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How We Wrote Fantasy Novels with a Fantasy Club

How we wrote eight YA fantasy novels with a "fantasy club"

1. Set story rules
Every idea is considered
If a member drops out, the character continues
We are all the “good guys”
Magic has rules, limitations within the story world
Fantasy novels are not video games

2. Take story quiz to create generic character
Sample quiz below, any would work if the end result is general

3. Vote on hero based on results of quiz
Wizard over priest (who serves), for example

4. Each person creates their own character details
Name, age, background, preferences, appearance, strengths, faults, abilities

5. Meet regularly to determine setting, historical time, technology, and plot each step of the story using every character

One person did the actual writing, and shared the progress with the group.

The story was created scene by scene, with discussions about twists, ending, needs of each character.

Every character had to be part of the action, the conflict, and the resolution.

Teams were created and sent out within the story to manage characters within scenes

I used first-person narrative, with two main voices—my character (so I had some control about direction) and the actual hero’s voice, since the hero would be the final problem-solver in the story

We had fun with this, and eight YA fantasy novels were completed this way. I write longhand in blank journals, and type/edit afterward, so the chosen hero earned the original handwritten copy, and the rest of us received typed copies. (P.S. I was never the hero so that someone in our group could take on that role.)

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Gift of Christmas Memories - A Candle Ceremony

CANDLE CEREMONY FOR CHRISTMAS SPIRIT

At this time of year, we miss our family and friends more than ever. One way to bond and share memories (and some may surprise you) is the following Candle Ceremony. Easy to manage through email or traditional mail (inside Christmas cards).

• Send the following 12 questions to everyone on your family and friends list, assigning a number to each participant
• Set a return date (make it firm)
• Choose your favorite holiday music, pour cocoa, light candle, and answer your own questions
• Combine all answers to each question by assigned number, listing names at the end of the document, and return copy to every participant
• Guaranteed to surprise you and fill you with Christmas spirit!
• Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

(Suggested questions or create your own):

1. What is your favorite Christmas carol?
2. What was your favorite childhood Christmas gift?
3. What would you ask Santa for today?
4. Did you ever hear bells on Christmas Eve?
5. When was your last icy patch?
6. From all Christmas trees you’ve known, which ornament comes to mind first?
7. When in the season do you get your first feeling of Christmas?
8. What color and style Christmas wrapping do you choose for your gifts, and what kind of setting do you prefer when you wrap?
9. It’s snowing outside your window Christmas Eve. How old are you, and what scene are you looking at, inside or out?
10. Who or what would you add to the Nativity scene?
11. Of all the gifts you’ve received, name one whose memory gives you pleasure now.
12. Describe two of your favorite Christmas traditions.