Planning Your Way To Success
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My Journey Through Planning My Writing “Creating outlines is boring.” “If I create an outline, it will stifle my creativity.” “I can either plan or write. I don’t have time to do both.” These are comments I commonly here in the writing community. In fact, these are comments I have personally heard…because I said them. This juxtaposing ideology of either planning or not planning is so pervasive in writing that we even have a term for it – “planners” vs. “pantsers.” The planners look at the pansters – those people who just sit down and write with no outlining, or very little – and wonder ho ..read more
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The Epic Fantasy by Allen Werner
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8M ago
For those whom accept the challenge and choose to write an epic fantasy tale, a firm grasp of the world you want your characters to populate is as important to the story as the story itself. Authors will painstakingly map out entire worlds, filling the landscape with beautiful cities and thundering rivers, enormous mountains and pleasant meadows. And all of these places will have to be given a history and assigned a name, or designation, some sort of reference. And to further deepen the antiquity of the sites, cities and rivers, perhaps even the characters themselves, they might be known to d ..read more
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On Writing Christian Fantasy
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8M ago
Writing fantasy is a difficult thing to do and not for the faint of heart. And yet, it is a genre that many of us find ourselves inexplicably drawn to again and again. That’s because the realm of the imagination is a wonderful place. I think of it as brain candy. Orcs, unicorns, elves, angels, magic, trolls…each one of these are the work of someone’s amazing imagination. As is well known, much of our current day fantasy fiction springs from the hotbed of Tolkien’s mind. But the roots of his creations hark back even further to the days of Norse imagination and mythology . However, Tolkien s ..read more
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The Attack on Indie (Self-Published) Authors
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8M ago
I was in the middle of doing some research for another article I wrote when I came across several other articles dealing with self-publishing. I have to admit, I was excited to read them since they dealt with self-publishing and, even though self-publishing is becoming easier and more mainstream, its still hard to find usable resources. These articles quickly disappointed me. In fact, they downright upset me. I don’t know. Maybe that was their goal. Exert a gut reaction from someone who disagrees. What was the central idea behind these few articles? Self-publishing is a terrible idea, those w ..read more
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How to Be an Audio Book Narrator
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8M ago
If you’ve ever heard an audio book and have thought, “I’d love to do that”, then I’ve written this guide for you. This is all I know about being an audio book narrator. I’m a newb in this field however I’d like to tell you it’s much easier than you think, and also much more challenging than you think. Yes, this sounds controversial, however being an audio book narrator is not hard, if you have kids then you’ve probably been doing it already each time you read a bedtime story. But the hard part can be learning the new skills both on computer and vocal, setting up your studio, and most importan ..read more
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Writing Your Story
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8M ago
In my last article, Anyone Can be a Writer , I encouraged you to write your story. Now, here’s a big slap in the face: There is no such thing as a new story. What? Seriously? Why am I even bothering, then? Yep. But before you leave, hear me out. That doesn’t mean you can’t write your story. When I was in college, I took a course that was called “Creative Non-Fiction.” People hear that title and think it somewhat oxymoronic. Non-fiction is about facts, truth, history. There is nothing creative about that. Wrong, and this class—and my professor, Fenton Johnson —proved that. Two Story Types I ..read more
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Anyone can be a Writer
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8M ago
Mystery surrounds writing—all of the arts, really. It seems to be weird dichotomy when people learn or find out that you’re a writer, especially the author of a book, let alone a series of books. They are almost in awe, super excited for you, and can’t believe that someone could actually do such a thing. But then, they are critical. How do you make any money? Do you live on rice and beans? What’s your real job? I tend to focus on the awe and excitement. People are always enthusiastic and happy for me when they find out I am an author. Everyone always says the same things: “How amazing.” “How ..read more
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What Makes Me Want to Keep Reading
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8M ago
As my tastes in literature have changed I've noticed that I go less and less for cool looking covers and cheesy fantasy novels to more and more realistic fantasy novels. Not realistic as in the fantasy being gone, but realistic as in feeling like the characters could be real people. What really makes me disgusted reading a novel, any novel, is the author playing God with the characters. Machina Ex Deus is lazy writing and a sign that the author is not serious about the humanness of the characters. And if we aren't reading novels to explore humanness at some level, what is the point? The chara ..read more
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Two Food Items I Cannot Possibly Live Without
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8M ago
Once again, here is a blog posting that really has nothing to do with writing, reading, fantasy, adventure, fiction. Really, it has nothing to do about anything—except for food. Not only does food keep us alive, but food is amazing, as evident by my expanding waistline. It is delicious. It defines our culture. It speaks to who we are, what we like, our interests. Food can even tell other people how adventurous we are, where we’ve been, what our preferences are. This then, much like our “What three books would you take with you to a deserted island?” is much like those many childhood what if g ..read more
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Do people die in A Chance Beginning?
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