like the authors who have to write so many pages so they draw everything out to 20 pages when five would be good.
Anyhoo being a artist it is very difficult for some to put there work out there to get pulled apart by people, which we know not everyone is kind….but at some point you have too.
We have over a thousand books and read quite a lot here….
Good luck and I hope your story is a success!
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My opinion :0)
February 21st, 2010 at 4:17 pm
Hmm….well, all parts are pretty important but the most important ones are good character development and descriptive settings so that the reader can easily picture the place in their mind. Originality is also crucial b/c it’s what will really make your book stand out when trying to get it published and such.
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February 21st, 2010 at 4:57 pm
In a fantasy story, believable characters make whatever story you’re telling that much more compelling. A reader has an easier time of believing in a character if they are comfortable in the setting. The fantasy world is generally one the reader will not be familiar with but the characters should be. When the characters are developed, more of the setting is revealed.
Another fun element is a fantastic event. Something spectacular and weird.
Good luck!
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February 21st, 2010 at 5:13 pm
C.S. Lewis had a good bit of advice: The more extraordinary the story, the more ordinary the characters should be. The more ordinary the story, the more extraordinary the characters should be. It gives readers something to relate to.
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February 21st, 2010 at 5:22 pm
how believable the fantasy really is.
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