World building

What You Need To Know About Setting Your Fiction In Another Country - A character sets off on holiday, imagining traversing the globe.
Writing
Fred Johnson

What You Need To Know About Setting Your Fiction In Another Country

There’s a well-worn writers’ tenet that has likely been circling for as long as writing has been a thing. You’ve probably heard it: write what you know. Now, this is, generally speaking, good advice. Of course, it can easily be misinterpreted by writers who go on to produce thinly veiled autobiographies disguised as fiction, but

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Including Original Poetry And Song In Your Fiction (What You Need To Know) - A beatnik author holds out their book, music notes floating free.
Writing
Fred Johnson

Including Original Poetry And Song In Your Fiction (What You Need To Know)

Many writers, particularly if they’re writing fantasy, YA, or sci-fi, like to spice up their stories with the occasional song and poem. Maybe they’re trying to aid characterization with some soulful poetry, share exposition through a traditional ballad, or just make their world feel a little more real. Done well, such embedded works can bring

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Want To Invent A Fictional Language? Here’s How To Do It – Part 2 - A character speaks a fantasy language.
Writing
Robert Wood

Want To Invent A Fictional Language? Here’s How To Do It – Part 2

This is a two-part article. For part 1, click here. In part 1 of this guide to inventing a fictional language, I described the tips and tricks you can use to construct your vocabulary and grammar. But as I said then, we’re not done yet – real languages aren’t perfect systems, and their intricacies and

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