Are you a writer and reader of fantasy? Are you excited to learn how to make your fantasy writing stand out? Do you want to honor God with your fantasy writing? This Fantasy & Worldbuilding Workshop is designed especially for you! Join AJ Skelly, Josiah DeGraaf, and several Taylor University Professional Writing faculty, students, and alumni, as you explore writing powerful fantasy.
If you are a fantasy lover, you surely have encountered the explosive new subgenre coined romantasy. Barnes & Nobles has even added an aisle dedicated to romantasy titles that have gone viral. As with the insurgence of any new book trend, there is always mixed opinion surrounding what to do with the new genre. Criticism is good, healthy even; however, the criticism I see of romantasy stems from a larger problem, a low view of romance in fantasy as a valid literary concept.
Great worldbuilding and an exciting plot can only take you so far—if your characters fall flat, readers won’t stick around. That might sound intimidating—creating characters is super important—but not impossible. As you read in this article, I hope you will see that creating characters your readers will love is not as daunting as you think. Allow me to walk you through the process of creating characters your readers will never forget.
You’ve just read a book, and you want to tell the world what you thought of it. Your mind is swirling with ideas and emotions. But as soon as you sit down to write your review, you forget everything you’ve just read.
So, what needs to go in a review?
Whichever part of the novel-making process just doesn’t seem to come naturally to you, this book has some time-tested tips to put you back on track.
It’s hard to find a balance between the Christian walk and writing for secular publishing markets, but this book provides solid guidance and wise insights.
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