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Assuming this fantasy-epic is like The Dark Crystal or stories as such, if there are a number of characters, main and side characters, that is not as simple as stating that "a wolf enters the forest" and etc... as these fantastical creatures in the story all differ and are unknown. Tried finding...

I guess they are written like mini flashbacks, but how best to approach/write/introduce small 'memory hits' or 'visions' a character may experience? This wouldn't be a full on flashback sequence, by small flashbacks, perhaps a few paragraphs or more, quick memory hits from the past, that would...

Thank u one and all -- I appreciate it greatly. I think I've got it all worked out - thanks to all of your suggestions and wisdom --

Thanks one and all... Yes, even as you state Prince of Spires and Slip Knox - these two events do eventually come together - in the same chapter - and I was aiming at finding a way to not confuse the reader - as all have said - and of course my goal. As mentioned, we want the reader to be very...

Both are good suggestions (and would luv to read your work!) but I should clarify - this would be from a more omniscient narrative - so not so much a POV, as in from a character speaking or the narrator speaking for them. Rather, an omniscient narrative where multiple events are taking place and...

Seeking advice on writing in having multiple events happening simultaneously in an opening chapter, but not necessarily multiple POVs - without breaking the chapters by page breaks, or thereof --. Two people are being chased in different areas and I want the story to switch back and forth...

I just want to mention that I have been soaking in every single word of this post, and I am ever grateful for this exceptional Christmas present. All of you, my deepest thanks!

Hello and Happy Holidays one and all! I wish to keep my style and approach in my WIP, but I fear the omniscient voice as some say, is out of date or touch. I feel it is a matter of taste, and again, approach... yet again, I want to be sure I am doing something correct and understand which...

Joyce Carol Oates said, as many a teacher and author have used this metaphor in some form or another; "Think of yourself as a photographer with a camera and you're looking through a lens. And when you have your magic camera - that's your writing. With the lens you see the subject, but the...

Yeah... These are good selections as well. I've read BB, but not the others. I may stick with more of a narrative piece, I don't know, but still, moving forward. Thank you...

It does help. I've progressed thus far. Hope your story is doing well too... Thanks!

Ah, yes... Thank you for this. I grabbed a copy too. It reminds me of Mouse Guard.

Thank you... It seems Tailchaser's is much like The Warriors series and that's cool too. I enjoy all these perspectives. I ordered that one too. Gonna be busy reading over the holiday. Hoping to catch some inspiration... Thanks again friend!

Yes... I love Wind in the Willows... but not heard of Duncton Wood. Thank you. I looked it up, read some and downloaded it to my Kindle. Seems right up my alley. Appreciate it!

Thank you. Just started reading The Bees with your recommendation. Read (and listened to which I love to do) The Cartographer Wasps and the Anarchist Bees and it was just fantastic. Absolutely loved it! Really what I was aiming for. Thanks again. It's a great site.