I recently released my first fantasy novel, ππ€π©π°π¦π΄ π°π§ ππ³π’π¨π°π―π΄, and I would love to share how this book came to be.Β It has been a long journey for this first novel in the Awakening series, but so many aspects of my culture, my personal life, and my journey as a writer have come into play so that ππ€π©π°π¦π΄ π°π§ ππ³π’π¨π°π―π΄ really feels like an appendage of myself.
After many months of mistakes and banging my head against the wall, I came up with a few principles related to creating fictional worlds. Iβve never written them down before and theyβre by no means perfect, but they may help you craft your own world or at least generate some thoughts on how you would approach it.
Bringing characters to life gives me the ability to live a hundred lives with no boundaries, limits, or rules.
What is poetry? This art form isnβt willing to be defined, labeled, or nailed down. Its words are the chiseled marble of language. It is a paint-spattered canvas, but the poet uses words instead of paint, and you are the canvas.
Myths are fictitious stories, but they have a lot of power. Lightning never strikes the same place twice is one myth that Iβm sure youβre familiar with, and it is a dangerous one. Lightning could strike the same place in less than ten minutes, or it could wait thousands of years to strike that place again.
Letβs be upfront and honest: writing is not easy. Sometimes you have the best idea but no time, energy, or creativity to elaborate on it. Sometimes you want to write, but you feel stuck with no good ideas. Well, in these cases and more, ForgeFiction is here to help.
Top Shelf Editing has created a new writersβ group on Facebook! I know what youβre thinking – there are so many groups for writers on here, why do I need to join another one? Well, this one is slightly different.
A close friend of mine in his eighties sent me his memoir in manuscript form. I found it fascinating as Iβve known the man thirty-five years. I had suggestions for him on perhaps reshaping it for a larger audience.
Have you ever known anyone who when they talk just talk? They don’t gesticulate with their hands. Their eyes don’t roam around the room. They don’t pet their cat or dog. They don’t look through their mail. They just talk. They stare into your eyes and talk, their mind not going elsewhere. Thatβs just not normal under most circumstances, is it?
The initial inspiration for πππ’ πππ β was a series of questions.
