World-Building Tips: Creating and Characterizing RacesI believe that no fantasy novel is complete wi
World-Building Tips: Creating and Characterizing RacesI believe that no fantasy novel is complete without its multiple sentient races and their interactions with one another. Whether a fantasy story includes the typical races of the genre (e.g. humans, elves, dwarves) and/or races that are completely unique to one book or series, fleshing out the details of both common and unique races to your story is paramount to making those races not only believable, but such an integral part to your story that the reader cannot imagine your fantasy world without them.Other bloggers have written posts on this topic with much more detail (the one I recommend is http://tinsky.hubpages.com/hub/Creating-a-New-Fantasy-Race, in case you’re interested), so my main goal here is to summarize the areas of race development I tend to focus on, while also sharing some examples from my own series. I’m working on my first fantasy series ever, so I do not claim to be an expert in this area. But, since most of us who commune on this site are aspiring authors, I wanted to share my personal experience, hoping that it will both inspire and equip you in some way.Source: Write for the King -- source link
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