Author of Hopeful Speculative Fiction
This week, Vivian and I explore humour in all of its forms! We start by examining what humour is and why we have it, then give a detailed list of as many types of humor as we could think of along with definitions, then naturally we dive into how to add humour to your stories: … Read More “Writing 201: Humour” »
Have you ever heard the phrase “show, don’t tell” in relation to emotions? Instead of saying “Bob was mad,” my latest blogpost on writing emotions discusses ways to show emotion. First, I introduce the emotion wheel that I’ll be using in this post and future posts on emotions. For this post, I focus on the base emotions … Read More “Writing 201: Conveying Without Saying” »
When telling stories, there’s always the story as it appears from the outside as told explicitly through the text, but what about under the surface? Stories rely on unspoken knowledge and truths, and this blogpost defines and demonstrates subtext in fiction so that you can see how exactly to use it to your best advantage. … Read More “Writing 201: Subtext” »
Designing magic systems is an essential part of fantasy stories, and I wrote a detailed description of how to go about this, starting with genre and thematic questions, moving to hard versus soft magic, and then into the magic itself: where does it come from and how do you control it? Since this is published … Read More “Writing 201: Magic Systems” »
Advertisements are so much fun to analyze, and it’s such an important skill to have. If you’re looking for ways to understand advertisements so that you’re a savvy consumer and not blindly falling prey to things, this post walks you through everything from car insurance ads to propaganda. However, ads can also help with your … Read More “Writing 201: Advertisments” »
