Urban Fantasy

Create Tales of Magic & Suspense

Urban fantasy is a popular genre of fiction, but how do you write an urban fantasy novel? You need to know the genre conventions (or tropes) – all the things a reader expects to find in an urban fantasy. In this book you’ll learn how to create a kick-ass hero; how to combine the investigation of a hardboiled detective plot with magic and horror movie creatures, and how to create character relationships that can evolve across a series of stories. Content includes:

• A Brief History of Urban Fantasy
• Setting – Putting the ‘Urban’ in Urban Fantasy. Or not
• Iconography – Urban Fantasy, Harboiled Detectives & Film Noir
• Tone & Style
• Themes – Good vs Evil & Intimate Adventure
• Character Relationships – Creating a Scooby Gang
• Female Heroes – The Daughter & The Amazon
• Male Heroes – Alpha & Beta Males
• Creating a Consistent System of Magic
• Witches & Witchcraft
• Psychic Abilities & Superpowers
• Vampires in Folklore, Films & Fiction
• Werewolves & Shapeshifters
• Elves & Fairies
• Ghosts & Spirits
• Zombies & Ghouls
• Demons & Demonology
• Exorcisms
• Cryptozoology
• Urban Fantasy Plots – Origins Stories, Monster-of-the-Week, Fear to Friendship
• Dark Romance
• The Big Bad – Creating Villains

You will discover why particular tropes are important to readers, and how to create them for your own stories. Character archetypes will help you create your story people, and the eight-sequence plot structure lets you put it all together so you have the right things in the right places.