What is a Beta Reader and Why Should You Have One on Your Team? A beta reader tends to be...
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When creative writing, we could all use a couple of writing tips from time to time… Words. Beautiful, frustrating,...
Toeing the Line Between Reality & Fantasy
Echo Fox, , Top Five, discussion, fantasy, reality, stereotypes, writing tips, 0Fantasy stereotypes can be a tricky part of creating characters – after all, everyone thinks they know what a mermaid...
Designing a Fantasy Map (and Why Trees Look Daft)
Echo Fox, , Author Tips, World, map designing, world building, writing tips, 0Designing a fantasy map to complement your book can be just as hard, if not harder, than writing the...
Developing the Bad Guy’s Character (Or, Why He Wants to Destroy the World)
Echo Fox, , Author Tips, Misc, Regent, author tips, character development, writing tips, 0How to build the ‘Bad Guy’ from his first impression Looks are important. I know, I know, we don’t judge...
Phew. November has been one crazy busy month and it doesn’t look like December is going to slow things...
NaNo Gave Me Purpose…and an Awesome Character Sketch!
Echo Fox, , Echo Fox, Featured News, Merry, Wave Singers, character, merry, NaNoWriMo, wave singers, writing tips, 0Every November for the last three years, I’ve signed up to NaNoWriMo. This event is anything you want to...