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How to develop an original fantasy idea
Copyright © 2014 Jerry Dunne In this post, I show you how I developed an original fantasy idea for novels for the middle child reader, though the techniques work just as well for fantasy aimed at older readers. Because of … Continue reading
Part 2: Why the study of history is relevant for the fantasy writer: creating a blueprint from the historical drama.
© Copyright 2012 All rights reserved This is a follow on from the post Why the study of history is relevant for the fantasy writer. It should not be read before that one. Below is a very brief account of … Continue reading
Part 1: Why the study of history is relevant for the fantasy writer
Copyright © 2015 Jerry Dunne The past is a strange land Over the last five hundred years, we have had social, cultural and economic changes on a large and continuous scale in the western world, spurred on by massive and … Continue reading
Tolkien’s the Hobbit shows what is meant by original fiction
Copyright © 2015 Jerry Dunne Derivative fiction is fiction that in content and style reads very similar to other such types of stories. Nothing about it really sticks out. An original story will have something that makes it different, even … Continue reading