Book Reviews, Writing Tips, and other Non-Cliche Things
(Photo by Mario Calvo on Unsplash) There is little more satisfying than seeing a character you have watched over the course of a series have an emotional breakthrough. When two characters who have danced around their feelings for each other for two seasons go on a date. When the standoffish character who definitely DOES NOT CARE about… Continue reading Don’t Rush It
(Photo by Ravi Pinisetti on Unsplash) He didn’t want to go. If I learned anything from Infinity Wars *Spoilers ahead*, it was how to make character deaths sad. Most tragic by far was Peter Parker, who in his last moments, begged his mentor and father-figure Tony Stark to not let him die. From his death we can… Continue reading Some Thoughts On Death (Avengers: Infinity War)
(Photo by Neven Krcmarek on Unsplash) I am a big fan of fairytale retellings. It's one of my favorite subgenres, and I have eight retellings floating around in my head on my own. My favorite published fairytale retellings has got to be the Lunar Chronicles series by Marissa Meyer. The Lunar Chronicles is a series including four… Continue reading Book Review – The Lunar Chronicles
(Photo by Dino Reichmuth on Unsplash) It is the third and final week of discussing creating magic systems. Click here to read about choosing a hard or soft magic system. Click here to read about creating limits and costs. Today we are talking about how your magic systems relates to the world. The Implications of Magic When… Continue reading Creating a Magic System (Part 3)
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