AutoRealm is a simple mapping program for those of you who enjoy creating fantasy worlds. I’ll include the link to download it, but here are a few warnings.AutoRealm is a simple program, and it’s for beginners. There’s a bad-quality tutorial on youtube on how to use it, but if you brave through the scripting and... Continue Reading →
Writing an antagonist is a daunting experience, and there are a few things about antagonists that can make them either a good antagonist or a bad antagonist. When I first started writing, antagonists were simple. The bad guy that opposed the good guy, right? All I need to know was that the bad guy, the... Continue Reading →
Character templates, or really any kind of template, can be a very useful resource. They allow you to better plan out your book, visualize your world, and understand your characters. For this post, I will be providing a valuable resource that helped me plan out a novel and get introduced to my characters. Be warned,... Continue Reading →
We’re going to be talking about characters, and how to best make a character that has a discernable likability around them, allowing the reader to be more attached to other characters, and to provide a little humor into the story. The first problem I faced in making a likable character was defining the point at... Continue Reading →
People can have lots of different writing styles. Orson Scott Card (Enders Game) has a very formal and dry kind of writing style, which can attract a certain amount of different people. Different people may unconsciously like a certain writing style and not even know it, simply because that particular writing style appeals to their... Continue Reading →
Writers Block is a problem that many writers and authors face. It comes in many forms, but the most popular is the lack to find and write continuously. I am going to talk about it, and hopefully help you along with this disease/virus/annoyance/brick/wall… Writer’s block is where a writer has trouble continuing a story. They... Continue Reading →
Brandon Sanderson is one of the greatest fantasy and science-fiction writers today. He has risen in popularity since he released his first novel, and has been on the treadmill since, writing with incredible fury, coming out with dozens of worlds in his books.The reason I enjoy his books so much is mostly that of his... Continue Reading →
One of two of my favorite things about fantasy worlds is the magic system (the other is worldbuilding, but we won’t talk about that just yet). Defining magic in your world can be a key point in your book, so let me help you out.Brandon Sanderson defined the difference between a ‘hard’ magic system and... Continue Reading →
One of the worst things that can happen to a character in a book, movie, tv show, is making them a Mary Sue. A Mary Sue is a character with absolutely no faults in them. This makes them the perfect angel who never argues, is incredibly smart, unexplainably powerful, and tends to be involved in... Continue Reading →
NaNoWriMo is a worldwide event in which old and new writers take part in the challenge of writing a novel in one month. You start the contest on November 1st at www.NaNoWriMo.org and end it on November the 30th. I participated in it in 2018 and managed to reach the required 50,000 words by the 30th. If... Continue Reading →
Merck's Musings 