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VIDEO: How I Wrote Dragons for the Fablehaven Series

Thursday, January 15, 2009

Here is a video of me talking how I wrote the Dragon characters for the Fablehaven series. Let me know how you picture Dragons when you're writing about them. Or what are some of your favorite portrayals of Dragons in a book, movie, video game etc...

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  1. Blogger Patrick said:
    January 15, 2009 10:40 AM  

    Love the Dragon in the movie Pete's Dragon. That movie is classic.

  1. Blogger Taffy said:
    January 15, 2009 2:31 PM  

    I just finished 'Dragon Slippers' and loved the dragons!

  1. Blogger Veronica said:
    January 15, 2009 3:27 PM  

    i imagine Dragons, Just like you, uniqe ome of the dragons i daydream aboyt sky blue w/ Golden lining on the wings.

  1. Blogger fablehavenerd said:
    January 15, 2009 4:29 PM  

    I visualize dragons as creatures with large size and power, like Ranticus. I think something that you could do would be a dragon with an ability like Chalize that if you look into their eyes, you are paralyzed. For this particular dragon, it could be that if you look into their eyes for too long, your brain gets changed somehow... or something along those lines.

  1. Blogger cheezfreak said:
    January 15, 2009 5:32 PM  

    one of my favorite books, called Pillage had alot of dragons in it, and they all had very good descriptions, i could almost see them, it was awesome.

  1. Blogger Allison said:
    January 16, 2009 8:30 AM  

    My favorite dragon is "Draco" (voiced by Sean Connery) from Dragonheart: "I AM the lasht one!"

  1. OpenID sunshinemaribeth said:
    January 16, 2009 12:26 PM  

    Sadness. It says the video is no longer available! :(

  1. Blogger Jojo said:
    January 16, 2009 1:45 PM  

    My fave portayals of a dragon is in the Dragons in our Midst by bryan Davis, and in the Dragon books by Donita K Paul! :D

  1. Blogger Booklover said:
    January 20, 2009 4:18 PM  

    i cant watch this on my computer for some reason... :(

  1. Blogger The Authors said:
    January 22, 2009 5:27 PM  

    I've always imagined dragons as being very majestic, very big and rather scary looking, with big sharp pointy teeth and claws. I liked how dragons were portrayed in 'Eragon'. I also thought your dragon in Fablehaven #3 was cool also.

  1. Blogger cookie said:
    January 28, 2009 7:27 PM  

    i love your books! (even though i've only read one of them.... it was great!) my mom gave me the candy shop war for Christmas and i read it in, like, 2 days. we've been having snow days alot lately and i read it again.... =D (Pillage is an awesome book!!!) fablehaven sounds fun; i'll have to try it sometime. =D you're a great writer!!!

  1. Blogger fablehavens biggest fan said:
    February 9, 2009 12:02 PM  

    Okay, i am getting desprit and you will hate it when i am desprit i am screaming a t a computer demanding it to give me fh4. I JUST WANT A PEAK.a page, a paragraph a sentence A WORD. i am getting teary here!

  1. Blogger fablehavens biggest fan said:
    February 9, 2009 12:08 PM  

    oh and or a phrase
    sinserly,
    you annoyingly desprite bffitwwwwtltgtlipsaatpatbcatgt.
    (oh and to translate that) but i wil)
    best friend forever in the whole wide world that likes to go to lunch in paris spain and all those places at times but can't afford to go there. pretty long tranclation. see you later
    bffitwwwtltgtlipsaatpatbcatgt!

  1. Blogger fablehavens biggest fan said:
    February 9, 2009 12:12 PM  

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  1. Blogger Taylor said:
    February 9, 2009 2:41 PM  

    The way I envision my dragons is that they are a mix between reptiles and felines. Think of it: pebbled scales, a tongue that smells, sensitivity to vibration, a sinuous body, and venomous fangs/sacs, like a snake. Now combine the agility of a cat, night vision, claws, speed, powerful muscles; wise, sly, and merciless. (Cats can also fit into any space their heads can. That's because they have no pelvis/hip bones.) Not all dragons need to fly/breathe fire to be awesome. They should be able to accomplish that throught their powress. THAT'S how I imagine my dragons...unless the book says otherwise.

  1. Blogger Jojo said:
    February 16, 2009 8:19 PM  

    Oh! and the bad ones are totaly utterly COMPLETELY scary!!! (2 their enimies)

    ...Maybe not to Gavin but to everybody else!!!

    Good ones are less intimidating!

    ...That is to there allies!!

    so.....ummmmm.......

    ok i'm just gonna hope you can understand my giberish!!!!!!! if i try to explain, you'll be even more confused!!!!! LOL!!! I am OBSESSED with dragons (almost as obsessed as I am with fablehaven!) and when i found that there will be dragons in FH4 i screamed so loud my neighbor came to check if everything was ok!!!

  1. Blogger aaron_bman (also on twitter) said:
    March 9, 2009 3:10 PM  

    When I imagine a dragon the first thing to appear is the head. The head has various horns sprouting from it's head. The horn are all deadly sharp and are also there for extra defenses. The mouth is filled with hundreds of teeth, all razor sharp and angled like that of a snake or a shark. You go in, not out. Like Muriels box of nails and glass. The ears are holes beside a horn on both sides of the head. Over each of these holes is a scale, shaped to help sound come in. The nostrils always seemed charred. The eyes are deep, endless, like you could get sucked into them and be trapped forever. Unable to find your way out. The neck is long enough that the dragon can turn it's head in a full circle, making the neck in to a spiral staircase looking thing. The body is large but is shaped so it can force itself through some tight spots. It generally has four legs but I can invision it with two. The tail is long and broad, used for extra stableisation during flight, with a sharp, hardened tip or broad axe like blade. The scales are mother of pearl but lean toward certain colors such as red, giveing the dragon the effect of being red (or any other color) while every other color in the rainbow is flashing at you as well. Under the scales is a skin with the texture of a bat's wing. The wing's topside is armored with light, slightly easier to break, scales. The underside is made of the same material as the skin. At the base of the skull is the dragon's biggest weak spot, two scales are missing that would other-wise restrict head movement, leaving an
    area that can be easily peirced.
    These are what I consider to be general traits of dragons.

    Every Dragon is the first and the last of it's kind, it's race is singular to itself and dies when the dragon dies.

    What I've written so far is only an tenth of my version of dragon physiology.

  1. Blogger Tristan said:
    April 15, 2009 10:21 AM  

    Brandon, you write really good. My favorite dragon was the one who was poisonous down to her blood.

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