How do you write a fantasy novel readers can't put down? Weave two plots into one story.
Here's the secret: every fantasy novel has two stories. An external plot and a supernatural plot. A story without an external plot isn't a story. A story without a supernatural plot isn't a fantasy. Learn to weave them together, and your story will be magic.
Secrets to Writing a Fantasy: The Supernatural Structure is a step-by-step guide to writing a fantasy novel. It's Book 4 in the Write Novels That Sell series by K. Stanley, founder and CEO of Fictionary, and L. Cooke, Fictionary Certified StoryCoach Editor. It's for fantasy writers at every stage: idea, outline, draft, or edit.
You'll learn:The five external story arc scenes, from The Challenge to the climax
The five supernatural story arc scenes, from an inkling the supernatural exists to using it to achieve the goal
How to weave up to ten story arc scenes into one structurally sound story
The genre-specific scenes fantasy readers expect, from opening image to closing image
How to make magic decisions: its source, its limits, and its cost
How to structure fantasy as a single novel or a series

You'll create:External, supernatural, and combined skeleton blurbs
A skeleton synopsis for each plot
A fantasy vault that holds every decision for your novel

We break down six bestsellers so you see the structure on the page: Fourth Wing, A Court of Thorns and Roses, Legendborn, Twilight, The Unbroken, and A Game of Thrones.
"The definitive guide to structuring a fantasy novel!" -Kit Morgan, USA Today bestselling author
Like every book in the Write Novels That Sell series, we give you the theory-the why behind our recommendations-and actionable advice you can use right away.
A process is not a formula. You are the artist. Bring your world to life with a structure readers love.