Welcome to We Write Fantasy, a blog written by fantasy authors for writers, readers, and lovers of all things fantastical. We live for storytelling, so please feel free to connect by sharing, commenting, or following. A reader recently asked me about finding inspiration and ideas, and I’ve been thinking about it since. Coming up with … More Writing Hacks: Where Ideas Come From
Welcome to We Write Fantasy, a blog written by fantasy authors for writers, readers, and lovers of all things fantastical. We live for storytelling, so please feel free to connect by sharing, commenting, or following. Keeping up consistent word counts can be tricky. Reward and/or accountability systems are a great way to stay on top of … More Writing Hacks: Reward Systems
Welcome back to We Write Fantasy, a blog written by fantasy authors for writers, readers, and lovers of all things fantastical. We live for storytelling, so please feel free to connect by sharing, commenting, or following. Quality is not an act, it’s a habit. Building a writing routine is a great first step to consistently … More Writing Hacks: Build a Routine
Part 2 of the Writing Resources series. Find Part 1: Writing here. As discussed in the previous post, the internet is awash with helpful writing advice and resources. This post will give a brief overview of the publishing resources that have been most helpful on my own writing journey, though there are countless more. 1. … More Writing Hacks: Publishing Resources
So I suppose this isn’t so much a “how to improve your craft” post as it is a “how to improve your productivity/find more time to write” post. We’re all busy people. Most of us are adults with family, school, and work obligations outside of writing. For some of you, writing might be your full … More Writing Hacks: Finding more time to write when you have a day job
A lot of people think that writing a good story is about nailing the plot. (I was this way when I first started out.) While plot is important, it’s only one piece of the puzzle. Equally important to plot is your casts’ character development, or what some call the characters’ emotional development. What is emotional … More Writing Hacks: Developing Your Characters’ Emotional Arcs
The authors of We Write Fantasy each have their own process for reaching “The End” in their books. While no method is the one for everyone, it never hurts to look at what someone else is doing to help yourself learn and grow. My method has changed over the years and what worked for me … More Writing Hacks: Writing a Book in 10 Easy Steps
I’ve been working on a side project recently that deals with a lot of fantasy from days gone past. If you asked me what my inspirations were for any given book I’ve written, chances are I would not mention a movie I’d seen when I was 8 years old. But as I research for said … More Writing Hacks: Childhood Inspiration
If a reader lands on your website, by mistake or with purpose, give them a message that is clear on a landing page that is clean, professional, and brand appropriate. 5 Things Your Website Needs to Do Sell your books. If someone is searching you out, they’re probably looking for your series order or what … More Writing Hacks: The 5 Things Your Website Needs to Do
Welcome to We Write Fantasy, a blog written by fantasy authors for writers, readers, and lovers of all things fantastical. We live for storytelling, so please feel free to connect by sharing, commenting, or following. Book Branding Book Branding and Author Branding are important aspects of marketing your books. Author branding includes not a single … More Writing Hacks: Book Branding
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