Rayne Hall
Kindle Edition | Pages: 133 pages Rating: 3.9 | 147 Users | 32 Reviews
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| Series: | Writer's Craft #3 |
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Do you write fantasy fiction? This book is a resource for authors. Crammed with information, tips, and plot ideas, it helps you create stories about magic and magicians which are believable and exciting. Learn about power-raising, ritual, training, initiation, love spells, sex magic, costuming, equipment, correspondences, magical weapons, healing, protection, miracles, spells, amulets, talismans, curses, hexes, illusionists, charlatans, natural and ceremonial magic, witchcraft, shamanism, alchemy, necromancy, ethics, conflicts, secrecy and more. Draw up a psychological profile for your magician, invent fictional spells that work, avoid blunders, and create trouble for your characters.Declare Epithetical Books Writing about Magic (Writer's Craft #3)
| Title | : | Writing about Magic (Writer's Craft #3) |
| Author | : | Rayne Hall |
| Book Format | : | Kindle Edition |
| Book Edition | : | First Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 133 pages |
| Published | : | (first published May 11th 2013) |
| Categories | : | Language. Writing. Nonfiction. Reference |
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Ratings: 3.9 From 147 Users | 32 ReviewsEvaluation Epithetical Books Writing about Magic (Writer's Craft #3)
Some value, but very limitedI may have been expecting more from this book than I got. The author tries to cover a lot of ground, but she falls short. If you want a book that helps you find creative ways to work magic into your story, this book isn't the one. There is very little in here that will help you create your own magic system and apply it to your writing. But if you want a short blurb about some potential magic systems, then buy it. Essentially, this is a book with Wikipedia highlightsA diverse coverage of different types of magicThis wasn't quite what I was looking for but some of it was useful to me. I've given it four stars because it may be more useful to modern urban, romance, or erotic stories.I was looking for more of a Brandon Sanderson lecture on magic systems in epic fantasy. This isn't that though it did touch on some useful things.It has a lot of theory about the history of different magic systems and some magician, illusionist material.
Magic infoI don't like magic or paranormal romance sto.ries I usually write contemporary or historical but I found that really Rayne Halls books Gives me all kinds of great information that I can always use in any kind of writing that I do. I enjoy the information and the learning process that she makes easy and interesting.
This is not a book for beginners, Rayne says on her Twitter, and shes right. This is not a book that will teach you how to write, however, if you understand the mechanics of writing fiction and know how to put a basic scene together youll be fine. The language is straight forward and the assignments are appropriate to the subject matter.This book was originally written as a series of lectures for a class on writing magic, and that is very apparent in Chapter 5 where she says Todays lecture,
(Full disclosure: I did get a free review copy of this book from the author.)Magic can be one of the trickiest tools in the writer's box. On one hand, it can be the perfect peg on which to hang an entire plot, or indeed, an entire world. Exploring a magic system can be the foundation of an ongoing series, and portraying its impact with the characters can keep readers riveted. For that matter, magic has one of the largest opportunities, of any power source, for jaw-dropping feats of description
A great little guide to how to integrate the use of magic into your writing. Rayne Hall provides a breakdown of the different types you might use, how to properly label the types of people who use it, and the importance of believability for the reader. Throughout each chapter, everything is broken down into smaller sections and concludes with ideas of how to use it, an assignment, and suggested further reading.In addition, mis-steps to avoid and the importance of figuring out the type of system
A fantasy writer's must-read!
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