A good read for new fantasy writers - Writers Forum

*Angel · 12-24-2007, 02:24 AM

or even some old ones, and general writers

I'm sure people have linked to this site before or at least made mention of it, but i couldn't find anything recent for it. so i thought i'd bring it up again.

FARP : Writing Resources, Tutorials

and for those of you wanting to know what your clicking on. See below.

basically a great source of information on improving many aspects of your writing. from simple dialogue to creating whole fantasy worlds.

Quote:

General Writing

Description, Dialogue, & Action by Jessica Barnes (a.k.a Fletcher).
Aquiring Feedback By Rachel Sharon Edidin
The Deception of Description by Erin M. Evans
Breaking Your Mental Blockers by Nikki Foster
Writing Longer Tales By Nikki Foster
Originality in Your Fiction By Alyssa R George
Writing in English as a Foreign Language by Inger Marie Hognestad
Writing Action Scenes by S. B. "Kinko" Hulsey.
Narration on Narration by Amanda B. Melheim
Developing a Strong Authorial Voice by Nicholas
Building Stronger Story Themes by Timothy Pontious
On Teen Writing by Elizabeth Wilhelm
Writing a story, Painting a masterpiece by Jessica Ng Ying Ying.

Creating a Story
Character:

Writing Lycanthropy by j. Atlas Burke
Villans: "Bad" Bad Guys and "Good" Bad Guys by Alyssa R George
Creating an Original Character by Maisha Foster-O'Neal
Character Creation Form by Crissey Gottberg

Setting:

Creating Worlds by Emma Lydia Bates
The Seed of Government -part 1 By Crissy Gottberg
The Seed of Government -part 2 By Crissy Gottberg
10 Steps to Creating Realistic Fantasy Animals By Ashley Lange
Creating Fantasy and Science Fiction Worlds By Michael Liljenberg
On the Creation of Languages by Kathleen McGowan
Creating Effective Pantheons for Fantasy Stories By Sarah N. Snyder

Writing Fantasy

Proper Use of Thees and Thous By S. Kocurova

Poetry

Rhyming in Poetry by Brian Buckley
Poetic Forms By Brian Buckley
Writing Stories in Verse By Aubra Penner

Edit* also i note to those interested. all those articles are written by amateurs. if your looking for professional articles see the post below by Non-Servian.

Non Serviam · 12-24-2007, 05:07 AM

I rather strongly suggest new fantasy writers should start here:

TOC About Writing

The above articles are written by professionals.

Not all the FARP advice should be taken to heart, I think.

*Angel · 12-24-2007, 08:20 PM

yea SFWA would be a much better start.

I merely posted FARP cause i noticed a lot of the questions members were asking were answered pretty simply there. and there still is a good amount of information in helping with getting some groundwork

so just because the articles weren't written by professionals, i wouldn't discredit them. you should never cast aside any advice or criticism, but then again like you said you shouldn't take the advice to heart either. just something you keep in mind.

Vee · 12-26-2007, 07:11 PM

After trawling both links, I think the second link is good if you are new to writing altogether; and you desire to write fantasy.

However, if you want good information on what to do and what not to do in the various aspects of your writing, the first link is far superior. It even gives good examples.

lilacstarflower · 01-12-2008, 05:42 PM

Thanks for the links - writing a fantasy/sci-fi myself and was looking for a resource i could check out when i think i'm going wrong