Fantasy Books by Linda McNabb

Writing Help

Here you can see the tips and tricks I've gathered over the last few years.

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Topics covered....

• How can you tell if your idea is a good one?
• What is and isn't Fantasy - and by whose standards?
• Fantasy has rules - what are they and why use them?
• Do you create the fantasy world first - or the characters?
• Setting the fantasy scene.
• Cycle of tension and release.
• Mixing the real world and fantasy worlds.
• Fantasy Creatures.
• Naming your characters.
• Research - do you need to do it for fantasy? Why?
• What to do with false starts that go nowhere?
• How to tell when your story is finished?

Plus......

Workshop ideas....

• Planning a basic fantasy story.
• Story Tag
• Ten different ways to say the same thing.

Coming soon!

Downloadable 'step-by-step' templates to help you write your own story.

Including -  Character Study / Define your setting / Sorting out your ideas.