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4 Fantasy Romance Plot Ideas to Write (With Examples!)

13 min read
by The Angry Noodle

Love is in the air! Here are four fantasy romance ideas to get your brain meat cookin’.

Philip K. Dick Does It: A Tale of Overly Long Paragraphs by Ray Daley

6 min read
by Ray Daley

A rant by an author on the tendency for books to have very, very long, run-on paragraphs.

5 Tired Character Motivations

11 min read
by The Angry Noodle

Characters should be motivated by something. But what are some bad or overdone character motivations?

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The Angry Noodle is a website dedicated to all things speculative fiction. Science fiction, fantasy, urban fantasy, horror, dystopia...it's all welcome here!

Articles include everything from worldbuilding, rankings, book tropes, short stories, guides for writers, and more!

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