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  • Princess Foo replied to the topic Writing a fantasy (Werewolf) novel: Am I doing things right? in the forum Fantasy Writers 6 years, 1 month ago

    @ka_modina A couple of thoughts:

    • “Mating for life” is actually how God meant marriage to be. Matthew 19:4-6 says, “He answered, ‘Have you not read that he who created them from the beginning made them male and female, 5 and said, ‘Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and the two shall become one flesh’? 6 So they are no longer two but one flesh. What therefore God has joined together, let not man separate.'” You don’t need to act like it is a strange and unnatural idea, because it isn’t. So I think you have a lot of room to explore this type of theme in your story if you are interested.
    • As to the other mythical creatures being bad—there is nothing in the Bible that says “all vampires are evil”. It’s your world, you make the rules. Go for it.
    • There is the issue of demons, however. We do know that they are real, evil, and only get stronger if people don’t think they are a threat. So I would not have good demon-like creatures, just so you aren’t softening someone’s mind towards the real ones.
    • One thing I think is important to think about when writing is, “Will people be surprised to hear I am a Christian after reading my writing?” And I think the moon goddess is toeing that line. Does it really need to be in there? Could you have a regular person be extremely significant to the werewolf tradition take her place? A “George Washington” of werewolves?

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