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Position:Home>Books & Authors> Help with my book!?Question: Help with my book!!? I am writting a book lightly based off of my own life experiences, but I want it to be a fantasy!. I need a list of mythical creatures becuase i am not sure what to use!. I have a large list, but I feel like I am missing alot!.!.!.!. any help would be greatly appreciated!.!.!.!.!.!.and also if you could let me know which you would be most likely to read a book about!. Thanks!Www@QuestionHome@Com
Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I don't know very many mythical creatures, but maybe you could make them up in such a way that they reflect certain aspects of your life!. For example, take a look at the sirens in Homer's odyssey!. They tempt people to come near them with beautiful singing and then kill them!. Something like this could be a great reflection of being drawn in by the idea of something good only to fail miserably and be worse off!. Kind of like somebody who gets involved in a get-rich-quick scheme only to be scammed or getting rejected by somebody you have a crush on!. Once you've got the overall idea of what it reflects and how it does so, think of what role you'd like it to have in the story (protector of something, hunter, etc) and add whatever features you please, claws, sharp teeth, vivid colours, wings, whatever!. Tell me what kinds of life experiences you've had and perhaps some of the plot and I'll try to come up with some things and then you can modify it to your liking if you like it!.Www@QuestionHome@Com ELVES,GOBLINS,WITCHES,WIZARDS,DRAGONS,CE!.!.!. There are many many more but u can creat some of ur own!. Like, in my language, there is a creature called "SHARDUL" which means a lion with the face of an elephant!. u can mention it in ur book as "SHARDUL" itself if u want! GOOD LUCK WITH UR BOOK!!Www@QuestionHome@Com Wow, I'm doing the same! I can't think of any mythical creatures off of the top of my head, but usually if you search for greek mythology there are plenty of unusual creatures you may have missed!. Good luck with your story!Www@QuestionHome@Com The "in" thing for writing these days - is getting REAL! Mythology is now too old! How dare you write about such a boring thing! Haha!. Joke!. Don't take it seriously!. Just write, write, write!. Read my journal: ra_bur_ian!.livejournal!.com I will give you lots of tips!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Vampires and fairies (don't do WAY pverdone) Dragons and witchs/wizards (still way to overdone) Werewolves (kind of the untold story but seen way to much in movies) Elves, goblins (*YAWN*) I'll edit in more later!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com Chimeras are generally lightly used!. Sidhe!. I've heard of that one, but I'm not sure what it is!.Www@QuestionHome@Com |