Blog Entry #7: Fabulism

Magical Realism encapsulates real world situations that you'd expect in any type of genre such as action, comedy and drama, while also featuring hints of fantastical elements. What attracts me to this genre is that I can still write my favorite types of stories while also throwing in a little something extra, in this case magic, witchcraft and wizards or even little gnomes (even though Jesus sort of did something like that in his past story). As long as it doesn't deter the world into a fantasyland, that's all I need to make sure I don't do. I can't have my story take place in a magical dimension, it needs to have something relatable to it at least.

The top three writers I'd considering choosing from for the next role-play would have to be-
Alejo Carpentier
Franz Kafka
Toni Morrison

The reason I chose Carpentier pretty much stems from his background. A Cuban, he had the time for his writing and the time for getting involved in other major events, such as being faithful to Castro's regime back in the early sixties. I also took a class on Havana/Cuban types of writing and never heard of Carpentier until now, so that'd be interesting. My choice selection for works would be Guerra del tiempo.