How Is World-Building For A Short Story Different From A Novel?
World-building is essential for believable, relatable, well-rounded storytelling. It can help to create mood and atmosphere, build character, and evoke a powerful sense of place and...
How Is World-Building For A Short Story Different From A Novel?
World-building is essential for believable, relatable, well-rounded storytelling. It can help to create mood and atmosphere, build character, and evoke a powerful sense of place and...
7 Mistakes To Avoid When Creating A Magic System For Your Fantasy Novel
So you’ve got a killer idea for a fantasy novel. That’s great! It’s a beautiful feeling; that newness of an idea. We get it. Your idea has ignited your imagination with world-building...
When you're writing a fantasy novel, one of the most important parts of world-building is creating a magic system. Magic is one of the essential elements of any fantasy story. How big or small a...
5 Tips For Better Physical World-Building In Your Fantasy Novel
World-building is one of the most important parts of fantasy writing – and one that many writers understandably find challenging. As well as things like culture, customs, language, religion and...
The Complete Guide To Creating Backstory In Speculative Fiction
Claire tells us how to create authentic backstory for your characters...
The Ultimate Guide To World-Building: How To Write Fantasy, Sci-Fi And Real-Life Worlds
World-building is so much more than just a framing device. It’s the very essence of any good fantasy or science fiction story, and the basis of a sense of place in other genres. Good...