Hello. In addition to my normal articles on writing, I now have Writing Case Studies. Each entry will review a book and then describe what writers should take away from what worked and what didn’t from the book.
This makes it a bit easier to describe problems/successes in characterization and plotting that might otherwise be abstract.
So far I have:
I’d really appreciate if you’d like to suggest any novels, particularly ones with superheroes or high fantasy generally. I focus on those kinds of novels because they often have the same challenges and audience expectations as Superhero Nation.
- Creating a world more or less by scratch
- Making a fantastic world serious enough that people won’t hear your premise and groan
- Combining action and non-action components into a workable whole.