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Another Day of Asking for Interview Questions

Posted on August 27, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

As I said last Sunday, I wanted to help promote Do I Need to Use a Dragon? before I go back to work on Tuesday.  This is the second day of asking for any questions that will create an interview post.  … Continue reading →

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Any Questions? (Requesting Questions for a Future Q&A Post)

Posted on August 20, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This is going to be fairly simple. I’m coming to the end of summer and wanted to do something special to help promote Do I Need to Use a Dragon? before I go back to work.  So, I’m going to use the … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Your Author Identity

Posted on August 18, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

To be an author, you need to have some understanding of yourself.  Even on the unconscious level, you need to be sure of who you are in order to put pen to paper and create.  This requires creating an author … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: The Quest

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Can’t really have a story without a quest or plot.  While quests do tend to be the most common plot in fantasy, the advice one gets can go for general story creation.  Do I Need to Use a Dragon? has you covered … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: The Characters

Posted on June 20, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Characters are rather important to a story.  Even if you only have one, they need to have some kind of personality.  That’s why I dedicated a section of Do I Need to Use a Dragon? to this topic.  It covered a lot … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: The World

Posted on June 13, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

World-building has to be one of the toughest parts of writing, especially when you aren’t working on Earth.  That’s why Do I Need to Use a Dragon? has a big section on it.  As you can see, Fizzle needed to bribed with … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: The Author

Posted on June 6, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

We have about a month before Do I Need to Use a Dragon? goes live.  I’m doing 3 teasers a week in June, so I was wondering what to do on my usual teaser day.  Well, the book is about advice.  There … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: How to Make Reading Fun?

Posted on May 26, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Here we are at the end of the week.  Been an interesting topic.  I figure it’s good to end on a highly interactive post.  For those who are teachers or have children, this might be fairly easy.  For others, maybe … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Adding a Unique Set Piece to Your City

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

We’ll see how this goes.  Another chance to take some time and flex your creativity if you haven’t been able to all week.  Just imagine a city in any world of your creation.  Then, add a set piece to make … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Superpowers vs Magic vs Psionic

Posted on April 21, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

I was thinking of doing a long post comparing these three, but I think I’ve done that before.  Looking at the Scarlet Witch picture, I realized that she is a character who kind of has all three categories.  It really … Continue reading →

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