What’s in a setting of a fantasy? A lot, to tell the truth.
I knew that wherever a story takes place, it has to be somewhere believable, where the story and characters would both make sense. Sometimes we writers mislead or fool the readers, thinking we can take certain liberties and get away with it.
For example, I wouldn’t put my character on the moon without the proper equipment or send him to the North Pole in a bathing suit. Any writer who does so is a fool and his stories are nothing but mere tripe. Stories with poorly planned settings will never go through the publisher. Yes, the examples I give are sci-fi material but I just want to make a point.
As an author, writing fantasy fiction opens the door to many things. It allows me to flex the boundaries, create fascinating characters and mind-twisting plot, think out of the box, and defy conventions. But I will never write my stories on a poorly planned background. It’s better I don’t write at all. I would be setting a poor example to other writers.
I admit creating a setting for a fantasy story is more challenging than creating characters. In most instances, the story and the characters come first into the writer’s mind; the setting, later or never. But one needs not to rush on it.
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