Building a Fantasy World
It’s your story so why not create your own world. Personally, the thing I especially like about writing fantasy novels is the opportunity to create my own world. The people and the place can be exactly...
View ArticleWriting a Novel
Writing a novel is not an easy thing to do. You have put time and effort into your planning stages and built your character profiles, now it’s time to… write! Remembering what was said in Beginnings...
View ArticleImagery in Writing
Stephen King’s article, Imagery and the Third Eye, is an excellent reminder that we must describe enough for the reader to “see” a picture in their mind. I’ve always believed that we shouldn’t describe...
View ArticleBBC – Get Writing
Struggling Writer is always supplying his readers with great links, so I wasn’t surprised when I saw this one – BBC – Get Writing. There are informative courses for beginners, intermediate and advanced...
View ArticleHow to Plot Your Novel
I’ve been plotting novels and short stories for some years now, but that doesn’t mean I think I know everything that needs to be known on the subject. Because of this, I continually borrow books from...
View ArticleTiddlyWiki
Resuming work after a nice break is always difficult, but it has to be done if food is going to be put on the table. Today, I returned to work after a break of almost three weeks. *sigh* However, I...
View Article30 Days of WorldBuilding
With my recent decision to scrap a couple of projects I’ve been working on, one in particular, I’ve been thinking about what projects I’m going to concentrate on now. Not being one for working on too...
View ArticleMedieval Demographics Made Easy
It’s common for fantasy stories to have a medieval backdrop – castles, men (or women) on horseback and fire torches instead of battery operated torches. Of course, writers don’t have to use this...
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