by Autumn | Oct 11, 2017 | Tips, Writing
Writing relies heavily on telling the reader descriptions: clothing, appearances, landscapes, cities, movements, clues for time of day, and such. But there is so much more to the world of your story than this! Plus, it is telling and isn’t this supposed to be “show...
by Autumn | Sep 27, 2017 | Tips, Writing
Writing relies heavily on telling the reader descriptions: clothing, appearances, landscapes, cities, movements, clues for time of day, and such. But there is so much more to the world of your story than this! Plus, it is telling and isn’t this supposed to be “show...
by Autumn | Sep 20, 2017 | 15 Minute Fantasy Writer
Welcome back to the 15 Minute Fantasy Writer video series! We have one more world building video, but before we get there I wanted to switch gears and talk about a very important subject. One that a lot of authors skirt around: covers! In this video, we will look at...
by Autumn | Sep 13, 2017 | Tips, Writing
I have a character on the verge of killing someone. Unfortunately for him, he can’t do it quite yet. Because, currently, he needs the other character. Oooh, but he hates him. It was that realization that he, character 1, doesn’t have to like the situation, even if he...
by Autumn | Sep 6, 2017 | 15 Minute Fantasy Writer
Welcome back to the 15 Minute Fantasy Writer video series! It is time to move on with world building in part 4. We’ve come so far from video 1 where we discussed how choosing the era helps you world build, including knowing the presumptions readers will make...
by Autumn | Sep 5, 2017 | News and Events, Tips, Writing
When I decided to start writing novels, I mean seriously start writing them and not just occasionally playing with a story idea, it had been AGES since my undergraduate creative writing courses. English degree or not, I knew I needed a refresher. Thus began what...
by Autumn | Aug 30, 2017 | Tips, Writing
Unbelievably, it was only 6 months ago that I released the Ultimate Fantasy Writer’s Guide, the course I designed to take you from the spark of an idea to releasing an amazing novel to raving fans and launching your writing career. So much has gone on since then...
by Autumn | Aug 23, 2017 | 15 Minute Fantasy Writer
Welcome back to the 15 Minute Fantasy Writer video series! We are going in depth to the tips shared in video 6, which was part 3 of world building. There we delved into the steps of how to create a fantasy map. Why? Because they are for more than your readers! A good...
by Autumn | Aug 15, 2017 | Tips
Don’t you wish you could know if a story idea is a good one? One that will be interesting and make sense before you get 50,000 words into an idea that goes nowhere? Ok, if you are a plotter, you might have an answer to this question! But what if you didn’t want to...
by Autumn | Aug 8, 2017 | 15 Minute Fantasy Writer
Welcome back to the 15 Minute Fantasy Writer video series! We are contining on with world building by moving on to part 3 where we finally delve into the nuts and bolts, or I should say streams and forests, of the world! There is A LOT to cover in this episode, heck...
