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Some Tips to Having Music Play While You Work

Posted on February 23, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

I was rather surprised years ago when people asked me how I can listen to music while I write.  They assumed it was a distraction or hurt my progress.  Yet, I’ve always done it and never suffered.  Other things got … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Using Magic Tricks in Fantasy Fiction

Posted on February 2, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

When you think of magic in fiction, you tend to think of fireballs, flight, and all of the flashy spells used in fantasy.  Not surprising since these are the spells that people want to see in these stories.  Yet, there … Continue reading →

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#3 Post of 2021: 7 Tips to Having a Reunion Plot in Your Story

Posted on January 17, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

(Post originally published on January 29, 2021.  These are all coming from early in the year.  Weird.) This storyline might be fairly niche, but it’s caught my attention.  In fact, I think it’s turned up more often than I realize.  … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Writing Chase Scenes

Posted on January 14, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

While a staple of action movies, the chase scene isn’t as easy to pull off when it comes to books.  They depend a lot on visuals to create the right amount of suspense and tension, which means word choice is … Continue reading →

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#5 Post of 2021: 7 Tips to Writing Vampire Hunters

Posted on January 3, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

(Post originally published on March 31, 2021.) Vampire hunters heavily come into play in War of Nytefall: Savagery, which is a slight change from previous books.  Until now, they’ve really been pawns and random encounters for other characters.  Due to that role, … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Writing Evil Versions of Heroes

Posted on December 22, 2021 by Charles Yallowitz

I can’t write much about that evil Clyde running around War of Nytefall: Eulogy without giving stuff away.  Pretty sure many are rolling their eyes at the use of this trope too.  Yet, what else would pose a great final threat … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Killing Off Characters in the Finale

Posted on December 17, 2021 by Charles Yallowitz

Coming as no surprise, I will be killing characters off in War of Nytefall: Eulogy.  It is kind of surprising how that can be a selling point.  Some people really don’t want to see characters survive even if their demise will … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Using Flight in Fiction

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Charles Yallowitz

From the picture above, you can see how many ways there are to fly. Wings, flying mount, technology, wind, magic, simply going, and the list continues.  It’s probably one of, if not THE, most common and popular special ability in … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Using Intangibility in Fiction

Posted on November 24, 2021 by Charles Yallowitz

This is a power that fascinated me when I was younger, but I stopped paying attention to it as I got older.  Intangibility is what it sounds like.  A person can pass through objects like a ghost.  It seems simple … Continue reading →

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7 Tips to Writing about Telekinesis

Posted on November 22, 2021 by Charles Yallowitz

I’ve been thinking about some of the more common powers that we see in fiction.  It doesn’t matter if they’re natural powers, magic, or tech-based, but they seem to show up all the time.  At first, I was going to … Continue reading →

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