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Funny scenes yet to come
Here’s a chapter preview for Fairy Doctor 3. The new book is coming out next year! I’m so excited to finally have something to share! It’s the end of my series. (Amazing! I know! I finally finished it. I promised it was coming.) The scene you are about to read is one of my favorites. …
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Legend of Zelda Inspired: why replay Ocarina of Time
How do you become a Zelda-inspired artist? I’ll show you!
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Expectations in Writing, Part 2
Previously, we learned about Expectations in Writing by looking at a humorous scene from the novel Mort by Terry Pratchett. Let’s look at a second example, a funny scene from a comedy skit by British comedian Michael McIntyre about the Dentist. What do you expect from a dentist? Usually, the patient is the nervous one…
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Expectations in Writing, Part 1
Expectations in writing, it’s about how you tell the story. You’re at the store and you fumble a jar. The lid flies off. You gasp in horror, unable to move as the lid comes down on the hard floor and bounces once, twice… and guess what happens next? In writing, your reader comes to you…
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Legend of Zelda Inspired Writing: Speedrun your next novel
The Legend of Zelda are adventure games, and I’ve been looking at each one in the series for inspiration. The first Legend of Zelda gave us storytelling tips and the second helped us navigate writing roadblocks. What next? Well, novels take a long time to write. They require a marathon of words. During your first…