If building a world from scratch, you will need to develop religions. To do that there are questions you will need to answer about the religion. First, does your religion have a name? Most of them on Earth do. So…
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Creating Fictional Nations In A Fictional World
When you are building a world for your fiction, you will often find you need nations. You will need a variety of things to make up your nations. They are often complex and arbitrary. The topography of the land has…
Tagged with: worldbuilding, worldbuilding cities, Worldbuilding culture, worldbuilding nations, worldbuilding population
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Building A Fictional World
I’ve been talking about world building. There are several aspects to the process, so I’m going to take them category by category. This week, I’m going to expand on the first category, the one we create first and for every…
Do You Need to World Build
World building is the process of assembling a place for your fiction to happen. How much of it you need to do depends on what your plot requires. The world building needs of science fiction are different from those of…
Tagged with: fantasy writing, worldbuilding, writing, writing background work, writing science fiction, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
A Few Words Of Advice
The first bit of advice people always give writers is “write what you know”. That’s still good advice, but there are other things you should do as well. The first is research. Research lets you know more about what you…
Tagged with: reading aloud, Research, revision, writing, writing advice, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Meditation
Sometimes you need to sharpen your focus when you are writing. Meditation helps with that. It’s especially helpful if you are working through a troublesome scene. Meditation is easy. It has few rules that you need to adhere to. The…
Tagged with: Focus, meditation, Writer's Block, writing, Writing Techniques, writinig tools
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Research
Even if you are writing fiction, you may find you need to do research. You wouldn’t want to have Fifth Avenue in Manhattan running north and south. Your readers would call you on it. It’s more accurate to say it…
Tagged with: characters jobs, Research, settings, writing, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Brainstorming
Brainstorming is the process we use to come up with ideas. We can then use those ideas to write about or to come up with the solutions to problems. You can do it in teams or solo. That’s what’s nice…
Tagged with: brainstorming, Free writing, Mind mapping, word association, writing, writing ideas, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Mystery Plotting Aids
If you write mysteries, you need to have a victim, a killer, and some red herring suspects. You also need witnesses. When I started writing cozy mysteries, I had a hard time until I came up with the idea of…
Tagged with: fiction, fiction mystery, fiction writing, mysteries, mystery plotting, mystery plotting tools, plots, plotting tools, writing
Posted in Writing Techniques
Posted in Writing Techniques
Why Complete Character Charts?
Character charts are lists of questions that a fiction author must answer. It’s a good way to get to know their characters. The charts are the best way for an author to get to know the character and what makes…
Tagged with: character creation, character development, characters, fiction writing techniques, writing
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
Posted in General Opinion, Writing Techniques
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