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A brown fireplace with a roaring fire in the middle. Above the fireplace are 2 blue windows with sunbeams going towards the fireplace. The background is a blue gradient from a darker blue at the top to a lighter blue at the bottom. The Sunlit Hearth explores a variety of topics such as classic fantasy, modern fantasy, and realism in fantasy. It also looks at fantasy charm, good fantasy maps, and great fantasy maps. Other topics include reusing story ideas, rejected story ideas, the war of good vs evil.

The Sunlit Hearth: Exploring That Wonderful Fantasy Charm

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CONTENTS Introduction What is it about fantasy that makes people want to return to their favorite worlds over and over again? Is is the story, characters, the setting, or something else? Yes, they are important reasons but there is another factor at play, one that perfectly encapsulates the reason why they spend time in their […]

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Two pictures depicting the same mountain range in 2 time periods with a blue sky and white clouds. The left shows it in springtime with a green grassy plain and the right shows it in fall with a reddish-orange grassy plain. The center mountain on the right no longer has its top whereas the one on the left does. This is an example how time travel in the world showcases 2 periods of the same world.

Then and Now: A Powerful Look at Time Travel in the World

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CONTENTS Introduction In our previous article we explored how to feature time travel in the story in a way that kept the audience invested and not weaken the overall plot. What the audience sees is just a part of a larger world that has a lot of storytelling potential. In this one we take a

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