Fantasy Steeds: Writing Battle Animals in Fiction
Author Des M. Astor takes on a journey exploring the wondrous magical animals that make the best steeds and battle beasts!
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7 (More) Unusual Story Settings to Set Your Story
Looking to write a new story, but not sure where to start? Here are 7 (more) unusual setting ideas to get the brain juices flowing!
How to Increase Your Twitter Engagement
Twitter is a great way to market yourself as a writer. Here’s a list of ways to increase your post engagement, updated for 2022!
How to Use the Five Senses in Your Fiction Stories
“Show don’t tell” is advice writers get all the time. But how we do we do that? Easy: think through the five senses!
8 Magical Fantasy Plot Ideas that Don’t Involve Quests (+Examples)
Maybe everything is a quest. Hell, I don’t know. But I’m here to gift you beloved noodles with some fantasy plot ideas that are not the traditional “journey to find something and stop the bad guy” quest.
5 Tips on Writing Non-Binary and Other Non-Cis Characters
Freelance writer and author Dominic provides five tips for writing non-binary and other non-cis characters.
Fun Ways to Subvert the Chosen One Trope
What are some ways to subvert The Chosen One trope in a way that will keep your readers guessing?
The Sounds of Mythical Creatures: Top 5 Animal Auditory Ideas
When you think of different mythical creatures and monsters, what do they sound like? Here are five great animals that make sounds you could apply to the mythical beings in your world!
8 Interesting Ways to Destroy Your World
I want to help you blessed writers find new ways to destroy your fictional world. Hey, what’s a good story without some world-ending conflict?
10 Questions To Ask When Writing a Fictional City
What are some things you should keep in mind when creating a fictional city?
5 Weak Character Motivations
Characters should be motivated by something. But what are some bad or overdone character motivations?
Creating a Fictional Culture for Your World
Inspiration in worldbuilding is great; caricatures are not. Here are some tips on how to create fictional cultures without causing harm to any cultures you take inspiration from.
9 Ways to Overcome Writer’s Block
Sometimes the best solution to writer’s block is just to take a new approach.
10 (More) Questions to Ask When Writing a Fictional City
Aw snap, here we go again.
What are some other good questions to ask when you get to the city building part of the worldbuilding process?
