Jul 27, 2015 | Fantasy, On Writing, Past Notes
How to Write & Read Great Fantastical Fiction: Techniques & Tools in Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature One final example in a work of contemporary literature may serve to illuminate the power that can be found in combining all these...
Jul 20, 2015 | Fantasy, On Writing, Past Notes
How to Write & Read Great Fantastical Fiction: Techniques & Tools in Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature Working Magic by Implication Magic contains acts that supersede our reality, and thus are known as “supernatural.” As...
Jul 13, 2015 | Fantasy, On Writing, Past Notes
How to Write & Read Great Fantastical Fiction: Techniques & Tools in Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature The Sorcery of Withholding The best stories feel as if you have simply stepped inside them and that the events of the story are...
Jul 6, 2015 | Fantasy, On Writing, Past Notes
How to Write & Read Great Fantastical Fiction: Techniques & Tools in Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature Grounding Magic in Reality One of the keys to multivalent use of magic in a novel is the author’s refusal to characterize the...
Jun 29, 2015 | Fantasy, On Writing, Past Notes
How to Write & Read Great Fantastical Fiction: Techniques & Tools in Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature Character Matters It’s not easy writing fiction that contains fantasy or supernatural elements. One out of two tries at such work...
Jun 26, 2015 | Fantasy, On Writing, Past Notes
How to Write & Read Great Fantastical Fiction: Techniques & Tools in Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature Introduction and Techniques Strange things happen in books. Supernatural things are often described that can’t happen in real...
