Posted: May 28, 2019 4:37 pm
Story tropes exist though. If I want to write a 5-man band story or a hero’s journey it’s not difficult to structuralism the core story.
What is hard is creating a consistent world. Book readers catch inconsistency.
One of the best known fantasy series is the Belgariad. The story is as simple as it get. Good vs evil prophecy, variation of the 5 man band where the characters display the stereotypes found in 5 man bands. Yet despite that we find the characters to be interesting and we find the story to be engaging. Why? Because how the story and characters interact with the world. Despite being a fantasy series the character’s actions feel real because they shape the world around them and the world around them is super detailed and consistent.
What is hard is creating a consistent world. Book readers catch inconsistency.
One of the best known fantasy series is the Belgariad. The story is as simple as it get. Good vs evil prophecy, variation of the 5 man band where the characters display the stereotypes found in 5 man bands. Yet despite that we find the characters to be interesting and we find the story to be engaging. Why? Because how the story and characters interact with the world. Despite being a fantasy series the character’s actions feel real because they shape the world around them and the world around them is super detailed and consistent.