Category: Writing

  • A new storyline unlocked! A Novel with multiple endings?

    A new storyline unlocked! A Novel with multiple endings?

    What about a storyline, or a novel with multiple endings? Can you make a novel like this? It is rather unusual, but hear me out. I was looking at the Legend of Zelda game Majora’s Mask recently, and it’s not just a time-traveling game, but it has puzzles and teaches you how to plan where…

  • Legend of Zelda, Inspired by Majora’s Mask

    Legend of Zelda, Inspired by Majora’s Mask

    The heavy atmosphere in Majora’s Mask works because you only have three days to play Majora’s Mask. If you don’t succeed the moon falls and it’s all over. The world ends.  Three in-game days that is. The black countdown screen hits whenever a new day begins. It is ominous and epically inspired. Badum! 72 hours…

  • Funny scenes yet to come

    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. …

  • Legend of Zelda Inspired: why replay Ocarina of Time

    Legend of Zelda Inspired: why replay Ocarina of Time

    How do you become a Zelda-inspired artist? I’ll show you!

  • Expectations in Writing, Part 2

    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…