Most fantasy novels, if you get rid of all the magic and magical creatures, you are left with Medieval Europe the clothing, the social order (knights, lords, kings, and serfs), the castles, the weapons, and everything else is based on this one time period. There are very few fantasy worlds that are not based on Medieval Europe.
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Some examples are Aragorn ( The Lord of the Rings), Harry Potter ( Harry Potter), Aidan ( The Door Within), Eragon ( The Inheritance Cycle), and many, many others.Ī couple of ways to change this: Instead of a prophecy about the hero, could you have a prophecy about a rising villain? What if the heir to the prophecy is a spoiled rich brat who has known about the prophecy all of his life instead of a humble farm boy? Or you could just cut the prophecy and *gasp* have the character motivate himself to save the world! This cliché is actually so popular that I had to write an entirely different blog post about how to twist this one fantasy cliché. You know this one had to be on here, right? Plenty of fantasy books have some sort of prophecy revolving around a reluctant hero who appears to be no one and their journey of saving the world.
If there are any fantasy clichés that really bother you and I forgot or if you know of any good fantasy books which break out from the basic fantasy mold, let us know in the comments! Now there is nothing wrong with a classic fantasy story, sometimes it is fun to let your imagination take over and do something different. So here is a list of 10 of the most popular fantasy clichés and suggestions to inspire you to change or twist the clichés to make unique, interesting novel ideas.Īnd while, of course, not all fantasy books include these clichés, many of them do. Now, while I don’t suggest getting rid of every fantasy clichés in your novel (if you do, your novel might not be considered fantasy any more 😉 ), maybe you can have fun putting your own twist on a couple of these age old clichés. But the same clichés run through most of them, and many are so predictable that you only have to read the back cover to guess the entire plot. Walk into any book store, and you will find shelves and shelves of fantasy books.
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