<span style=”font-weight: 400;”>Who do you empathize with more – the man on the dragon or the man on the horse?</span>

Most likely Umbert Eco.

Everything is based on the characters and the general laws of the fictional universe. But I don’t like to invent a hundred laws of magic, explain the existence of dragons, make characters evil or kind at the click of a finger. The laws of my fictional universe differ from the real world only for the blink of an eye. For example, the geography of…[Read more]

Fantasy should be realistic. Otherwise it becomes a fairy tale! What is the difference between a fairy tale and a fantasy novel? The fact that you would like to be in a fairy tale, but not in a good fantasy novel. 🙂

If we take fantasy writers specifically, then, of course, Tolkien and Martin!

Absolutely right!

Yes, it may be so. Or does it still have some influence on the plot?

It may well be.

Maybe. This is a good definition, but I would add that my novel is not fantasy, but with fantasy elements.

It’s just the most typical fantasy novel 🙂