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7 Tips to Using Reality Altering Characters

Say you really want to use a character who alters reality.  Yet, you don’t want to lose all tension of the story.  Hard to do when this character can change everything around them if they wish.  What can you do … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Author as a Reaper

(Enjoy another partial entry of Do I Need to Use a Dragon?) There are many schools of thought when it comes to killing in fiction. I’m only going to go over four of the most common to give you an idea … Continue reading

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7 Tips To An All Villain Story

The meme above sums it up pretty well, but there are times when characters know they’re doing bad things.  So, what can you do if you want to write a story where everyone, or at least the big ones, are … Continue reading

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Teaser Tuesday: Passage of Time

(Check out Do I Need to Use a Dragon? on Amazon.  Please remember that these are teasers and not the full entries.) Let’s be honest. We, as authors, can take the passage of time for granted when it comes to our stories. … Continue reading

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Well It Works For Me

(We’ve all heard this one.) This is the way to win It always works for me No other path No other act Shall lead to victory It is genius Look at my proof View my success Listen to my tale … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Character’s Making Uncharacteristic Decisions

The above question does come up when you see a character acting in a way that they really shouldn’t.  For some authors, this could be growth in that a risk is being taken.  Yet, that doesn’t always come off correctly.  … Continue reading

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Top 5 of 2024- #3 7 Tips to Writing Father and Son Relationships

This post originally went live on April 24, 2024. Being a single father, I think about the father/son relationship a lot.  Mostly because I’m always hoping I’m doing right by my own son.  This gets tougher when I see fiction … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Utilizing Basic Skills That Might Not Be Basic

This list isn’t going to work for every author, reader, or story.  Going to try to be as general as possible, but we’ll see how it goes. If you want to remove a basic skill from a character halfway through … Continue reading

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Questions 3 and Looking Back at ‘Do I Need to Use a Dragon?’

This book has been out for a little over a year.  So, I don’t think this is going to be much of a looking back.  Making the situation even more difficult, this book plagued me for a while due to … Continue reading

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7 Tips to Writing Dual Protagonists

Outside of buddy comedies, you don’t see a lot of dual protagonists that are truly even.  A lot of times, you see one fall to the background at some point in the adventure.  This is because it’s really hard to … Continue reading

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