Elves vs Dwarves: Elves and dwarves having a feud is fairly common in fantasy for some reason.I would say the Dothraki get a pass due to them being loosely based on a real ethnic group. Horses: There are so many fictional societies based off Rohan and its love for horses.Whether you want pointy ears or not is up to you, but try to find a reason for them. As far as I can recall, Tolkien never mentioned pointy ears among his elves, but that is a hallmark of elven features. Elves: Elves do not have to be white, beautiful, immortal, tall, mystical, and pure.This is also used with general appearances, such as beautiful people being good and ugly people being evil. This is often seen among elven species in which the light-skinned elves are pure and knock-offs of Tolkien’s elves in every way and in which the dark-skinned elves are evil, brutish, “uncivilized”, and unintelligent. Making the light species good and the dark species evil has negative racial connotations relating to our world and it should not be used. Light vs Dark: Also known as “good vs evil”, this symbolism is often applied to species, or “races”.I might as well put all of this is one place. I mean, I love his work but I don't want to copy him. As someone who writes a lot of fantasy, do you have any other suggestions on what to avoid? Like Tolkien clichés. Mcalhencreations, please try the Written Kitten if you haven’t alreadyĪnonymous asked: I saw your post on Tolkien Elves and it was very interesting.
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I’m feeling generous, have some more cool stuff:Įnjoy! I may update the list as I find more, or I’ll make a second list. So you’ve got something down? Need to edit?Īll done? Perhaps you’d like some e-publishing tools: Got a lot of research? Character sheets? Images? Well here’s some tools to keep all that together:Īre you easily distracted? The following tools will keep you on track:Įven more productivity tools to help keep you focussed on your task: Now perhaps you want to organise those notes. Timelines giving you a headache? Try these: Just want to get writing? You want a word processor:
Got an idea? Well get planning! Here’s some useful outlining, brainstorming and mind- mapping software: Some of them I’ve reviewed on here already, more coming soon.
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Ok here is a compilation of all the software and useful tools I’ve come across whilst writing.
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