The creation of the fantasy world in my mind is the best part of reading a fantasy for me. The world becomes the launching point for all of the other possibilities that a fantasy presents. Even fantasies need to have order. The fantasy world establishes this order. I love to guess with the author how the premise of the fantasy world will affect the characters and thus have effect on the storyline.
The fantasy world has to be much more than a physical world. It has to explore possibilities. The world must be given depth. It should have its own history. It should have its own culture. It should have it own life, and this life must be defined.
Most people remember the TV series, Heroes. What was the reason that it lost popularity with its viewership so suddenly after booming onto the scene at it's inception? Former fans of the show say that they lost interest because the rules kept changing. The fantasy world of Heroes was never defined well and all of the visual effects and plots twists couldn't sustain the show because it didn't have a solid foundation.
Developing a solid fantasy world is the first step in the development of a fantasy. In my next blog, I'll look at what can be done to develop a different kind of fantasy world.
Walter E. Mark
www.sixthworldofmen.com
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