Write Fantasy Fiction in 5 Simple Steps

will be a great help to have a map so you can keep track of where the desert is located, the forest, the jungle, the islands, etc. Or if you have a really big building, like Hogwarts, it could be helpful to draw a diagram of it.

Dragon Rider by Cornelia Funke (2004).
Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment by James Patterson (2005), followed by seven more books in the Maximum Ride seri

you’ll be able to relate vital information without always relying on your main characters. Sometimes it helps to think of your story as a giant rug with a picture on it, and each character as a thread running through it.

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum (1900), followed by thirteen more books in the Oz series.
The Story of Doctor Dolittle (1920) by Hugh Lofting, followed by eleven more books in the Doctor Dolittle series.
The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien (1937).
The Gremlins by Roald Dahl (1943).
The Wind on the Moon by Eric Linklater

The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe by C. S. Lewis (1950), followed by six more books in the Chronicles of Narnia series.
The Borrowers by Mary Norton (1952), followed by four more books in the Borrowers series.
The Fellowship of the Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien (1954), followed by two more books in the Lord of the Rings trilogy.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle (1962), followed by three more books in the Time Quartet.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (1964), followed by the sequel Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.
The Owl Service by Alan Garner (1967).
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle (1968).
Watership Down by Richard Adams

The Princess Bride by William Goldman (1973).
Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt (1975).
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (1977).
The Blue Sword by Robin McKinley (1982).
Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman (1984), followed by many more books in the Dragonlance series, often by other authors.
Catwings by Ursula K. LeGuin (1988), followed by three more books in the Catwings Collection.
Truckers by Terry Pratchett (1990), followed by two more books in the Bromeliad Trilogy.

No One Noticed the Cat by Anne McCaffrey (1996).
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone by J. K. Rowling (1998), followed by six more books in the Harry Potter series.
Skellig by David Almond (1998).
Stardust by Neil Gaiman (1999).
Artemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer (2001), followed by seven more books in the Artemis Fowl series.
Coraline by Neil Gaiman (2002).
Into the Wild by Erin Hunter (2003), first in the Warriors series which consists of four series, with six books in each.
Eragon by Christopher Paolini (2003), followed by three more books in the Inheritance Cycle.
Inkheart by Cornelia Funke (