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We’ll delve into the workings of this fascinating sub-genre of fantasy and sometimes romance. We’ll explore the essential elements of the sub-genre—setting, characters, technology, plot/structure, conflict, voice & viewpoint, resolution.
Urban Fantasy can be defined by 2 main genre elements:
Consider the popular TV show Midnight, Texas, developed from a series of books by Charlaine Harris. Or the show The Magicians, Siren, Ravenswood, Beauty and the Beast, Dracula, Witches of East End, Lost Girl, The Vampire Diaries, Haven, The Tomorrow People, The Originals, even Wynonna could be considered UF.
Remember Buffy the Vampire Slayer? That show was a perfect definition for an Urban Fantasy genre on television.
When Urban Fantasy first began making it’s place on the bookshelves, the setting was limited to “urban” areas, usually cities.
As the sub-genre developed and became a thing unto itself, a real and tangible genre that could be defined and most of all, sold and sold well, Urban Fantasy evolved. Story setting expanded to the burbs, then to the countryside, then to space.
So setting in Urban Fantasy, while usually meaning “urban/city” in most of the sub-genre, is flexible. Yet always in some collective way, the setting occurs in a city-like environment. What I mean by that is, with a group of people, with a purpose, aggregated into something larger—a city, a rural community, a space ship—and has its set boundaries, at least for the start of the novel.
As for technology, Urban Fantasy may or may not incorporate technology. What makes Urban Fantasy fantasy and not “Urban Science Fiction” is its use of non-normal, or non-mundane, elements like magic, vampires, werewolves, and so on. Urban Fantasy embraces the unreal in characters, plot, and setting as much as it needs to tell the story.
Urban Fantasy has blossomed into a fascinating genre full of rich characters, discovering unique environments, myriad of time , and exciting conflicts.
We will discover the Urban Fantasy elements and learn how to best use them in writing our Urban Fantasies.
Urban Fantasy can be defined by 2 main genre elements:
- Setting
- technology/science/magic/or lack thereof
Consider the popular TV show Midnight, Texas, developed from a series of books by Charlaine Harris. Or the show The Magicians, Siren, Ravenswood, Beauty and the Beast, Dracula, Witches of East End, Lost Girl, The Vampire Diaries, Haven, The Tomorrow People, The Originals, even Wynonna could be considered UF.
Remember Buffy the Vampire Slayer? That show was a perfect definition for an Urban Fantasy genre on television.
When Urban Fantasy first began making it’s place on the bookshelves, the setting was limited to “urban” areas, usually cities.
As the sub-genre developed and became a thing unto itself, a real and tangible genre that could be defined and most of all, sold and sold well, Urban Fantasy evolved. Story setting expanded to the burbs, then to the countryside, then to space.
So setting in Urban Fantasy, while usually meaning “urban/city” in most of the sub-genre, is flexible. Yet always in some collective way, the setting occurs in a city-like environment. What I mean by that is, with a group of people, with a purpose, aggregated into something larger—a city, a rural community, a space ship—and has its set boundaries, at least for the start of the novel.
As for technology, Urban Fantasy may or may not incorporate technology. What makes Urban Fantasy fantasy and not “Urban Science Fiction” is its use of non-normal, or non-mundane, elements like magic, vampires, werewolves, and so on. Urban Fantasy embraces the unreal in characters, plot, and setting as much as it needs to tell the story.
Urban Fantasy has blossomed into a fascinating genre full of rich characters, discovering unique environments, myriad of time , and exciting conflicts.
We will discover the Urban Fantasy elements and learn how to best use them in writing our Urban Fantasies.
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