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How Worldbuilding Can Go Wrong
How Worldbuilding Can Go Wrong
Worldbuilding can bring vitality and authenticity to your fiction — or it can drain the life out of it.
Toze Weaver
Aug 16, 2021
How to Build Your Fictional World: Geography & Climate
How to Build Your Fictional World: Geography & Climate
Realism helps readers inhabit your world — and can help you understand it better.
Toze Weaver
Aug 11, 2021
I Failed at Creating a Writing Career for 30-Plus Years
I Failed at Creating a Writing Career for 30-Plus Years
It was very sad and frustrating, and I hope I can help spare you that suffering.
Toze Weaver
Aug 10, 2021
More about Fictional Narrators: Voice, Tone, Mood & Style
More about Fictional Narrators: Voice, Tone, Mood & Style
What you say depends on how you say it.
Toze Weaver
Aug 9, 2021
Narrators, Point of View, and Narrative Distance
Narrators, Point of View, and Narrative Distance
The tale depends on the teller.
Toze Weaver
Aug 8, 2021
The Hero’s Journey: What You Need to Know
The Hero’s Journey: What You Need to Know
The Hero’s Journey has been an influential model for story structure for decades — but it might be time to move on.
Toze Weaver
Aug 7, 2021
Characters 101: How to Create and Convey Fictional People
Characters 101: How to Create and Convey Fictional People
Make them individual, get to know them, and write their appearance, actions, speech, and thought
Toze Weaver
Aug 6, 2021
What Plot Does for a Story
What Plot Does for a Story
There are good reasons why plot is such a powerful driver in fiction — and an essential skill for fiction writers.
Toze Weaver
Aug 5, 2021
Why Setting Matters in Fiction Writing — and How to Write It Well
Why Setting Matters in Fiction Writing — and How to Write It Well
Integrate settings with character and plot — and choose details with care
Toze Weaver
Aug 4, 2021
8 Reasons Writing Stalls — and How to Turn Them Around
8 Reasons Writing Stalls — and How to Turn Them Around
I call them the ROUSs of writing.
Toze Weaver
Aug 3, 2021
What is speculative fiction?
What is speculative fiction?
A spectrum of definitions
Toze Weaver
Aug 2, 2021
The fantastic journey to come
The fantastic journey to come
The roadmap for 60 Days to Become a Speculative Fiction Writer
Toze Weaver
Aug 2, 2021
Why Learning to Write Speculative Fiction Is Such an Amazing Thing, and Well Worth Your Time
Why Learning to Write Speculative Fiction Is Such an Amazing Thing, and Well Worth Your Time
A pause for wonder
Toze Weaver
Aug 2, 2021
60 Days to Become a Speculative Fiction Writer
60 Days to Become a Speculative Fiction Writer
Speculative fiction changes the world and made me who I am. It’s time to give back.
Toze Weaver
Aug 1, 2021
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