I'm writing a fantasy book (for self-publish)
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This isn't exactly a picture book project, more of a novel or novella. But I'm working out the story before participating in NaNoWriMo.
If you are a fan of Dungeons & Dragons, or Princess Bride, the fantasy adventure genre, maybe even Monty Python and the Holy Grail, I would love to get your opinions on this project.
I have some ideas but I'm not sure if these are 3 separate story ideas or if they would make a good story with combined elements.
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It's "The Three Amigos" combined with "The Three Musketeers" in a D&D setting, 3 bards mistaken for actual heroic adventurers
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A fairytale retelling of "The Brave Little Tailor" maybe as a D&D satire of epic fantasy (the hobbit etc)
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A fantasy adventure with characters who are aware of the narrator, like in Into The Woods or Monty Python and the Holy Grail ("get on with it")
Whether you are a writer who has an opinion on whether I should pick or combine these ideas, or someone who is interested in reading something like this, maybe even as a beta reader, I'd love to hear what you think!
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@kayleenartlover hi! I am not very familiar with the movies mentioned (I know them by name but haven’t watch them) so I don’t know how helpful my opinion is, but seems to me that point 1 and 2 definitely could work together and I think that 3 would be possible to work into the mix too. I’m a complete noob at D&D but I love the RPG genre and fantasy adventure so I would gladly help beta reading whenever you are ready
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@Mariana-B Great! I am hoping to have the first draft done by end of December, so I'll ask for emails to share the book with in a few months
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@kayleenartlover good luck! I am doing NaNoWriMo too, but im not shooting for 50,000 words, just trying to write out a story I have been developing for a while (in the end it is probably going to be a graphic novel)
I think any of the three could be good, but i think number two is the most promising since you would have a lot of the variables figured out already--like the main conflicts, character motivations, cast and character backgrounds, etc. Best of luck!
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@Fey-Realme Same. Actually my plan is in November I'm mostly gonna be making an outline and figuring out the characters, then December I'll write at least 1k words a day for 30 days.
Thanks for sharing your inputIf you're thinking of doing a graphic novel, highly recommend you write it as a screenplay/script so you can just describe what you need to for you to look back and visualize the non-dialogue stuff.