This is part of a series on fictional world-building. We've talked about how to get started , how to organize your thoughts , and how yo...

Today, we're going to talk about one of my favorite parts of world-building: maps! This is the third part of a series on world-building....

Last week, we talked about what world-building is and how to get started . Among other things, we learned that world-building is... well, it...

If you're writing any kind of genre fiction—if there are any fantastical or sci-fi elements in your world at all—you need to do some wor...

Writing a compelling story requires a lot of ingredients. One key ingredient is the character arc. Compelling characters—especially protagon...

A lot of what I write here is projection. That is to say, a lot of my advice are things I need to remind myself. And one thing I constantly ...

There has been a lot going on in my own life lately. I know many of you care about such things, so in lieu of writing tips today, I wanted t...