Today, I’ll look into another storytelling element: the power of friendship and love in fiction with its pros and cons as I see them.
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Fiction/history: what makes a family?
Today, I’ll again blend history and fiction, sharing my thoughts about how the typical family looked like in the past and today and how that ties to fiction (especially fantasy).
Continue readingWriter’s musings: missing the obvious
Writing bears many challenges. The hardest of them to accept is the feeling like you’ve missed something that should’ve been obvious.
Continue readingWriter’s musings: time away
Today, I’ll share some thoughts I’ve gotten after spending quite some time away from my story and how it might help me turn things around.
Continue readingSport in fantasy
The start of the Olympic Games in France has led me to thoughts about sport in fiction – specifically fantasy as that’s where most of my interests lie.
Continue readingQuo Vadis, Goodreads?
In today’s post, I’ll look back at my experience with the Goodreads site and what its future holds for readers and writers in the light of the last two years or so.
Continue readingWriter’s remembrance
Today, I’m touching on a sadder topic than usual – remembering the people we lost through our writing.
Continue readingWriting: mid-series book endings, take two
In November 2022, I delved into mid-series book endings in regard to their length. Today, I’ll be looking at the topic in relation to the plot.
Continue readingStorytelling: Villain’s agents
Today, I’ll look at another storytelling element: a villain’s minions whose goals and working methods are subtle rather than blatantly obvious, agents who may stay hidden in the shadows forever, but their contribution is still significant.
Continue readingStorytelling: Villain’s echo chamber
Today, I’ll look at another storytelling element: Villain’s echo chamber. A scenario where a seemingly pragmatic choice to be surrounded by like-minded people may turn out into a major blind spot. More so if the villain’s personality further bolsters the blind spot.
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