I'm writing a fantasy book (for self-publish)

kayleenartlover

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.

It's "The Three Amigos" combined with "The Three Musketeers" in a D&D setting, 3 bards mistaken for actual heroic adventurers
A fairytale retelling of "The Brave Little Tailor" maybe as a D&D satire of epic fantasy (the hobbit etc)
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!

Mariana B.

@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

kayleenartlover

@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

Fey Realme

@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!

kayleenartlover

@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 input

If 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.

Fey Realme

@kayleenartlover Yes, it is very important to know where you are going before you head out! I've been ironing out character motivations and conflicts and the armature of my story all month too. I've been studying this podcast called You Are a Storyteller to try and pick up bits of wisdom to get me ready to put 'pen to paper' (I've been posting about it in this thread if you're interested). Thanks for the suggestion. Yeah, I thought about screenplay as a format for my writing, but in the end, I figured I would just write it however it comes out easiest. Graphic novels are always long projects, so if I can just get a rough draft down I will be able to start ironing it out. * shrug * I am not worried about saving time, and I'm not so comfortable with the screenplay format, though I agree that would be the best format for a finished locked script when you are about to dive into the art finally.

makekong

@kayleenartlover there ate also the storytelling collective challenges. They are affiliated with Drivethrurpg and roll20 and have several writing courses and challenges going on during the year

I will suggest to get the ideas down on paper. Because whenever you ask if someone is interested you are giving a second seat to your own interest, and that is what will make your work a great read, if you want to write it, so start small, put a deadline on and go for it.
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