A villain is the wicked, bad guy and can appear in any story, regardless of genre. Often, a villain can wear the face of the antagonist in the story – and in the best stories, the villain and the antagonist have been melded together to create an antagonist that is difficult to defeat. However, while the villain is always an antagonist, an antagonist is someone who opposes the … [Read more...] about 5 Tips for Creating Believable Villains
Writing & Editing
5 Time-Wasting Mistakes that are Hampering Your Success as a Novelist
Many people, including new writers, think that being a novelist means having hours of leisure before sitting down and crafting a wonderful novel in a matter of months. This assumption is categorically wrong – being a novelist means writing every day, and the hours of leisure are filled with less leisure and more tasks. In the end, being a novelist takes just as much work as a … [Read more...] about 5 Time-Wasting Mistakes that are Hampering Your Success as a Novelist
5 Reasons to Write a Fiction Story about a Culture Unfamiliar to You
Writing about cultures that you are not familiar with might seem like breaking the “rule” of writing what you know. However, upon taking a closer look at writing stories in general, you will realize that writers often write about experiences that are not familiar to them. It’s all about the writer’s ability to enter the shoes of their characters as much as they can and present … [Read more...] about 5 Reasons to Write a Fiction Story about a Culture Unfamiliar to You
How to Write a Book about Helping Writers to Improve Their Craft
Plenty of writers out there are feeling blocked and struggle to begin crafting and improving their writing skills. Every author has been there and they know how it feels. This is why one of the best things published and successful authors can do is share their knowledge in a book that focuses on helping writers improve their craft. Aspiring writers need these books, even if … [Read more...] about How to Write a Book about Helping Writers to Improve Their Craft
How to Write a Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Novel
Post-apocalyptic fiction demands a lot of different elements, or tropes, that need to be addressed, or present in the book in order to make it believable. Post-apocalyptic fiction goes together with apocalyptic fiction, because the post-apocalyptic world wouldn’t exist unless the actual apocalypse happened. Moreover, the apocalypse, the types of which we’ve presented below, … [Read more...] about How to Write a Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Novel