1. You’re done.
Sorry to about 90% of the world out there, but the Deltora Quest is the most horrible fiction book I’ve ever seen, after my sister’s pink butterfly booklets.
While it drew a huge crowd, this is largely because of the easy spacing, easy words, colorful cover, and horrible attempt to copy J.R.R. Tolkien.
The problem with High Fantasy is that it’s always the exact same thing as the Lord of the Rings. Here is a brief summary for those who have never read it.
Great flat has been doing great for years under it’s current army. Big bad high power tries to take over. Some kid goes on a journey to bring down this force. The end.
I’m not saying the Lord of the Rings sucked. I’m just saying that every other book that tried to rewrite it sucked. Emily has absolutely no descriptions, no subplots, no intensity, no fun, and zero originality.
Why does everyone think that because J.R.R. Tolkien wrote it, it means you’ll do good with it too?
I’m not saying that all High Fantasy is horrible. Christopher’s Dragon Riders was great, because it was full of subplots, big words, descriptions, fun, a diversity in races, foreign concepts and intensity.
Here’s a guide to writing High Fantasy that could potentially beat the Deltora Quest.
- Summarize The Lord of the Rings into 1 sentence.
- Turn it into an outline.
- Write your book. Forget revising.
- Hire someone to make you a cover on Paint.
- Ask a big Asian company to turn your book into an Anime.
So there you go.
