How shall we begin?

Before we begin our journey we must come up with a setting and character for our story. So, shall we get on with it?

In my personal opinion I read a lot of fantasy novels and the typical fantasy setting is somewhat medieval, way before our modern era. It is a time of castles and dragons, with the odd bit of witchcraft thrown in the cauldron. (Excuse the pun)

So, I have been thinking, do we want our story to be your typical fantasy novel? Or something that currently doesn't exist? Well, I have come up with a few ideas listed below for the setting to our world:

• Woodland with log cabins
• Typical fantasy, with castles and drawbridges
• Small towns with interconnecting dust roads
• Desert land
• Ice and fire integrated within the landscape
• One that I believe could be interesting: Modern day with a twist?
• Dark, grimy land of witches, swamps and dense jungle

These are just a few of my ideas, feel free to leave any comments of your own on where the story will begin. Remember it doesn't have to be contained within this environment, that's the magic of our world, anything is possible.

Any ideas?