Idea Whap--Steven Harper Piziks

Yesterday on my way home from school, an idea for a stand-alone novel hit me hard.  The premise dropped into my mind with almost perfect clarity, and I fine-tuned it on my way home, at which point I ran to the keyboard to get it all down before I forgot any of it.  It was very exciting.  You know how it is--you can't type fast enough, and more possibilities come to you with every word.  What grand fun!

Now it's sitting at the back of my head, simmering.  I have a few scene snatches.  I know what the main characters look like and their basic personalities.  I have a plot.  I have settings.  I don't have a name for my antagonist yet--he's remaining stubborn about that--but it'll come.

Interestingly enough, this book would probably be marketable more as magic realism than fantasy, which is mega-cool.  Wider audience and all that. (And yes, I maintain that the difference between magical realism and fantasy is the marketing department, but I can only do so much to change the
publishing industry.)

--Steven

Comments

[Catherine]

Steven writes another book on his commute. Go figure! :-)

I've decided the difference between magic realism and fantasy is that in fantasy the magic is central to the plot, and the story could not happen without it. In magic realism, the magic seems to be optional, sort of tangential to what's really going on. By that definition, I can't see you writing magic realism, but that's only my personal opinion, not an official literary definition or anything.

[Catherine]

Steven writes another book on his commute. Go figure! :-)

I've decided the difference between magic realism and fantasy is that in fantasy the magic is central to the plot, and the story could not happen without it. In magic realism, the magic seems to be optional, sort of tangential to what's really going on. By that definition, I can't see you writing magic realism, but that's only my personal opinion, not an official literary definition or anything.

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