Writer’s Den: Writing a Good Critique
Thomas A. Knight
As writers, especially in this world of so many new indie and self publishing options, we take on many tasks. From writing and editing our books, to illustrating, creating trailers,…
writing advice
Story Structure – Part 9: The Art of the Subplot
Amy Rose Davis
You can read the rest of the Story Structure series here: Part 1 – Story Structure: Beginnings Part 2 – Revisiting the Three-Act Structure Part 3 – In the Beginning……
Relax, it’s only Tense.
Lady Rosalie Skinner
When the fantasy writer writes it is probably a good idea to have some idea of tense. There are some who claim to know of over thirty different tenses, though…
Middles – Part 5: Cramped Middles
You can read the rest of this series here: Part 1: Mushy Middle Syndrome Part 2: Propel Yourself into the Middle Part 3: The Meandering Middle Part 4: The Wispy…
The Character Building of Peter V. Brett
Jesse Flohrs
Greetings, Fantasy-Faction readers! As one of the newest members of the team, I would like to take this opportunity to thank both the overlords of the site as well as…
How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy by Orson Scott Card
Overlord
Firstly, I would like to point out the reason as to why I picked up this book: I would like to one day, become a published FANTASY AUTHOR. Therefore, my…
Rhythm and Time – Part 6: The Repeats and the Choruses
You can read the rest of this series here: Part 1: Give Your Writing a Beat of Its Own Part 2: Add a Little Harmony with Adjectives Part 3: Dialogue…
Middles – Part 4: Wispy Middles
You can read the rest of this series here: Part 1: Mushy Middle Syndrome Part 2: Propel Yourself into the Middle Part 3: The Meandering Middle A while back, I…
Rhythm and Time – Part 5: The Rests
You can read the rest of this series here: Part 1: Give Your Writing a Beat of Its Own Part 2: Add a Little Harmony with Adjectives Part 3: Dialogue…
The Case of the Capital in Fantasy
When going through the final edit of a galley, the tension mounts. This is the last opportunity to make changes, fix rogue quotation marks, commas and capitals. It is during…
Middles – Part 3: The Meandering Middle
You can read the rest of this series here: Part 1: Mushy Middle Syndrome Part 2: Propel Yourself into the Middle We fantasy enthusiasts are a funny lot. We’ll put…
Rhythm and Time – Part 4: Make Your Characters Sing
You can read the rest of this series here: Part 1: Give Your Writing a Beat of Its Own Part 2: Add a Little Harmony with Adjectives Part 3: Dialogue…