The Chaotic Champion – Part Four: The Outsider Hero
Nyki Blatchley
Just when all seems lost, the Batmobile screeches to a halt and the Caped Crusader leaps out to put paid to the latest dastardly scheme of the Joker, the Penguin…
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It’s All In The Name
Michael Everest
Time for another Creative Writing 101, but this time I’d like to focus on something a little different. I had thought to write an entry dedicated to Character Creation for…
Rules? Where We’re Going We Don’t Need Rules
Ryan Howse
There’s a strong tendency in critique groups, whether online or in person, or in writing guides, or even just in casual conversation between writers, to talk about The Rules of…
Pretend to be a Dungeon Master and Level Up Your Storytelling
Eric Christensen
I think it’s a safe bet that many Fantasy-Faction readers have at some point played Dungeons & Dragons. I’m also willing to bet that many readers, myself included, have packed…
The Chaotic Champion – Part Three: The Recruited Hero
This the third article in our Chaotic Champion series. You can read the other articles here: Part One: Introducing the Champion Part Two: The Wandering Hero I started this series…
The Chaotic Champion – Part Two: The Wandering Hero
This the second in our Chaotic Champion series. You can read the first article here. A gunslinger rides alone across the prairies, coming from nowhere special and going wherever the…
Writing Rules and Fantasy: Mary Sues
Victoria Hooper
This is the last in a series of articles about common writing rules and how they apply to fantasy writing. Earlier articles in the series: – Show, Don’t Tell –…
The Table Theory of Characterization
So you’ve written a fantasy novel. It’s full of political intrigue and clashing armies, nefarious wizards and heroic last stands. Now strip all of that away. That rollercoaster of a…
The Chaotic Champion – Part One: Introducing the Champion
The honest, hardworking peasants of a village are being harassed by bandits and decide they’ve had enough. They can’t actually do anything about it themselves, so they hire a group…
Giant Thief, Crown Thief, and How to Fail the Bechdel Test
David Tallerman
Amongst my endless goals for my first novel Giant Thief – which, looking back, were basically a wish list of the things I’d like to see in the type of…
The Evolution of Sexuality, Homosexuality and Gender in SFF – Part Four
Leo Elijah Cristea
In this, the final article of this series, I want to not only round up what’s been considered in the previous parts, but firstly to consider any issues that might…
Writing Rules and Fantasy: Kill Your Darlings
This is the third in a series of articles about common writing rules and how they apply to fantasy writing. You can check out the first two articles here: Show,…