Tag Archives: q&a

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: Thoughts on Karma

Posted on March 17, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

Everyone seems to have their own thoughts on karma.  It’s a fairly ephemeral concept from what I can tell.  So, let’s just dive into the questions and see how many different versions of karma can exist. What is your definition … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: No Longer Hiding Mental Illness

Posted on March 3, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

This post could very well be a failure since it deals with mental illness.  I’m not going to ask for people to expose their own issues.  That would be wrong.  Instead, I’m hoping to get opinions and perspectives on talking … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: How Was 2022?

Posted on December 28, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

Well, I talked about my 2022 this past Monday.  So . . . Let’s see how everyone else made out this year.  Wait . . . I think I remember this going south a bit last year.  No politics!  Now … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: The Heart of a Franchise

Posted on December 9, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

Seems like everything coming out is either a reboot, reimagining, rewrite, or something that involves a pre-existing franchise.  This isn’t about originality being dead and nobody wanting to take a risk on a new franchise.  Instead, I’m thinking about how … Continue reading →

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Questions 3: Summoners and the Summoned

Posted on November 25, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

We’ll see how this goes.  I couldn’t think of another way to end this topic since it’s fairly simple until you get into specific details.  Let’s try to answer questions from both sides of the coin here. How would you … Continue reading →

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