Author Update

[MakBow]

I'm just posting this because I want to.

So, I've stopped posting for now, about like a week I think and honestly, it was the best thing ever.

Not worrying about posting one chapter a day while I just write at my own pace. (I will post eventually once I reach 50 chapters of the novel)

I would say my writing has improved and I've been able to keep consistent quality (At least I think)

I'm going to finish this off by asking this:

What do you look for in Dark Fantasy, specifically, when writing dark fantasy?
(To be more specific, if you are currently writing dark fantasy or intend to write one, what kind of themes or feelings do you want to bring to the table?)

 

[eagle_360]

Congrats on the revelation!

Personally, my interpretation of dark fantasy :

I'm looking for emotional trauma when reading dark fantasy. I want grit, I want moral ambiguity, I want hopelessness, dread, violence. I want you to punish your characters as hard as possible. Put them in impossible dilemmas in which either choice is despair.

You cannot write evil in dark fantasy, only them making bad unavoidable choices.

Traumatize them and then get them to come out of the trauma, stronger, more emotionally resilient, finding some form of meaning yet remain utterly powerless.

Hope this monologue helps.