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The economy is considered by many to be the beating heart of a country. Others consider it to be their livelihood, especially if they’re involved in trading stocks. For the most part though, the economy determines how our lives turn out. Whether or not inflation exists. How the job market is. These sorts of big-ticket […]
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Language is one of the most defining factors of cultures around the world because language is what allows us to communicate, convey our thoughts and emotions, and connect with other people. For the most part, in the early days of civilizations like Mesopotamia and ancient Egypt, language was a defining factor of the development of
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Last time I talked about psychiatry, I was giving advice on how to write the ultimate psychopath. I mentioned briefly another psychiatric disorder known as Narcissistic Personality Disorder, but I didn’t really delve into it much. However, I decided to create a new post talking specifically about how you can write the ultimate narcissist, because
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Romance novels are some of the most popular, well-loved, and highly demanded types of books out there. Romance novels are a general and broad term, but they can be anything from realistic fiction to fantasy. A romance novel focuses on the aspect of the book that is the love story. The main stake for the
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In world building, a very important component has to be the way you design the government of your main world. Now, by world building, you could be talking about a country, a city, a planet, a nation-state, etc… that part really depends on what works for you. However, for the most part, you likely have
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For many writers, sci-fi or fantasy, designing a planet is probably one of the most intense achievements you can accomplish in your world building journey. Simply put, a planet is basically an amalgamation of everything you’ve worked for when designing your world. It is pretty much the final destination. It is an expansive place full
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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
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As a sci-fi / fantasy author, one of my favorite parts of world-building is crafting religion and the movements that spring from it. Faith shapes history in our own world, so it deserves the same weight on the page. Designing a believable belief system can feel overwhelming at first, but once you have a roadmap
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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?
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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
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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. World building is basically my bread-and-butter. Since I love to world build, I was hunting for the best tools to use to facilitate my world building experience. Of course, you can just use a pen and
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