What sets your writing apart?

[Black Dragon]

What makes your writing different than that of other fantasy authors? Is there something that sets you apart from the rest of the pack?

[Ravana]

Understatement, sardonic humor, and lengthy, convoluted syntax.

[Ophiucha]

I tend to focus on rather odd parts of the worldbuilding. I rarely focus on politics or religion - and if there are politics, they are something strange for the setting. My current will-be project is about coffee.

[Lord Darkstorm]

It isn't as good...yet, although Ravana says it much better.

[TWErvin2]

I've thought a bit about this question and, as an author, it's kind of hard to say. Readers might have a better handle on this. (Just as we perceive ourselves as one way, but the world perceives us another)

If I had to hazard a guess, I would say action and dialogue and sometimes the complexity of a storyline.

[Ravana]

It isn't as good...yet, although Ravana says it much better.

Thank you. (Though please, for the love of anything you consider holy, don't use me as a model for syntax! )

[Kaellpae]

I'm hoping the setting and story I want to write will set my writing apart. Otherwise, maybe creatures that populate the stories and hopefully the ability to give my characters a real feel.

Let the practice begin!

[sashamerideth]

I am hoping that it will be my world and an unashamed exploration of humanity. It will probably be my lack of decent vocabulary and never using a thesaurus to sound clever.

[Codey Amprim]

Well I truly do not know because I haven't really been criticized!


My feelings are that when I write, I want the reader to feel connected with my world and characters. I want them to keep guessing about who they are and what they've been through. I love keeping mystery floating around in the midst of the conflict... although sometimes I think that may be my downfall. I don't know how I really feel about the way I write. I want the common man to be able to understand what I'm telling, even if a few words or situations are confusing at first, so I tell my stories from a middle-class, average person's tone.

I hate talking about myself. : )

[Map the Dragon]

Like Terry, I wanted to take some time before answering this question. Here are some of my ideas.

I know my talents, and I know that right now, I write much better in the realm of creative non-fiction than I do in the fantasy genre. Hopefully, my next peice (due for release in March) will prove me right here. Another thing that sets my writing apart from others is that I have been published. This might mean very little in terms of talent or ability, but it still is cool to me that I had a publisher pick up my novel, say they want it, and now I can hold it in my hands. I would like to think that I have a knack for great syntax. Fragment. I love my abilities with imagery and comfort with dialogue, but I need more time to develop the same expertise with plot structure. Outside of fantasy, my best writing skills exist in the realm of persuasion and purpose.