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A collection of 5 posts

A hand writing the words "What's Next?"

What comes after v1?

I've written several posts on how to design characters, outline your story, and build your world. After v1 is complete, I tend to ignore the outline altogether, and I only refer to the character pages and world building elements again if I forget an important point or want

Fantasy world with fairies

world building methods

World Building

I have talked about how I design my characters and plot my story in previous posts, but there is a big part of the puzzle missing: how do I build my worlds? I think the reason why I saved this one for last was that I don't really

Line graph depicting a story's structure.

Story plotting methods

Plotting a Story

I spoke about crafting characters in another blog post. Today I am going to talk about the methods I use for developing my actual plot. Usually, I have an idea to get me started. A tiny little spark that comes from. . .somewhere. Sometimes it's just a phrase I

Confused your woman staring at a book.

Character creation methods

Crafting Characters

I've said it before, and I'll say it again: every author I've ever met or read about has their own way of getting from Idea to Book. However, although I am still developing my own methods, I have to say that I learned a

The Ideas Won't Stop! Owl Academy Edition

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The Ideas Won't Stop! Owl Academy Edition

A while back I wrote a short story at Reedsy.com called Owl Academy. I try to write a story there at least once a month, but some of them are certainly a lot better than others. The prompt for this short story was as follows: Write a story that