Fleshing out characters with believable human qualities is an art. Indirect characterization is writing that paints in character detail by showing rather than telling. Rather than only tell readers about characters’ personalities and values, you can reveal them subtly through dialogue, actions and appearances. Read these tips and examples from books: Read the full article at NowNovel.com.
Read More Indirect CharacterizationBy Alter S. Reiss “Getting the archaeology right” doesn’t actually matter that much when it comes to fantasy. The fact is, when it comes to secondary worlds, a lot of the absolutely basic assumptions don’t make any sense. Why are there people in this world, whose history—whose natural history—is so different from ours? If dragons […]
Read More Putting Archaeology to Work in Fantasy FictionThis article is part of the Science in Sci-fi, Fact in Fantasy blog series. Each week, we tackle one of the scientific or technological concepts pervasive in sci-fi (space travel, genetic engineering, artificial intelligence, etc.) with input from an expert. Please join the mailing list to be notified every time new content is posted. About the Expert Since getting her Ph.D. in Toxicology in […]
Read More Poisons in SF & FantasyBy Ruthanne Reid Some of you may have noticed that the esteemed Mr. Gaiman is my favorite living author. Even if he’s not everyone’s cup of tea, it’s hard not to notice him: books, graphic novels, award after award—the man is prolific and very good at what he does. So when I realized he had eight rules of writing, you […]
Read More Neil Gaiman’s 8 Rules of WritingBy Angeline Trevena Coming to the end of my first series, and starting on my second got me thinking about what I wanted to do differently. About the mistakes I made, and the lessons I learnt. Read the full article at Angelina Trevena’s blog.
Read More Lessons I Learnt from Writing My First Book SeriesHere’s a question I’ve gotten from Writing and Wellness readers recently… How do I take a project from beginning to end without losing it somewhere in the middle? So how do we do that, exactly? Read the full article at Writing & Wellness.
Read More How to Actually Finish the Writing Projects You StartBy C.S. Lakin For this week’s Throwback Thursday, we’re looking at an excerpt from a previous post titled Words of Advice from Famous Authors That Are Just Wrong. I imagine this post is bound to draw some criticism, but bring it on! Maybe it’s just me, but when I read pithy statements from famous authors that are […]
Read More Famous Authors’ Bad Writing AdviceI am really honoured to have been twice nominated in the few days for the Blogger Recognition Award! Thank you so much to Mercedes Prunty and Nicole Luttrell from Paper Beats World for nominating me! I think their blogs are really awesome too, as you might have noticed, since I have reblogged stuff from both […]
Read More Blogger Recognition Award!We all get angry. It is natural and it can be a good thing. When it is uncontrolled or unnecessary, anger will not do us any favours on either a personal or a social level. The same is true for the characters we create. When we write about angry characters, we should remember that there […]
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