Ah, springtime. In addition to being born on the first day of spring twenty-something years ago, I’ve always loved this particular weather shift. There’s something undeniably…
When you’re bringing the story in your head to life, you’re going to want to consider all your options. In most circles, choosing the point of…
Everyone who’s ever played a childhood game of telephone knows that a story is only as good as the person telling it. Books function similarly. The…
As info-dumping’s only slightly more-attractive cousin, a flashback can be really unproductive if not executed correctly. The primary reason for this is because it disrupts the…
Steampunk is an intriguing hybrid genre blending the Victorian aesthetics of the late 1800s with the science fiction tropes of a borderline-dystopian future. In many ways,…
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Although science fiction and fantasy have many common tropes within their broad umbrellas, they differ dramatically. What I hope to do, in this week’s article, is…
Writing a book is a ridiculously niche concept that everyone thinks they know everything about. As soon as you even casually mention wanting to be a writer, it’s…
Just like in music, dynamics in storytelling are everything. As thrilling and shocking fight scenes can be in your manuscript, too many for too long can…
Writing Fight Scenes that Hit the Mark