Hard or Soft Magic in Fantasy?
Do you prefer hard or soft magic in fantasy stories? Do you care about the detail, the scope, the price […]
Posts on the craft of writing
Do you prefer hard or soft magic in fantasy stories? Do you care about the detail, the scope, the price […]
A while back, Book-tuber Merphy Napier presented thirteen fantasy tropes readers may hate; tropes so heinous, readers can’t just put
The editing hell of Book One continues with weak verbs and passive voice. Bear in mind I have two lists
In a vast literary genre, High, Low, Epic, Urban, Paranormal and Romance are all types of fantasy fiction. Along with
It’s easy to forget that your side characters are the heroes of their own stories; that they have their own
Book Three of my fantasy series features an impossible mission, while escalating stakes stack the odds against my protagonists. Over
–If you take your characters outside their fictional world, do they still function as compelling, relatable characters? Drop them into
Editing is a strange process, especially when you find yourself restoring a deleted scene. Listen to the audio version on
A vital consideration in plotting your story: what is hidden from the reader’s view? Author and coach Susan deFreitas posed
Forget the old ‘rules:’ make inciting incidents happen sooner. The same conclusion I reached over a year ago came from