Monday, November 26, 2007
GAY MAN'S GUIDE TO WRITING FANTASY FICTION
I just put together a new feature for my web site that I should share on this blog, since it's about writing: it's called THE GAY MAN'S GUIDE TO WRITING FANTASY FICTION and it's really cool. There is an illustrated tour of the basics of the three-act structure as it applies to fantasy novels. There is also a walk-thru to help visitors to the site to put together their own working outlines for a fantasy plot. There is also a very useful page of Resources, web sites, etc., of value to fantasy writers.
You can find the guide at my web page:
ADRIAN SWIFT'S OFFICIAL WEB SITE
Enjoy!
Adrian
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Hello, my name is Scott and I came across one of your blogs a few weeks ago. I find myself asking a lot of the same questions you write and ask about in your various blogs, so I've been coming back every couple of days to read more and hear what you have to say. I am a creative writing student in Michigan and am also a gay author working on a science fiction story (though we both seem to have an interest in "quest" fiction). I was compelled to comment because it is the first time in quite a while I have been able to connect with someone's ideas and thought processes so intuitively--how long I have starved for this! I will be starting a new blog soon (on New Year's), to focus primarily on the art and process of writing (though I have written many personal blogs in the past), so I hope that we can have further discussions about what it means to be gay, and an author, and the important connection between those two!
Good luck, and hope we shall talk more,
Scott
Scott,
it is a pleasure and an honor to hear from you! Thank you for your thoughtful comments.
I checked out your blog and was very impressed by your insights and obvious commitment to thinking, not just writing. Some people tell stories because it's fun or they can make money at it. Some of us write because there is a union between fiction and reality that we feel compelled to explore, a way to use fiction as a reflection of reality, and a means to say more than "and they lived happily ever after" (although I love happy endings). For me, at least, writing is a union between the two, something I cannot avoid or escape from. I write because I have lived, and experienced, and felt, and known, and I have to capture that, express that, make sense out of that, and where my experience has been different from that of a lot of other people, I feel the need to try to enlighten them, to inform or educate them, while also entertaining them. Of course, I also have to work at the principles of good storytelling in order to get anything across.
Now look, I got all deep and thought-oriented!
It would be nice to hear from you again. I don't IM, but I might one day. You're welcome to email me anytime.
Wishing you success with your writing,
Adrian
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