Supposed to introduce myself, I am yet hesitant as to what I should say, had I never wrought too well with speaking of myself.
Basically, I focus on fantasy, to an epic degree for most, whenso I am no friend of classification by genre. Established by the Greeks, or so I have heard, I do not see where we 'are rolling with the times', adhered to customs of old as we are--quite concerned about 'what is what', it would seem.
Writing fiction has still a degree of truth in it--much as to history itself--, or need I say that I could write alike now if I have not had some historical knowledge of my own life.
This may not make sense to many folks. Perchance I should rephrase it so: Whatsoever you write, you write out of your own fantasy, which has risen from truth--your own truth, so to say, which makes a tale much rarer.
Sating this, I quite disagree to statements--or let's call them advice--that go like: "You use too many adjectives, too few adverbs. Write in the active, never passive, and do never split infinitives", while at the same time, 'Creative writing' is taken for a key to success and really only means: "Write as you would have writen," without said background noise.
Hence, the way you should narrate is introduced before you are told to write 'just as you would have narrated your tale before'--paradoxical. So, at least, the experiences I have made, surely glad if any a one of you has known it else, haply to your gain.
A quick word to a narration
Magical elements and creatures of folklore are often used and expected in the realms of fantasy. However, stories can be crafted where the use of magic is implied rationally.
i. A burning blade in medieval times could be confused with sorcery, whereas the reason for the fire could be something as trifle as whale oil, which is set alight at blades cross.
ii. When fear is at its greatest, the gloom of night can deceive the eye: The shape of a mere dog could therefore emerge unearthly, which again gives birth to tales.
PS: May I have a drink?
Faithfully,
Salaha Kleb
Basically, I focus on fantasy, to an epic degree for most, whenso I am no friend of classification by genre. Established by the Greeks, or so I have heard, I do not see where we 'are rolling with the times', adhered to customs of old as we are--quite concerned about 'what is what', it would seem.
Writing fiction has still a degree of truth in it--much as to history itself--, or need I say that I could write alike now if I have not had some historical knowledge of my own life.
This may not make sense to many folks. Perchance I should rephrase it so: Whatsoever you write, you write out of your own fantasy, which has risen from truth--your own truth, so to say, which makes a tale much rarer.
Sating this, I quite disagree to statements--or let's call them advice--that go like: "You use too many adjectives, too few adverbs. Write in the active, never passive, and do never split infinitives", while at the same time, 'Creative writing' is taken for a key to success and really only means: "Write as you would have writen," without said background noise.
Hence, the way you should narrate is introduced before you are told to write 'just as you would have narrated your tale before'--paradoxical. So, at least, the experiences I have made, surely glad if any a one of you has known it else, haply to your gain.
A quick word to a narration
Magical elements and creatures of folklore are often used and expected in the realms of fantasy. However, stories can be crafted where the use of magic is implied rationally.
i. A burning blade in medieval times could be confused with sorcery, whereas the reason for the fire could be something as trifle as whale oil, which is set alight at blades cross.
ii. When fear is at its greatest, the gloom of night can deceive the eye: The shape of a mere dog could therefore emerge unearthly, which again gives birth to tales.
PS: May I have a drink?
Faithfully,
Salaha Kleb
