Cultivating Creative Fiction Awesomeness

12 Apr

5 Unique Magic Systems

Call it bias, that’s fine, but Brandon Sanderson is brilliant at creating unique magic systems. The man went against the grain when he created the Metallic Arts magic system in his book Mistborn. The system relies on order and rules rather than impulse and chaos, and although he didn’t pioneer this type of magic system, he did make a splash with it and the outcome was unique and special....

00:47 / Magic Systems / S.M. Morgan

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04 Jan

5 Strong Female Characters in Fiction

It amazes me when I hear someone talk about an awesome strong character in a recently read book, the excitement in them as they explain cool scenes that the character was in. However, more often than not, the character in question seemed to be predominantly male(Don’t hate me, feminist reader...

04:59 / Character Development / S.M. Morgan

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23 Sep

Deliberate Practice for Writers

It's surprisingly easy for writers to put off writing. You would think with today's technology that life would be easier and faster, and you would be kinda right, however, you would be kinda wrong as well. Technology only complicates things if you aren't careful...

03:29 / Deliberate Practice / Writing Routine / S.M. Morgan

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15 May

Establishing a Productive Writing Routine

When are you going to write? It is a question I ask myself daily. Forget about the obvious distractions: social media, TV, cleaning(yes, you read correctly). Anything breaking you from your writing stride, needs to go. Rip it out, NEVER TO RETURN!...

04:37 / Writing Routine / S.M. Morgan

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