We’ve said it often enough before that sometimes a change of view is the best remedy for a lack of inspiration. But for many writers there is more to this advice than just having an excuse to get out of the house every once in a while. Different places can awaken the imagination in different…
This prompt is inspired by a friend of mine who introduced me to the wonderous world of Dungeons and Dragons, and who also has a great talent for creating wonderous worlds of their own. Imagine that you are a member of a fantasy or alien race of beings who speak to each other in projected…
Quite often in fantasy books the author will include a song / poem at the beginning or between chapters in order to set the scene / provide atmosphere, or even foreshadow things to come. Sometimes these songs or poems can be effective, and other times they can seem like just a bit of added fluff.…
In one of my Tips & Tricks posts, I talk about starting with an interesting title and creating a story from there. Sometimes a title can be relatively ambiguous, and other times it can convey a very clear picture of what elements are involved in the story. Take a vague, but interesting title, and proceed…
At some point in our lives, we all wish we had a “rewind” button that could take us back to a particular moment in time–not for the sake of reliving it, but for the sake of changing it. We may wish to return to the moment we said or did the wrong thing; we may…