Are You Writing Serious Fantasy?

>Are any of you writing serious fantasy?
Yes I am.

>If so, how have you dealt with the temptation to be imitative of Tolkien?
I try not to imitate but I rekon some of my ideas may have come fom others fantasy writers' stories. You can never be too sure where your' ideas come from.

>How long have you been working on your story, and why?
Well I have written many stories but have not completed them. The one I am writing now I am sticking to. I reckon I started eight months ago.

>What pitfalls have you faced and how have you overcome them - or not?
Sometimes I just cannot think where to go in the story next, to overcome this I leave the story for a while but not as long as two days. That helps me think and at night I dream of all kinds of fantasy.
Also sometimes, though rarely I fall into the world of Tolkien but I solve that somehow.

So hopefully, if I complete this story it will be a success. Thankyou for reading.
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