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.

  • FranticPonE@alien.topBEnglish
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    1 year ago

    More character perspectives on ideas/worldbuilding. Blasted through The Slow Regard of Silent Things even though I happily didn’t read the sequel to The Name of the Wind, 10/10.

    And less the opposite. Tried reading “The Magic of Recluce”, the MC’s personality is “I am bored and that’s an excuse to lore dump on your head.” And I’m sorry but “this island in LOTR knockoff land has an extreme but low key cultural tradition of everyone hyperfocusing on one single task in life in the belief that this will stave off conflict” is interesting, but not interesting enough sans any sort of character or plot or other idea whatsoever for me to continue.