Tips
Using archetypes from existing stories
Everyone’s heard of the princess, the hero, the monster, the witch, the king, the villain, the jester. These are powerful archetypes…
Jess Richards is the author of three novels: Snake Ropes, Cooking with Bones and City of Circles. She has also published poetry and short fiction in several anthologies. http://jessrichards.com/
Tips
Everyone’s heard of the princess, the hero, the monster, the witch, the king, the villain, the jester. These are powerful archetypes…
Exercises
What if… Beauty and the Beast met one another for the first time while travelling from Scotland to Northern Ireland on…
Tips
The term ‘speculative fiction’ is often used in vague ways – crossing a variety of genres such as fantasy, sci-fi, young…
Exercises
Identify your loudest criticism of yourself as a writer, and also consider what its opposite could be.
Eg: I have…
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