Comments on: Writing Magic in a Real-World Setting https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writing-magic-in-a-real-world-setting/ Helping writers become bestselling authors Mon, 02 May 2022 19:20:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 By: 🖋 Writing Links Round Up 5/2 – B. Shaun Smith https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writing-magic-in-a-real-world-setting/#comment-757064 Mon, 02 May 2022 19:20:40 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=45637#comment-757064 […] Writing Magic in a Real-World Setting […]

]]> By: ANGELA ACKERMAN https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writing-magic-in-a-real-world-setting/#comment-752387 Wed, 26 Jan 2022 16:38:33 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=45637#comment-752387 I think magic in the real world is one of my favorite things–I just love the idea that there’s more than what we think there is. Thanks so much for good advice here on how to pull it off well in storytelling 🙂

]]> By: Liz Keller Whitehurst https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writing-magic-in-a-real-world-setting/#comment-752339 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:55:47 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=45637#comment-752339 In reply to Cris Riedel.

Hi Cris! Thanks for your comment. I must admit, I’m a little stumped here. What about some other readers? Any ideas?

]]> By: Liz Keller Whitehurst https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writing-magic-in-a-real-world-setting/#comment-752338 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:51:08 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=45637#comment-752338 In reply to Mindy Alyse Weiss.

Thanks for your comment, Mindy, and good luck!

]]> By: Elizabeth Whitehurst https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writing-magic-in-a-real-world-setting/#comment-752337 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:49:08 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=45637#comment-752337 In reply to BECCA PUGLISI.

Hi Becca!
I couldn’t agree more. I’m so glad you enjoyed this blog. I love the concept of the “narrative dream.” We suspend our disbelief and enter the narrative world. If anything wakes us from the dream–it’s not working! Thanks so much for commenting!

]]> By: Cris Riedel https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writing-magic-in-a-real-world-setting/#comment-752336 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 17:11:33 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=45637#comment-752336 Thanks for this- any comments on science fiction in the real world? I’m finding very few titles- most are in outer space or involve time travel.

]]> By: BECCA PUGLISI https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writing-magic-in-a-real-world-setting/#comment-752335 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 14:06:07 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=45637#comment-752335 “A little magic goes a long way.” THANK YOU. I read a lot of fantasy, and it drives me nuts when authors try to explain the whole magical system to readers. It doesn’t matter how awesome the magical element is, if you pull me out of the story to give me a tutorial on it, it loses its “magic.”

Thank you, Liz!

]]> By: Mindy Alyse Weiss https://writershelpingwriters.net/2022/01/writing-magic-in-a-real-world-setting/#comment-752334 Tue, 25 Jan 2022 11:44:21 +0000 https://writershelpingwriters.net/?p=45637#comment-752334 Thanks so much for your helpful post, Liz. I usually write contemporary novels, but I wrote an MG with magical elements in it and can’t wait to dive back into it and revise using your great advice. 🙂

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