World building involves many facets and designing different aspects of the world is honestly a great experience when it comes to writing speculative fiction. Creating cultures, languages, and even religions is a lot of fun and although it can seem intimidating, there are many things that can help make it more manageable. When it comes […]
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A book blurb is a great way to market your story to potential readers. You’ll often find this being written as the summary on the back of the book or available as a description on an author’s website. You can actually see this in action on this page of my website where I talk about
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There are many archetypes for characters that exist out there, and there are also many types of moral systems that some characters have that differentiate them from the traditional ideas of morality. There are certainly characters that are morally gray, complex, and memorable for doing things in ways that are often considered unconventional or possibly
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Characterization is one of the most important components of the storytelling process and developing complex, memorable, and interesting characters is an important facet of the writing process. There are many ways to describe characters as well, but you may have heard about the idea of a round character and a flat character. Stories often make
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