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One of the most compelling challenges when it comes to writing a novel is the idea of curating natural, realistic dialogue. This is especially complicated when we talk about fantasy–high fantasy, in particular–because fantasy writers tend to sometimes… overwrite. And that overwriting can easily lead to very unrealistic dialogue. In addition to this, some authors […]
As a sci-fi/fantasy author, one of the most significant things I’ve worked on in world-building has to be the idea of religion and religious movements. Religion is something that plays a vital role in our real world, so it only makes sense for it to play a vital role in fantasy worlds too. Oftentimes, religion
Villains are typically some of the most popular characters in fiction stories. I bet you, even if someone hasn’t even seen Star Wars, they already know what Darth Vader looks like or who Darth Vader is. Think of Sauron from The Lord of the Rings. Or Joker from Batman. How about Voldemort from Harry Potter?
Whether you’re writing a romance-based novel or you’re writing a story that includes some level of romance in it, you’ve likely already stumbled upon the love triangle trope. The love triangle trope is one of the most popular ones and was used a lot in YA fiction for a good number of years–we can all
Anybody who’s ever taken some sort of a creative writing course will probably tell you that one of the first things you learn about is this idea of “show, don’t tell.” Of course, these words don’t really describe exactly what it means to show and not tell, especially because we are talking about written words.
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World building is something that I often talk about on my blog (obviously!) and I love to world build. And by love, I mean I LOVE LOVE LOVE doing all things world building. Worldbuilding is basically my bread-and-butter. Did I mention that I love to world build? I’m obviously just having fun with you all,
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Psychopaths. We often hear the word psychopath get thrown around when referring to evil, awful, or just downright terrible people. The word itself just has a negative connotation to it, and for many reasons. Some of the worst criminals in history have been psychopaths. People with psychopathy quite literally feel no empathy for people. So
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Far too often, we hear writers talk about how the idea of a “chosen one” has been done time and time again and that the trope should be dropped. In fact, many talk about how the trope is now boring, overused, and uninteresting. Despite these claims, we still see that most stories that we enjoy
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There are many forms of fantasy out there, with there existing multiple subgenres available to read for all sorts of wants and likes. Fantasy has bridged reality with imagination, offering readers a portal into the unknown enchanted worlds authors curate. Within fantasy, there are two major umbrella subgenres that have been popularized over the last
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When you go to write a book, I’m sure all you can think about is how your plot will be. Who your characters are. What the major fight scenes will look like. You’re envisioning this amazing story for your readers, but to be frank, if your first page is lacking, you may not get the
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Writing a novel is obviously not an easy task, but one of the ways we as writers can facilitate it is by drafting a novel outline. An outline is basically a brief overview of the most important elements of the story you will be writing. This could include things like characters, plot events, locations, and
Fantasy is a very popular form of literature that has been present in human history. We love to create new, fantastic and wonderous worlds where anything and everything can happen. Most of fantasy literature features things like magic, mythical creatures, epic adventures, and journeys. Two major subgenres of fantasy have emerged from all of this:
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