How the Written Universe Works: Structure of the Cosmos – Designing a Series #amwriting
How the Written Universe Works: Structure of the Cosmos – Designing a Series #amwriting
Continue ReadingHow the Written Universe Works: Structure of the Cosmos – Designing a Series #amwriting
Continue ReadingThe three-step process for successful self-editing #amwriting Read here …
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Continue ReadingRead here on Life in the Realm of Fantasy. Its very interesting, and useful. If you want to become a serious business driven writer.
Continue Reading#NaNoPrep: part 1: What’s the Story? I have developed mad skills at carving out time for writing because I participate in NaNoWriMo every November. As a municipal liaison for the Olympia area, I must get a minimum of 1,667 new words written each day. I suggest to my fellow writers that they shoot for 1,670 […]
Continue ReadingWhat is National Novel Writing Month, and should I participate? Life in the Realm of Fantasy September is nearly here. I’m a Municipal Liaison for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). Over the next two months, my focus will be on preparing my region for 30 consecutive days dedicated to the act of writing a novel, and […]
Continue ReadingCharacter Development: Narrative Time Last week, we discussed how the descriptive narrative of a story is comprised of three aspects: Narrative point of view is the perspective, a personal or impersonal “lens” through which a story is communicated. Narrative time is the grammatical placement of the story’s time frame in the past or the present, i.e., present tense (we go) […]
Continue ReadingWorldbuilding part 4: Designing the Parameters of Science and Magic #amwriting Personal power and how we confer it is the layer of worldbuilding where writers of science and writers of magic come together. Magic and the ability to wield it confers power. Magical creatures, elves, mythical races, mythological gods and demigods – these are some of […]
Continue ReadingFundamentals of Writing: Power Words #amwriting Chris The Story Reading Ape{authorlink}June 22, 20214:12 pm Originally posted on Life in the Realm of Fantasy: When we put the first words of a story on paper, the images and events we imagine as we write have the power to move us. Because we see each scene fully […]
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