Mythmakers

Fantasy Writing - Why Go Small?


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Join Julia Golding and Jacob Rennaker as they discuss the issue of scale when writing fantasy. Starting small by thinking of smaller than average people at the heart of a story, follow us as we travel from Aristophanes “The Frogs” all the way to Barbie, with an in-depth discussion of the inner lives of hobbits. Does being small equate to being simple in Middle-earth? Does being big make you less intelligent in fantasy literature? What are the challenges, and potential, if you play with scale in your writing? Learn from the best examples in this discussion of the long history of short people!

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MythmakersBy Oxford Centre for Fantasy

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