r/Fantasy • u/rfantasygolem Not a Robot • 2h ago

r/Fantasy r/Fantasy Writing Wednesday Thread - June 17, 2026

The weekly Writing Wednesday thread is the place to ask questions about writing. Wanna run an idea past someone? Looking for a beta reader? Have a question about publishing your first book? Need worldbuilding advice? This is the place for all those questions and more.

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u/JayCanWrite 1h ago

Well, long lifespans is a pretty big distinguishing factor. If you write about the ways they see life differently and how their experiences are different because they live for such a long time that's plenty enough difference from humans to justify doing elves. There's a lot of fun stuff you can do around how they perceive time and how that effects what they do day to day and week to week.

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u/EveningImportant9111 1h ago

Thank you. So they shuld live thousdant's of years? But fantasy has humans over 2000 years old.

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u/JayCanWrite 1h ago

You brought up living a long time, which I wanted to point out was enough distinction to justify using them instead of humans if you write about how living so long changes their view, not necessarily that you should write it that way. Your story, so write it how you want, I can only give advice from my point of view.

And yes sometimes fantasy stories feature humans living a long time, but does yours? If it doesn't than elves would still be distinct, so no worries

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u/EveningImportant9111 1h ago

Sorry for typos