You would think in a magical world at least it wouldn't be possible to be taken by surprise by either people or events. You'd use the powers of telepathy or whatever to spot what was coming and presumably find ways of containing the coming problem. Just as well this doesn't happen - fantasy fiction would be very short if it was!
Magic can't in itself be the be all and end all, else there is no story because everything is solved with a wave of the old wand. So what limits have you set on magic in your stories? Can these limits be overcome? How did the limits develop? Do differing magical species have different limits (they do in mine)? What other ways do your characters use to overcome their problems?
When the unexpected really hits the world you've created, how do your characters react to it? Which show hidden courage? Which show blatant cowardice? How does reactions like these change relationships between your characters? And when things settle back to what counts as normal in your story world, are things ever the same again between your characters? (I don't think they should be but are the changes here positive or negative?).
Magic can't in itself be the be all and end all, else there is no story because everything is solved with a wave of the old wand. So what limits have you set on magic in your stories? Can these limits be overcome? How did the limits develop? Do differing magical species have different limits (they do in mine)? What other ways do your characters use to overcome their problems?
When the unexpected really hits the world you've created, how do your characters react to it? Which show hidden courage? Which show blatant cowardice? How does reactions like these change relationships between your characters? And when things settle back to what counts as normal in your story world, are things ever the same again between your characters? (I don't think they should be but are the changes here positive or negative?).
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