Cluck the image below and read the article – September Fawkes has done an excellent job in this article about stakes in scenes and fiction. Reading it, I felt intense jealousy over the fact that I hadn’t thought of it first. The way she has parsed the ideas has made me reevaluate my own worksContinue reading “An Essay of Consequence”
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A Primer for World Building Basics
World building is one of the essential skills of a fantasy writer. And yet, it can often cause so many problems: from issues with overwriting the world to inconsistent construction to terrible tropes in world building. I pulled five videos from various YouTube channels that I have found to be useful in not just understandingContinue reading “A Primer for World Building Basics”
I forgot to add Basil!
I saw this today and, having just finished the first draft of a children’s horror novella, it did make me smile. I miss every single criterion from this graphic: my hero is very flawed, this journey is less than heroic, my antagonist isn’t ruthless – well, not totally amoral, and I apparently forgot to includeContinue reading “I forgot to add Basil!”
Growing in Power
On Writing: Magic Systems and Handling Power Escalation [ Mistborn l Last Airbender l Naruto ] I won’t spoil this video but I want to compare this with a series of books that I love, and another that is written by the same author. These are the Black Magician Trilogy and the Age of Five,Continue reading “Growing in Power”
Imagine Erratically 