I am behind...

[danceswithwaves]

I'm doing NaNoWriMo this year for real.  I'm handwriting it because in general it's easier (brain-wise, not hands-wise, though I don't have issues with my hands so that makes it easy enough) for me to hand write a first draft than type it.  I think better or something.

And, of course, I am awfully, shamefully, behind.  I'm up to page 25 when I

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[danceswithwaves]

True. And I haven't actually used the land of Fairy as a name for this land yet. I've been trying to gather as many names as possible, to see if there was a term I could use as an overarching name.

[ursule]

Well, what does a talking wolf eat? Or is this a version of Fairy where you can get by without eating anything?

[danceswithwaves]

A talking wolf would eat a talking rabbit...or a non-talking rabbit - depending on how many of them could talk. Or he may just eat a talking rabbit anyway...which may be an answer to my question. Thanks!

[sartorias]

Don't have enough of a feel for your world to say, but I'm cheering you on! (And hey, NaNo is about getting story down, even if the world isn't quite in focus yet. Have something happen!)

[danceswithwaves]

Thanks! (And that's good advice! I'm used to having stories sit in my head for so long before I have time to write them, that I'm used to having the world-details built ahead of time.)

[asakiyume]

I guess different cultures have different names for that world that's alongside this one, but with more magic in it. In some cultures, there isn't even a divide--this very world has the magical creatures right in it. Or there are pockets of magic-ness, with magical rulers, as opposed to it being a whole other world.

The question of talking animals versus animals that just ordinary is one I've thought about a **lot**, and I haven't reached any one satisfying conclusions. There are various ways of thinking about it that work in certain situations but not in **all** situations. I think if you let yourself be guided by what feels right and natural for the story, you'll come up with a good solution, though--even if it's not a universal solution.

[danceswithwaves]

That's true, and in cultures where magic isn't separate, there probably wouldn't be a separate name. Although there may be names for countries (such as, there's the country of demons that appears in multiple Jewish folk tales).