Bringing the Funny: Weaving Humor Into Your World
Amy Rose Davis
Of all the subjective subjects to tackle, I think humor is the toughest, perhaps even tougher than religion. It’s with a great deal of trepidation that I wade into this…
Amy Rose Davis
Literary Devices: Plot Devices
Continuing my series on using literary devices in fantasy, we come to one that’s sure to create a little controversy in the comments. For some folks on both the writing…
Literary Devices: Allusion
One of the most powerful literary devices in the writer’s arsenal is allusion. An allusion is a brief mention of an event, person, story, myth, legend, date, etc. that exists…
Literary Devices: Foreshadowing
It’s every high school English Lit teacher’s first lesson on criticism, it seems. One of those things that’s fairly easy to teach, understand, and look for, foreshadowing is, at its…
Literary Devices: Motif
If any of you follow my blog or know me on other social media (especially Facebook), you know that I’m a “yarnie”—that is, I’m addicted to yarn. I’ve had a…
Literary Devices: Themes
As a fan of fantastic fiction, I’ve heard it all: Fantasy is for kids and nerds. Science fiction is for geeks. Speculative fiction isn’t deep enough—it has none of the…
The Language of Fantasy, Part 2
Two weeks ago, I started this series on language and ended with a promise to look at some of the major language families this week. I’ve changed my mind. After…
Commas With Amy
I started a series on fantasy language last week, but since I’m still feeling a bit awash in terms of researching that huge topic, and because the Overlord very nicely…
The Language of Fantasy: An Introduction
As I continue down my list of suggested topics for writing articles, I come to one that fills me with more trepidation than even the one about religion. This time,…
Writing Fantasy Songs: Part 3
For my last two articles about fantasy songs, I’ve focused on lyrics. The obvious reason for this is that people are reading your work, not listening to it. Especially if…
Writing Fantasy Songs: Part 2
Last week, I started this series with a brief look at the function of songs in fantasy stories. Someone pointed out in the comments that I left out love songs.…
Writing Fantasy Songs: Part 1
Ever since I created my list of topics for this column based on your requests, I’ve been mulling over this topic. The suggested topic was “I’d find an article on…