Outline Failure
Jamie Provencher
In December, I made a decision to finish my book in 90 days. Why 90 days? Well during one of my many motivational hunts, I found a quote from Stephen…
writing advice
Creating God: Religion in Fantasy, part 3
Amy Rose Davis
If you missed Part One of this article you can read it by clicking here. If you missed Part Two of this article you can read it by clicking here.…
Devilish Details
Jesse Flohrs
Greetings to you all! This is my first article of 2012 and also my first article in a few months. These past months conspired against all my free time, loading…
Creating God: Religion in Fantasy, part 2
If you missed Part One of this article you can read it by clicking here. Continuing where I left off last week in my post about creating a new religion…
Creating God: Religion in Fantasy, part 1
If I thought writing last week’s article was tough, I have to say, it was NOTHING compared to how I feel about wading into the morass of religion–even fictional religion.…
Writing Action Scenes
I want to be honest right off the top: This article is written by a complete novice when it comes to “action.” I’ve never been in a physical fight. I…
Violence and Gore in Fantasy
Thanks for all of your great article suggestions last week. I’m taking them in order, and up first, I get to tackle one that will probably have me flayed, drawn,…
How I Learned to Love the Flashback
Editor’s Note: Amy Rose Davis is looking for suggestions on what topic to write about next. Fantasy Writers, please give her some ideas on what you would like Amy to…
Description in Fantasy: Finding the Sweet Spot
We fantasy authors do have our demons, don’t we? Besides those in our stories, I mean. We’re prone to prologues and infodumps. We think a novel of 150,000 words is…
Culture Building Through Holidays
When I was a kid, I wanted to be an archaeologist. This desire had nothing to do with Indiana Jones. I wanted to dig up bones and potsherds before the…
Writer’s Den: Using Game Worlds in Writing
Thomas A. Knight
As a fantasy author, I try to keep up with the trends in the industry. The dos and the don’ts are important to what I do. A discussion came up…
How Do You Write with Kids in the House?
Jennie Ivins
Writing is hard work. Whether it be a novel, short story, or blog post, writing requires a lot of concentration and time. I’ve read many articles since I started writing…
