5 Tips I learned by writing my fantasy
I've never been a hard core fantasy reader *gasp* and when the idea for my own fantasy came to me it was like a foreign concept.
I just do what the characters say!
Here's some tips I learned by making mistakes.
1. Get a good cover.
Sounds easy right? When you're a new author with 0 cash, it's a bit steep to fork out a couple hundred bucks for a cover. But. For. The. Love. Of. God. Get a good cover. My first cover for my fantasy makes me laugh. (BTW in the process of getting a new one, cause the current one is still pretty bad)
2. Narrow down those POVS
I had like a billion characters. Not even joking, and the more reviews that came in the more it became pretty noticeable that too many hands in the pot was bad and hard to connect with.
3. Figure out your world.
I have to laugh, because I am a pantser by nature (write by the seat of my pants) and the major mistake I made was not knowing what the heck I was doing.
4. Write an ending.
Again, I smack my own forehead, because all my fantasy books will leave you angry! Haha! Mostly because I'll bring you to an exiting part and BAM stop. I personally would probably just scramble to buy book 2, but that's me!
5. Consider writing the whole series first.
This is a large concept, but I say this because, I started off publishing novellas that were roughly 20k, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized they should be 3 longer books, instead of 5 short ones.
I hope you got some tips out of my mistakes!
Happy Writing!
Author Note:
I am currently in the process of revamping this series and taking my own advice up above. I'm excited to see what happens as an end result.
I just do what the characters say!
Here's some tips I learned by making mistakes.
1. Get a good cover.
Sounds easy right? When you're a new author with 0 cash, it's a bit steep to fork out a couple hundred bucks for a cover. But. For. The. Love. Of. God. Get a good cover. My first cover for my fantasy makes me laugh. (BTW in the process of getting a new one, cause the current one is still pretty bad)
2. Narrow down those POVS
I had like a billion characters. Not even joking, and the more reviews that came in the more it became pretty noticeable that too many hands in the pot was bad and hard to connect with.
3. Figure out your world.
I have to laugh, because I am a pantser by nature (write by the seat of my pants) and the major mistake I made was not knowing what the heck I was doing.
4. Write an ending.
Again, I smack my own forehead, because all my fantasy books will leave you angry! Haha! Mostly because I'll bring you to an exiting part and BAM stop. I personally would probably just scramble to buy book 2, but that's me!
5. Consider writing the whole series first.
This is a large concept, but I say this because, I started off publishing novellas that were roughly 20k, and the more I thought about it, the more I realized they should be 3 longer books, instead of 5 short ones.
I hope you got some tips out of my mistakes!
Happy Writing!
Author Note:
I am currently in the process of revamping this series and taking my own advice up above. I'm excited to see what happens as an end result.
Published on April 08, 2015 20:12
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