“Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it.” – Lloyd Alexander“If you go too far in fantasy and break the string of logic, and become nonsensica…
When developing your story, you’ll want your characters to face a number of challenges or conflicts. One of the most basic of them is man vs. man. In this conflict, the main character finds his goa…
Does book cover design matter for an ebook?Absolutely!Human beings are visual animals. Images at first glance always are more powerful than words. That’s why most businesses use logos. When their n…
When are you most creative and most productive as a writer? Write a description of that place, noting the time of day, which of your senses are appealed to during that span, if you use pen and…
“Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don’t want to make eye contact while doing it.” – John Green“A writer …
Several variations of a standard plot (inciting incident-rising action-climax-falling action-denouement) exist in storytelling. One you might use is called a plot inversion. This type of story…
“If it’s fiction, then it better be true.” – Sherman Alexie“Good fiction creates its own reality.” – Nora Roberts“The difference between fiction and reality? Fictio…
“Easy writing makes hard reading.” – Ernest Hemingway“I think of rounds of editing as hammer time. Then, when they interrupt my writing, I can say… *shakes head* Nah, I just c…
When a character doesn’t change and is fairly uncomplicated, it is said to be a flat character. Its opposite is a round character, which has dimension and develops over the…