I switched from fantasy cause it just wasn't my thing to speacialize in, I deal better with 'real' situations and 'real' people. I kinda want to concentrate on developing my characters and not creating worlds and other creatures. Its not as though I will never write another fantasy story again, I just want to concentrate on reality type stuff at least for the moment.
Which is exactly why I do fantasy. The trick with fantasy is to make it real. Sure, we all know it's not real, but you have to make the reader think so. I like a challenge. I'm not saying writing real life is easier, but it's all there for you. Fantasy gives you more creativity, and allows you to make your own "real" world.
But I know it's not for everyone.
I don't actually create any creatures for my fantasy novels, I find them boring and all of them have been done or done again several million times. I just use humans, but in a different world. And my version of creating a world is drawing a cool map and then noting down some cool points about places that could have an effect on the story, not the whole history.
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