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Back to Basics: Personification

For this Back to Basics mini-course, we’re talking about personification. Each Back to Basics course includes a challenge at the end to...

On Redemption Arcs: A farewell to the easy villain

As many great musings do, this think-piece all began with a Tumblr post. A few years ago, a rather irate user, “0l0x”, whose Tumblr header

Be Prepared: Let's Talk Villains

Who doesn't love a villain? Or at least love to hate them? Writing villains might be the best part of storytelling

Book Review: These Witches Don't Burn by Isabel Sterling

Disclaimer: this review includes mild to moderate spoilers. Trigger warnings for the book: Parental death, fire, violence (moderate), car...

How to: Writing the Human Moments Between the Swords and the Fists

The dust settles as the hero defeats villain after villain before continuing their quest to defeat the antagonist. What happens then?...

World Building With Tolkien

As a writer, I have learned that my favorite thing in fiction is the process of world building. World building is such an awesome concept

5 Steps to Writing a Protagonist Readers Won't Hate

Creating a fictional character of your own is probably one of the most rewarding experiences of being a writer. A solid main can...

World Building Series: Writing Real-World Settings

No matter if you are writing a historical fiction novel, a "what-if" novel, or a real-world novel, all of these stories have one thing in...

Size, Shape, Colour: Creating the World Within

Description is important in every story, from setting the scene to the quirks that make your characters come to life. We all have our own...

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