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Every fantasy novel ever written!
Nov. 3rd, 2005 05:01 pm...okay, not really. It's just that I still look back upon this entry with amusement and fondness. Stolen from ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
kalquessa, I present The Fantasy Novelist's Exam, a gauge for how cliché your fantasy novel is.
I went through the questions for my latest fantasy idea, The Point at Infinity, which, like the rest of them, you will probably never get to read. I was doing alright, until...
8. Does your novel contain a character whose sole purpose is to show up at random plot points and dispense information?
Okay, I guess it kind of does, but he does other stuff too, I guess, so it doesn't really count. And then, right afterwards...
9. Does your novel contain a character that is really a god in disguise?
Crap.
Other than that, though, Infinity does surprisingly well. The only other two questions it failed were "Does your novel contain orcs, elves, dwarves, or halflings?" and "Do your characters spend an inordinate amount of time journeying from place to place?", both of which seem rather generic and unavoidable and thus forgivable to me.
Anyhow, the list of questions is pretty funny, even if I didn't quote any of the really funny ones here because I'd never have to answer "yes" to them. "Plate mail". *shudder*
Afterthought: this doesn't apply to Infinity, but the question 'Do you have a race prefixed by "half-"?' reminded me of how I once coined the name "Halfen" that I meant to use in one of my stories, probably Telarin. I still think it's a cool-sounding name, so maybe I should use it after all.
Oh, and yes, it is called The Point at Infinity. Yes, all Techers know how incredibly dorky that is. I very much doubt anyone else does. Besides, it's not like I don't have a site called "Divide by Zero".
kalquessa, I present The Fantasy Novelist's Exam, a gauge for how cliché your fantasy novel is.I went through the questions for my latest fantasy idea, The Point at Infinity, which, like the rest of them, you will probably never get to read. I was doing alright, until...
8. Does your novel contain a character whose sole purpose is to show up at random plot points and dispense information?
Okay, I guess it kind of does, but he does other stuff too, I guess, so it doesn't really count. And then, right afterwards...
9. Does your novel contain a character that is really a god in disguise?
Crap.
Other than that, though, Infinity does surprisingly well. The only other two questions it failed were "Does your novel contain orcs, elves, dwarves, or halflings?" and "Do your characters spend an inordinate amount of time journeying from place to place?", both of which seem rather generic and unavoidable and thus forgivable to me.
Anyhow, the list of questions is pretty funny, even if I didn't quote any of the really funny ones here because I'd never have to answer "yes" to them. "Plate mail". *shudder*
Afterthought: this doesn't apply to Infinity, but the question 'Do you have a race prefixed by "half-"?' reminded me of how I once coined the name "Halfen" that I meant to use in one of my stories, probably Telarin. I still think it's a cool-sounding name, so maybe I should use it after all.
Oh, and yes, it is called The Point at Infinity. Yes, all Techers know how incredibly dorky that is. I very much doubt anyone else does. Besides, it's not like I don't have a site called "Divide by Zero".
