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What Are the Rules of the Fantasy Genre?While it is true that writers can push the boundaries of reality much further in fantasy fiction, they still have to ask themselves, "What are the rules of the fantasy genre?"
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Novel Writing: What to Purge in the First EditFor all but the most successful novelists, editing can be a long and arduous process. It can take quite a few passes to complete to satisfaction. A good first step is to purge obvious no-nos from your novel. -
How to Maximize Profit by Selling Short Story ReprintsGetting your short story accepted in a magazine is a thrill in itself. It is hard to do and takes a lot of dedication, research, and time. When you finally do get your story accepted, it is clear you have a winner.
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How Writer's Forums Can Improve Your Fiction WritingWriters are often solitary creatures, sitting in dimly lit bedrooms or trendy cafes and typing away on laptops and computers. But maintaining total solitude can prevent your writing skills from improving, and can definitely put a damper on your career.
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How to Write Fairies in Fantasy FictionFairies, or fae folk, are one of the staples of the fantasy genre. Although they populate classic fairy tales more often than fantasy novels, fairies still have a place in modern fiction.
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Fiction Writing: How to Include Back-Story Without an Info DumpWho wants to read a story that starts with the birth of the main character and follows them through their entire life? This method of fiction writing is hardly ever successful.
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NaNoWriMo is Not Enough: Novel Writer's Guide to DecemberAs November and NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) draws to a close, novel writers may begin to feel confusion over what happens next. Your choice will depend largely on your writing goals.
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Top Things to Avoid when Naming Fiction CharactersChoosing names for fiction characters challenges writers in many ways. Perusing baby name books or websites, the writer strives to pick out a name that both sounds good and means something.
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Create Stand Alone Story Arcs for a Fantasy Fiction TrilogyThe fantasy fiction trilogy is becoming more and more popular in the genre. Series of three or more books dominate the marketplace and succeed in brining fantasy fiction to fan
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How to Mentor a Newbie Writer for NaNoWriMoNaNoWriMo is a time when tens of thousands of writers write 50,000 word novels. Some writers have been there for multiple years, but there are always plenty of newbie writers who are nervous and confused.
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How a Fiction Writer Can Attract Book Buyers with a BlogSelf promotion is as important to fiction writers as it is to any other business person. Unless you have sold your soul to the muses and have attracted the attention of a world-class agent with a publicist in his back pocket, you will have to promote your fiction.
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How to Create a Fan Club for Your Fiction CharacterFan clubs happen wherever a character or personality catches the public's interest. Fiction characters such as Harry Potter have many fan clubs where people talk about the character, pretend to be the character, and write fan fiction about the character.
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Fiction Writer's Guide to Dialogue and Speech TagsWhen the lights grow dim and the clock ticks past midnight, it is the dialogue that keeps the intrepid reader scanning pages in your novel. While lines of narration may blur together in a haze, dialogue jumps out and invites the reader to fight back fatigue. -
How to Use a Photograph as a Writing PromptIf a picture is worth one thousand words, it can be assumed that a photograph could be translated quite easily into a short story. In fact, using photograph for a fiction writing prompt is an excellent idea. -
Home Again HaikuA haiku about coming home again after growing up and growing away. -
Top Seven Sources of Dragon Background GraphicsEvery good website starts with a fabulous background graphic. Dragon background graphics can be repeating tiled designs or scenic dragon pictures. -
Common Species in Fantasy Fiction - An OverviewWhile fantasy fiction runs the gamut of weird creatures, invented humanoids, and creative animals, there are several main species in classic fantasy fiction. -
Overview of Fantasy Fiction Genres and Sub-GenresFantasy fiction can be describes as fiction with elements of magic, unknown creatures and beings, and make-believe worlds. This article provides an overview of the fantasy genres in fiction. -
How to Research the Right Short Story MarketFinding the right market to submit your short story to requires several kinds of research. To increase your chances of being accepted and published, you must submit to the right short story market.
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The Benefits of People Watching for Fiction WritersMany fiction writers create characters from bits of memory and imagination. Another great way to craft believable characters is through the fiction writer's art of people watching.
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How a Writer Can Stop People from Sharing Their IdeasWhat is it that makes people want to share their ideas with writers? A large part seems to be a person's own quest for immortality.
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How to Avoid Writing a Mary Sue Fiction CharacterMary Sue characters are found in much beginning fiction, especially fan fiction. They are to be avoided at all costs. But what is a Mary Sue character, and why are they bad? -
Realistic Horse Travel in Fantasy Fiction NovelsMedieval type fantasy fiction novels are filled with men riding off on horseback and motley gangs of wizards, thieves, and rangers traveling from town to town. -
Using Action to Replace Adverbs in Fiction WritingIn elementary school, you learned about adverbs. These words, usually ending in 'ly,' are used to modify verbs. Adverbs modify your verbs because your verbs are weak.
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Create a First Paragraph that Will Hook Your ReaderHook your reader in the first paragraph of your fiction short story or novel, or you may lose them forever. -
Marketing Your Fiction Book with a WebsiteWriters of fiction books often see the title of "Published Author" to be the apex of all accomplishments. Indeed, once your fiction book is published, you will probably have a publisher, agent, or marketing executive pushing your books to bookstore buyers and the like.
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Fiction Writer's Guide to Creating HorrorHorror is one of the most popular genres of fiction today. People are clamoring for horror at the box office and on the bookshelves. Fiction writers strive to deliver.
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Fantasy Fiction Writer's Guide to Designing New CreaturesDesigning new creatures is one of the great joys of fantasy fiction writing. Not only is it fun, but it adds a distinct flavor of realism to your fantasy world that cannot be gotten with the same old, every-day animals that populate reality.
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Fantasy Language Creation for Fiction WritersFantasy writers create new worlds, and new people. Creating a fantasy language adds verisimilitude in fiction, something that fans crave. If you are a fantasy fiction writer, you will not be wasting your time creating a fantasy language for your chosen race of beings.
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Achieve Your Writing Goals One Step at a TimeWhat are your writing goals? Many fiction writers would simply answer, "to be published." But, since publication is the ultimate goal, you have to come up with a plan to achieve it.
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Three Ways to Keep Your Creativity PumpingIn the absence of muse, a fiction writer's craft must go on. Muses are proud creatures and, if ignored or harangued for too long, they may not come back at all. Sometimes, you have to keep your creativity pumping all on your own.
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Three Tips for Dealing with Writing RejectionRejection is a part of every fiction writer's life. If a whiff of rejection is likely to send you into paroxysms of self-pity and despair, fiction writing may not be the thing for you.
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Writing Prompt Cards for Quick Story IdeasFiction writers often complain about not being able to come up with a great new story idea. Writer's block is often a result. If no idea bursts forth from their personal muse, they will not be able to write anything at all.