‫Hello writers.
‫And welcome back to the course on writing a fantasy novel.
‫In this lesson we'll be discussing law in a previous less than we discussed worldbuilding and how you
‫can write it throughout the book.
‫This lecture is going to be centred around law which is related to world building in the sense that
‫it applies more to an imaginary alternative reality worlds these worlds require some set law behind
‫the universe and Howard works.
‫Now when I say law I'm referring to the traditions beliefs and history behind the world.
‫The rules that govern the world and how it works.
‫Of course this lesson will only apply to those writers who are going to be creating a fantasy novel
‫set in an imaginary world or not turned into reality or even ahead in society.
‫If you wish to create history and in-depth rules about settings in your book stick around.
‫But if your fantasy book isn't going to be really dependent on it or it won't be needed.
‫Feel free to skip over to the next lesson.
‫We will be discussing subplots and story development now as I stated in my worldbuilding lecture.
‫On a personal note I prefer to take a day or two to create an in-depth law Bahama world before I even
‫start writing the actual book.
‫Doing so allows me to have characters reference past events or follow certain rules I have set for my
‫imaginary universe.
‫Of course there have been many limitations or rules that the story needs to follow.
‫The world needs to be wondrous but not so unbelievable that it reads as a child's dream journal.
‫Every fantasy world today has rules and history that it refers to.
‫Harry Potter Lord of the Rings Mortal Instruments His Dark Materials Narnia A Game of Thrones and so
‫on have their limits and they have their histories.
‫If you want to create such a vibrant world that always has more behind it all you need to do is make
‫reference to these rules and histories.
‫Throughout the novel or series in doing so you can build a bigger picture for the reader to view as
‫well as give them hints at possible past events.
‫Was that ever giving them the full story because it might not actually be necessary.
‫However in doing so you create a more vibrant and interesting world for your reader.
‫Creatures wars past interactions politics and societal traditions are all examples of this.
‫Now if you plan on writing a series that will be filled with such oddities in the world that make it
‫so different from reality it is impossible for you to create a universe in one or two days before you
‫start writing.
‫However having vague ideas to referred to in your novel is enough to start developing your law as you
‫write your series of novels so you need not be so worried.
‫What is more important is that you remain consistent with what you are writing.
‫Keeping track of such law is important.
‫Otherwise you're going to contradict yourself later in the book.
‫If you make mention of an event but change a search in detail as much as the fans will enjoy reading
‫a novel and learning more about the world and how it works nothing will destroyed faster than these
‫contradictions on your part.
‫On top of that know your limits when it comes to law because you can have way too much.
‫Some information the reader couldn't care less on learning if it is not integral to the plot or if it
‫is so completely unnecessary.
‫So in that way having a healthy balance of law can do wonders for your novel and the world you create.
‫Keep track of the changes you make and incorporate timelines and you should be on the right track to
‫creating a law system that makes for an enjoyable read no matter how complex.
‫However by that same token it is better to have no lord or than have poorly crafted law and it only
‫confuse the reader more if you have baseless facts about your fantasy world or contradictory statements
‫in your writing.
‫With that this lecture on law comes to an end.
‫I hope you enjoyed in the next lesson we'll be taking a look at subplots and story development.
‫I'll see you then in the next video.
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