Last month I promised to talk to you about conflict and what it is. It seems really obvious. I mean, look it up in a dictionary and you’ll find: to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash, or as a noun: a fight, battle, or struggle, esp. a prolonged [...]
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We talk a lot here at MagicalWords.Net about the rules of writing, when to adhere to the rules like iron filings to an electromagnet, and when to break those rules, when to do something different. Last week, I was deeply into my WIP. Which is still untitled, by the way, and is making me feel [...]
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Y’all, it’s been One of Those Weeks for about two months now. I wanted to post something brilliant for you to read today, but really all I want to do is work on my New Shiny. So I’m going to throw a bunch of glittery internet treats at you and hope you don’t [...]
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I have posted here before about worldbuilding, and no doubt I will again. Only a month or so ago, Benjamin Tate gave us an excellent guest post on the subject. But I have been thinking about worldbuilding in a new way since beginning work on the Thieftaker books, which are my first set in a [...]
How to write book and story titles that [...]
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Today, we’re going to talk about developing characters. I decided on this for the most important reason of all — you wonderful readers put character development as the Number One area you wanted more information on. Isn’t that cool? You ask, you receive.
For the purposes of this post, I’m going to assume you already have [...]