With the recent popularity of romantasy, or romantic fantasy stories, and the popularity of booktok, there’s been a lot of talk about romance tropes that we all know and love and

Horror is one of the most popular genres in movies, gaming, and books out there. We have a whole month pretty much dedicated to all things spooky and scary and horror

As a fan of science fiction and fantasy, I always love to see books from both genres and even books that combine them. However, there is a big difference between science-fiction

Fantasy is a large umbrella term that encapsulates several different forms of fantasy, such as grimdark, light fantasy, high fantasy, epic fantasy, and more. I’ve actually discussed what grimdark fantasy is

Many books out there are written from a single perspective of a single character, however there are also many stories that explore several other perspectives. This can be done in first

One of the most popular age ranges for books has to be the young adult (YA) range. YA has been growing for quite some time and some of the biggest and

Foreshadowing is one of the most important tools used by writers in literature to try and create a level of suspense and intrigue in their stories. The idea of foreshadowing is

Humor is something I honestly love adding into even the darkest of my stories. I think that in a way, humor is something that we as humans all share a love

If you want to write a story that is not fully romance, but you still want to include some element of romance in the overall plot, then you’re probably looking to

Many writers nowadays are choosing to create stories centered around a female protagonist, and while some do a great job, others miss the mark in a number of ways. Many times,

I know that themes often tend to be one of those things we dread having to analyze in English class, but as writers, themes are actually very helpful to include in

When it comes to telling stories, most of the books you’ll end up reading are very heavily character-driven. What this means is that you need to focus on properly developing your