Hi, fellow book readers! I’m a writer to-be who is writing a fantasy novel.

So my question is: what would you like to see more and less in a fantasy novel? Storylines that excite you or bore you? Character developments that would be unexpected or something that’s traditional is still hot? More smut or less smut?

Any ideas are welcome ♥️

Ps. Although reading latest fantasy books myself, I wanted to hear from “professionals”: who read it for fun and not analysing every sentence like me 😅 aka actually feeling it end enjoying it.

  • stereoroid@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Less or no identity politics. If you look at fantasy books from the past, you weren’t told too much detail about the characters, such as race or sexuality. You could project your own fantasies on to them.

    Example: in The Lord of the Rings, were Merry and Pippin a gay couple? Was Frodo an Incel? (We know Sam was straight, of course.) Do we care? Their actions overshadowed such details.