The Fantasy Writer's Guide
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  • Parts 9
  • Time 46m
Jules_Haigler
Ongoing, First published Dec 18, 2019
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Writing is a difficult process that no one masters overnight. This go-to guide is set up to help new and experienced writers in the art of fantasy fiction. 

This guide will include (not in the order presented):
- Writing a successful and enticing blurb
- Creating that perfect fantasy cover
- Coming up with that successful pitch
- World Building
- Map Making
- Types of fantasy
- Magic systems
- Religion in fantasy
- Prologue or not to prologue
- Glossary, terminology, and language
- Races both Human and Non-human
- Beasts and Monsters
- Plot Development
- Writing advanced story arcs
- Cliches, tropes, and the chosen one dynamic
- How to connect it all?
- Stand alone vs. Duology vs. Trilogy vs. Never Ending Fantasy Madness
- Character personalities and types
- And much more
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Princess Awakening: Tower of Sand

10 parts Complete

One day is all Princess Aurelie has left. In just one day, she needs to survive her curse and get out of her tower so she can become the leader of her people. So the game begins, and the stakes increase as each new character comes into play, the nobility of the kingdom vying for power or influence as they move in and out of the tower, while the door always remains shut to the princess. It is only through the search for truth and the revelation of her own power that Aurelie will find the keys that could finally unlock that door-and her destiny. But first, she must decide: Is she willing to pay the cost? This fairy tale retelling, set in Medieval France, is the beginning of a gripping four-part saga in which love and self-liberation are more powerful than any prison of sand or spell or stone.

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