I was thinking about character description this morning. You may have noticed I’m heavily into characters at the moment, as I’m developing my entire cast for my novel in detail at the moment. Anyway, I was thinking that in order…
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The personal blog of fantasy writer J W Shortland. Thoughts on writing & worldbuilding, interviews with authors and genre news.
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Cementing a Character Through Description
Tagged with: book, characters, description, fantasy, fiction, Harry Potter, layers, novel, story, technique, writing
Posted in Writing
Posted in Writing
Motivation
Today, I wanted to share some thoughts on motivation. Not motivation in the sense of you as a writer, but in the sense of your characters. If you think about it, motivation falls under two categories: Good and Bad. If,…
Tagged with: book, characters, insight, motivate, motivation, novel, story, writing
Posted in My Thoughts
Posted in My Thoughts
You’re Not Schizophrenic, Am I?
So, as you may have guessed by the tongue-in-cheek title, today’s post is about multiple viewpoint characters in fantasy. What the… who wrote that? Heh, just a light-hearted schizophrenia joke there… Onto the post! I’m going to have a little…
Tagged with: book, characters, fantasy, fiction, multiple viewpoints, novel, omniscient, writing
Posted in Writing
Posted in Writing
Fantasy Clichés Come in Pairs
So, if you read, write or play fantasy books/games you will be familiar with the idea of the fantasy cliché. To some, a cliché may just be an idea or a type of character that is overused or crops up…
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