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[gracemfrench]

I don't do word counts because they yuck my low-focus yum. I do checkpoints.

My writing goals for Project Mega are:

Herd A-story characters to X part of the story

Get the B-story characters to Y part of the story.

Get certain marked characters away from A-story and B-story into C-story.

Think of ways to weave in B-story-subplot-A and B-story-subplot-B if vibes.

I blame George R. R. Martin for this nonsense.

[deborahdeshoftim5779]

AuthorTuber Kate Cavanaugh defends the process of fast drafting. This is a method which I have begun to embrace (again), after years of procrastination. 

[genresavvvy]

What is High Fantasy

High Fantasy is a subgenre of fantasy; and probably what most people think of when they hear fantasy. High Fantasy is a genre of great heros, strange lands, and magic, made famous by works like Lord of the Rings and The Chronicles of Narnia.

Key points of High Fantasy:

Takes place in a world different than our own (which usually tends to be less developed, usually medieval times; though it doesn’t have to be)

The world can be filled different fantasy races (humans along with elves, dwarfs, mermaids, ogres, etc.)

Usually follows a hero and his party  fighting against a villain

High stakes: the evil is looking to enslave the world, kill everyone, etc. The entire world (or known world) is threatened; it is NOT a person struggle for the protagonist.

Usually, the hero is not a trained warrior or knight; though they are often in the story

Black and white morality; the good are good, the bad are bad. Some bad might pretend to be good, but no one's really morally ambiguous.

Usually, magic or a similar fantasy element plays a huge role in the main plot.

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