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Tessa Barron
- 5 days ago
- 8 min
Cool Ideas, and the #1 Method I Know of to Come Up With Them
How does a fantasy writer come up with an epic, unique idea? Creativity can be hard. I know of only one tried and tested method that works.
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Tessa Barron
- Sep 2
- 5 min
THE FAIR: Why Blood Meridian is a western Scarier than Horror
Blood Meridian is a terrifying read not just because of the graphic violence, but because of the way it presents a world without hope.
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Tessa Barron
- Jul 22
- 9 min
The FAIR: 3 ways to Write Better Narrators and why you should care
Why you should be more focused on writing amazing narrators to improve your stories & 3 important ways to approach THEM.
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Tessa Barron
- Feb 3, 2021
- 8 min
What Makes a Great Short Story?
Short stories are like wild animals, and novels are house pets.
House pets have lots of variation, but they are still almost always recogniz
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Tessa Barron
- Jan 15, 2021
- 5 min
5 reasons to love the world-building in Robert Jackson Bennet's Foundryside
So here are 5 reasons why Foundryside has some of the best fantasy world-building you will see.
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Tessa Barron
- Nov 28, 2020
- 4 min
Juxtaposition: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly...and the beautiful...cuz contrast
Just as an artist knows that a piece needs contrast to be engaging, a good writer knows that a book needs contrast to engage the reader.
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Tessa Barron
- Sep 22, 2019
- 8 min
Writing a Fantasy Novel: 3 Things You Can Learn From Joe Abercrombie
Here’s what we can learn from Abercrombie: Pacing, Narrative, and Cadence. Here's how he does it.
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