Writing & publishing a fantasy book

Have a story

publish & sell it

World building

Characters

Plot

Physical laws

Society

Landscapes

Political system

Religion & culture

History

Magic/abilites

Transport

Economy system

Technology/development

Places

Objects

Species

Weather

Other/normal

Relationships

Level

Secondary characters

Background characters

Main Characters

Role/purpose

Protagonist

Antagonist

villain/person

place or object

situation

Support

Set-up/exposition

Rising action

climax

Falling action

Resolution/wrap-up

protagonist overcomes conflict

Write compelling

protagonist learns to accept conflict

protagonist ultimately defeated by conflicgt

world

main characters

writing style

conflict revealed

escalate tension

problems & obstacles

higher stakes

explore world & characters

more difficult

highest point of tension

where plot has been leading up to

resolve subplots/side stories

Meaning

Themes

Symbolism

Philosophy/world view

Morals

Stylei & tone

Dialogue

POV

Believable

Creativity

Accessibly

Suspension of disbelief

Pacing

Communication

Consistency

Human

Emotions

Needs/desires

Reactions & thought

Distinguisable characters, obj etc

Problem solving

Creating conflict

Situations & plot

Characters

Humor

World building

Conflict

Leave out majority of details (iceberg)

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Layout

Marketing campaign

Know your audience

Age

What do they look for?

Optimised & simple

Active voice

Direct (we, you, I)

Use all five senses

Emotional tone & meaning

Description

Fanbase

Action

Grabbing attention

Providing answers to questions of readers

Countries

Teaching systems

Who's in power/charge of what

Music

Literature

Gods

Beliefs

Challenge/problem

Drives plot & characters

Options

Man vs man

Man vs self

Man vs nature

Man vs system

Coincidence can get char in trouble, but not out of it

has clear goal to accomplish/conflict to overcom

command emotional involvement from audience

between protagonist and ultimate goals

Important enough to have a name->have a goal as well

Behavior & personality

Worldview

Morals

Decisions

Goals

Physique

Major

Minor

Intertwined

Repeated

Write

Perseverance

Practice

Smth every day

Variated

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