Creating a Fantasy World
Creating and naming Fantasy Settings.
Author and manuscript assessor Sally Odgers takes you step by step through what you need to create a viable world for your fantasy story or novel. Learn how to create, name and populate a new world/planet.
Find out how to make your setting fresh and original, avoiding pitfalls such as producing a shadowy version of Narnia or Middle Earth.
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Here is a list of the course contents.
Contents.
Part One: Fantasy Levels. (Page 4)
Fantasy Defined
Fantasy Levels
Levels One to Six
Other Levels
Part Two: Fantasy Settings in Our World. (Page 9)
Choosing a Setting
Advantages in Using Real Settings
Disadvantages in Using Real Settings
Fictional Features in Real Settings
Exercise One
Exercise Two
Small Settings
Hidden Attic
Magical Room
Haunted House
Fantasy Houses
Exercise Three
Settings for Fantasy Creatures Met in Our World
Integrated Fantasy Characters
Exercise Four
Exercise Five
Settings Superimposed on Our World
Exercise Six
The Past as a Fantasy Setting
Imaginary Countries
Part Three; Fantasy Settings in Other Worlds. (Page 29)
Creating Other Worlds
Existing (and Famous) Developed Fantasy Worlds.
Narnia
Middle Earth
Diana Wynne Jones’ Worlds
Part Four: Creating an Otherworldly Fantasy Setting. (Page 33)
Creating a Fantasy World
Questions to ask and answer when creating your world.
How close to our reality?
Exercise Seven.
Humans as major protagonists?
Exercise Eight
Exercise Nine
Other Characters?
Traditions for Fairies
Shakespearian Fairy Setting.
Setting for Nature Spirit Fairies.
Hollow Hill Setting
Fairyland
Choosing a Tradition.
Traditions from Modern Literature
Vampires
Exercise Ten
Exercise Eleven
Original Fantasy Creations
Exercise Twelve
Animals
Climate and terrain
Coastal Setting and others.
Technological stages
Popular Periods on Which Fantasy Settings Are Based
Things to Consider
Cultural Similarities
Using Logic
Flora
Industries, governments, and general social conditions.
Exercise Thirteen
Religion
Exercise Fourteen
Royalty, Nobility, Class and Government
Conflict
Exercise Fifteen.
Marriage and Family
Medicine, Magic and Science
Fantasy Vocabulary
Garments
Family Relationships
Settlements, Houses, Transport
Flora
Fauna
Names and Naming
Seasons, Hours, Miles, Money, Festivals
Exercise Sixteen
Recreation
Sets
Exercise Seventeen
