{"id":28976,"date":"2024-11-18T11:32:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-18T19:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/?p=28976"},"modified":"2024-11-18T11:32:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-18T19:32:31","slug":"unlocking-the-power-of-epigraphs-enhance-your-fantasy-novels-world-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/18\/unlocking-the-power-of-epigraphs-enhance-your-fantasy-novels-world-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Unlocking the Power of Epigraphs: Enhance Your Fantasy Novel&#8217;s World Building"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WFZ_Unlocking-the-Power-of-Epigraphs-Enhance-Your-Fantasy-Novels-World-Building.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28982 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WFZ_Unlocking-the-Power-of-Epigraphs-Enhance-Your-Fantasy-Novels-World-Building.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WFZ_Unlocking-the-Power-of-Epigraphs-Enhance-Your-Fantasy-Novels-World-Building.png 400w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WFZ_Unlocking-the-Power-of-Epigraphs-Enhance-Your-Fantasy-Novels-World-Building-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WFZ_Unlocking-the-Power-of-Epigraphs-Enhance-Your-Fantasy-Novels-World-Building-80x80.png 80w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/WFZ_Unlocking-the-Power-of-Epigraphs-Enhance-Your-Fantasy-Novels-World-Building-320x320.png 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a>Let&#8217;s talk the magic of epigraphs.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An epigraph is &#8220;a short quotation or saying at the beginning of a book or chapter, intended to suggest its theme.&#8221; (Ecosia search engine\/Oxford Languages via Oxford University Press)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Epigraphs are a great way to add layers of world building to your novels and can also enhance humor or suspense.<\/p>\n<p>I was talking to one of my client&#8217;s recently about her epigraphs for her fantasy novel.<\/p>\n<p>And she asked me if her epigraphs could be things her main character doesn&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes!&#8221; I said. And proceeded to give her some examples I&#8217;ve created, drawn from my young adult adventure fantasy series, Henrietta The Dragon Slayer.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a longer list of my epigraph types and examples.<\/p>\n<p>As you read this list, think about the kinds of epigraphs you can include in your story.<\/p>\n<h2>Epigraph types and examples<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>sayings\/ditties\/proverbs (Of unknown provenance; The River Sayings; Oro Market Ditty, origins unknown)<\/li>\n<li>excerpts of songs and odes and chants (From the chorus of the Song of the Dragon Slayer; From Ode One of the Valley version of \u201cSong of the Dragon Slayer; The Weavers of Yore chant; Bleuvian Army chant)<\/li>\n<li>magical tomes\/excerpt from books\/manuals (from the Fire Sorcerers Compendium; The Fire Annals, Book IV; Manual of Magics, origin shielded)<\/li>\n<li>codes of conduct\/protocols\/laws\/treatise (Varangian Warriors Code; Scroll of Oro Island Tea Protocol; Kingdom of Bleuve edict)<\/li>\n<li>secret messages (Informal spy dispatch to Officers General. Unsealed &amp; orally delivered. Source unreliable.)<\/li>\n<li>reports (Formal Report to Officers General, Sealed &amp; Delivered)<\/li>\n<li>poems (From the Lost King cycle; Baraka Poem)<\/li>\n<li>folklore, myths, and legends\/performances (Phoenix Lore; Training Lore, Bleuvian Army; Elasosian Legend; From the tale, The Lion and the Mouse; The Lion and the Mouse Meet for War, Bleuvian Folk Tale; Fragment from the marionette show \u201cThe Lion and the Mouse Meet For War\u201d on Champion\u2019s Day in the Kingdom of Bleuve; How the Stars Came to Be, Bleuvian Tale)<\/li>\n<li>children&#8217;s rhymes\/tales\/warnings\/parables (Child\u2019s rhyme from the Skye Mountains; Warning to little children from the Skye Mountain villages)<\/li>\n<li>ancient scroll fragments (From fragments of the Emerald Incantata Scroll)<\/li>\n<li>hearsay (Two traders overheard at a RiversPort Inn; From the whisperings of a madman; Volcano Witches Spying on Paulette)<\/li>\n<li>portents or dream snippets (Baraka\u2019s Shaman\u2019s Dream)<\/li>\n<li>forgotten or lost bits of culture (Song of the Dragon Slayer, forgotten refrain)<\/li>\n<li>almanacs (The Kingdom of Bleuve\u2019s Travelers Almanac, 125th edition)<\/li>\n<li>rumors (Bleuvian rumors passed from king to king)<\/li>\n<li>philosophical treatise (Philosophical treatise on the Nature of the Kingdoms, Rainbow Scroll, origins unknown)<\/li>\n<li>jokes (Kingdom of Bleuve Bardic joke; Joke as told by Jaxter the Bard King)<\/li>\n<li>curses (Eyvindir&#8217;s curse on Henrietta)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Comment and share with me your own favorite epigraph. So curious to see it!<\/h3>\n<p>A few examples from my <a href=\"https:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/ya-fantasy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YA fantasy action adventure series, Henrietta The Dragon Slayer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.17.59\u202fPM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-28980 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.17.59\u202fPM-300x201.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.17.59\u202fPM-300x201.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.17.59\u202fPM-768x514.png 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.17.59\u202fPM-640x428.png 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.17.59\u202fPM.png 932w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.19.56\u202fPM.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28981 size-medium aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.19.56\u202fPM-300x213.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.19.56\u202fPM-300x213.png 300w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.19.56\u202fPM-768x546.png 768w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.19.56\u202fPM-640x455.png 640w, https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Screenshot-2024-11-14-at-2.19.56\u202fPM.png 908w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Want more world building tips?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/world-building-resources\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Get your PDF workbook here.<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Want to listen (or watch) to tons more tips?<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/podcast\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Check out out podcast, How To Write The Future<\/a>, on<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLFt3x70-_d9Kywxz7uK1dvLmyKjJDi99C\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> YouTube<\/a>, and wherever you listen to your podcasts.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"fittexted_for_content_h2\">ABOUT BETH BARANY<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BETH-BARANY_2023_300px_01-e1701116328224.webp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-27766 size-full\" title=\"Image of Beth Barany\" src=\"https:\/\/writersfunzone.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/BETH-BARANY_2023_300px_01-e1701116328224.webp\" alt=\"Image of Beth Barany\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beth Barany teaches science fiction and fantasy novelists how to write, edit, and publish their books as a coach, teacher, consultant, and developmental editor. She\u2019s an award-winning fantasy and science fiction novelist and runs the podcast, \u201cHow To Write The Future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Beth Barany at these sites:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/author.bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Author site<\/a>\u00a0\/\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bethbarany.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coaching site<\/a> \/\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.writersfunzone.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Writer\u2019s Fun Zone blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Let&#8217;s talk the magic of epigraphs. 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