Secrets of The Forest Crup

The Forest Crup is a hiccup when the Ringed World was created. You could even say it was an evolutionary mistake. Many would tell you it probably wasn't supposed to happen because nothing in the Forest Crup makes sense. Not even it's name. Since I am the author, I can let you in on some of its secrets that many of the citizens in the Ringed World don't even know.

Omniscient Discoveries 4: Dialogue

If you are doing omniscient, how do you do dialogue without head hopping? How do you make normal fiction writing dialogue work in omniscient? What a struggle. Because you can't head hop, you either have to integrate the thoughts into dialogue, or put it in your narrative as no-voice head hopping.

Good Sequel, Bad Sequel: What can writers learn?

I read an example of a good sequel and a bad sequel. Might be able to learn something here if you want to write a good sequel. In the bad sequel, the sequel was nothing but filler. The beginning, good. The last two chapters, shocking. The middle twenty chapters were just a lot of filler … Continue reading Good Sequel, Bad Sequel: What can writers learn?

Answering Google’s Most Searched Questions in 2021 about Fiction Writing

I did a Answering Google's Most Searched Questions in 2018 about Fiction Writing. I wondered, after 3 years, has anything changed? This is the screenshot of my desktop after looking up "is fiction writing" in Google in 2021. is fiction writing haram? So, the first question actually has not changed. That's interesting. Whether fiction writing is … Continue reading Answering Google’s Most Searched Questions in 2021 about Fiction Writing

Human Skin Tones of Elgana

Humans occupied Elgana hundreds of years ago, so there's been considerable amount of time for skin tones to evolve in ways they didn't on Earth. At the time of occupation, Humans were the outliers. The World of Elgana was filled with non-Humans. No one had skin like Humans did. Humans were the weird ones. Didn't … Continue reading Human Skin Tones of Elgana