Should you give detailed, rich descriptions? Or offer the bare minimum and let the reader fill in the blanks? Learn the tricks and techniques for getting description right in your fiction!
Writer's Craft: How to Create a More Realistic Fictitious World
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Join award-winning author Maxwell Alexander Drake as he lets you in on some of the secrets he uses to create worlds that suck readers in and question whether or not the world is a fantasy.
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Have you ever wondered how sci-fi and fantasy authors create such vibrant, detailed worlds that suck their readers in and wrap them in a blanket so real, you question why our own world is not more like theirs? Join award-winning author Maxwell Alexander Drake as he lets you in on some of the secrets he uses to create worlds during his seminar "How to Create a More Realistic Fictitious World."
New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole gives you the “mission checklist” to make sure your novel is ready to publish.
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New York Times bestselling author Michael A. Stackpole gives you the “mission checklist” to make sure your novel is ready to publish. He’ll cover the basics from how to know if you want to do one more draft, on through how to produce and package your book for sale. If you think you’re ready to pull the trigger on publishing, or if you want to make sure you’ve got all the pieces in place, this seminar will provide you with answers to all your questions, and some you didn’t even know you should ask.
Learn to use the concepts of the monomyth (as explored by Joseph Campbell) to create rich stories that readers automatically relate to without stumbling into tired tropes.
Is there a difference? Which one is better? And how do you write it right? We explore ways to write dialogue that feels like natural speech when you read it.
Get tips on writing when you're not allowed to end the story. From tie-in work involving beloved characters to a series where you have to hand the story off to the next author, we'll teach you how.
Break free from the traditional medieval fantasy worlds and take the readers somewhere (or when) they haven't been before. From colonial-era wizards to renaissance dragons, explore the many options.