As with all types of writing, fantastical fiction depends on the same basic rules.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati.
When writing fantastical literature, your biggest problem is getting your audience to believe the fantastical elements of your story.
I don't mean that literary fiction is better than genre fiction, On the contrary; novels can perform two functions and most perform only one.
God gets the great stories. Novelists must make do with more mundane fictions.
I don't generally read a lot of fiction.
First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.
Literary fiction, as a strict genre, is all but dead. Meanwhile, most genres flourish.
Most fiction comes from your experience.
Good fiction must be entertaining, but what makes fiction special - and True - is that the realness of a novel allows it to carry a larger message.
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.