tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post8683824178247081697..comments2024-01-12T00:00:04.996-05:00Comments on The Paper Wait: Building a WorldEileen Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03147679493619958932noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-41757332021431223022013-03-21T07:56:49.251-04:002013-03-21T07:56:49.251-04:00Really interesting question, Ariel! Jane Yolen'...Really interesting question, Ariel! Jane Yolen's suggestion about basing our worlds on landscapes we know intimately makes a lot of sense to me. (Perhaps because my favorite fantasies often have a clear real world base...) Brianna Caplan Sayreshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10137299043891966903noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-27028903266844859492013-03-19T17:39:44.499-04:002013-03-19T17:39:44.499-04:00To date, I've never dabbled in fantasy. But th...To date, I've never dabbled in fantasy. But that doesn't mean I never will. I think there are common elements in world building with contemporary fiction. You still must paint a setting picture. You still must engage the senses. And yes, you still need to know what to leave out!J.A. Palermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325616361174334630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-27396105062557758012013-03-19T09:29:35.855-04:002013-03-19T09:29:35.855-04:00I think a lot of it is being willing to create the...I think a lot of it is being willing to create the part that doesn't immediately go on the page, not to get too crazed about filling page counts. That's probably a lot harder to do when you're under contract.Ariel Zeitlin Cookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16598505786851656235noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-56734647536703979542013-03-18T22:22:40.920-04:002013-03-18T22:22:40.920-04:00I'm not sure how to do it successfully, but I ...I'm not sure how to do it successfully, but I think you have to really believe in your world. And just like real life, it has to conform to it's rules and constraints. As to the outer landscape reflecting the inner, that should be true in most novels -- the conflict must be one that readers can relate to; the setting provides a framework through which characters move, stumble and grow. Julie Whelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10474747044429106358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-20030472525249753932013-03-18T10:49:53.441-04:002013-03-18T10:49:53.441-04:00Ariel,
I don't write fiction/fantasy, but in p...Ariel,<br />I don't write fiction/fantasy, but in picture books, one of the things that's always fascinated me is the mechanics of how a writer slips into fantasy and then back to reality. Neat trick and difficult to do successfully.<br />Gale Sypher Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01167465000672443273noreply@blogger.com