Today we are going to talk a little about the info-dump. Many to the power of infinity authors commit this heinous writing act. Let's go over some of the main kinds of info-dumps that you are going to avoid like good little students. The Historian A big problem in the fantasy and SF genres. This is where the author has decided to commit pages upon pages to their world's back story. They ramble on endlessly about old kings and great battles. Now, this is not necessarily a prob

Today I want to discuss series, and some of the more common mistakes I see writers making.

Here’s what we can learn from Abercrombie: Pacing, Narrative, and Cadence. Here's how he does it.

Scenes are there to display the important moments of your plot. That's it. If they don't do that, then they shouldn't be in your novel. But