Tag: writing tips
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6 Clichés in Fantasy and How to Avoid Them
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Fantasy tropes, while familiar, can become clichéd if overused, leading to boredom among readers. Key clichés include “The Chosen One,” “The Evil Dark Lord,” “The Magical Artifact Quest,” overused races like elves and dwarves, “The Farm Boy Hero,” and “The Wise Old Mentor.” Writers should reimagine or avoid these to…
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Fantasy Writing Prompts
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Writing is a skill like any other. It requires a lot of practice. In the same way that someone who plays basketball has to go out to the basketball court to shoot hoops and do drills, fantasy writers practice by using writing prompts. I also find it’s nice to take…
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Word Sprint Timers
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Here are a couple of word sprint timers that I put up on YouTube. I intend to add others eventually, but I’d like to record the background video myself, which might take a while for me to get around to. I intentionally didn’t add music to the timers because I…
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How to Become a Fantasy Author
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When I was ten years old, I decided I wanted to become a fantasy author. I had no idea how to go about it, but I knew that authors write stories. So I started typing away on my dad’s Macintosh computer, writing a story about two friends, one of whom…
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Gifts for Writers
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Hey everybody! Tis the season for wracking our brains for ideas on what to get each other for Christmas. I thought I’d put together a short list of gifts for writers that I’d personally appreciate, and it ended up…well, a little longer than I expected. There is a lot of…
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Impostor Syndrome
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This month, I had every intention of writing a large portion of my next book as part of NaNoWriMo 2022. Any ideas how many words I’ve managed to write? 12,504. Not exactly my most stellar word count. So why have I struggled to write this book when I was able…
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6 Tips for a Successful NaNoWriMo 2022
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What is NaNoWriMo? National November Writing Month, or NaNoWriMo, is where authors from around the world challenge themselves to write a 50,000 word book during the month of November. You can keep track of it yourself, or you can sign up for free at nanowrimo.org to have access to their…
