Monthly Archives: January 2012

The next step I thought I should move on to is “Know your characters.” In addition to the suggestions made by author Holly Lisle, author Michael Stackpole also offers very important advice on character development – which I will get more »

So far, this story has existed in three places: In my head On this blog The initial writing I did last year While numbers 2 and 3 are great, I figured it was time to move number 1 to something more »

The next topic of development I will write about is the section called “Embrace a theme.” In Holly Lisle’s summary of this topic, she starts by saying: “Know whether the story you are writing is about good versus evil, or more »

This quote was passed along, via twitter, and it was worth sharing here: “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” – Robert Frost I’m not planning on more »

Continuing on with the “Know your world” section … So, this is supposed to be a detailed description of the world in which the story takes place.  While I’m anticipating that the majority of this story will take place on more »

Okay, so I know I said in post #3 that I would be continuing the “Know your world” development, but I had a discovery last night that was important to document.  It dealt with the overall idea I had for more »

Starting with the first item on Holly Lisle’s list: “Know your world.” If you click on the title of this item, it will take you to a mapping workshop which – after reading – I felt this would be a more »

As I mentioned in AiW post #1 – I will, initially, be following the advice of a couple of authors. The first is a podcast by The Dragon Page, which features author Michael Stackpole. The most recent podcasts, starting on more »