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Strong female characters are one of the hardest sorts of characters to write realistically. Harder than writing a realistic POV character from the opposite gender. Harder even than not killing off your mentor character. 😛

Now, before we go any further, I should clarify. I’m not taking on the normal topic of strong female characters. There’s…[Read more]

It’s been an AGE since we last did a writing prompt war, but the time has come once again! Buckle on your armour, it’s time to go to war.

If you haven’t been around for one of these before, check out this topic to see how it works.

The prompt: write a dream sequence (aka a story in which the character is dreaming)

The dates: Monday 3rd – M…[Read more]

This week, I want to throw a bit of a different topic into the mix. Discussion!

How Much Research Should Fantasy Writers Do?

I know you’re not all fantasy writers, but I’m sure a high percentage of you have at least read fantasy once or twice. What do you think? Should fantasy writers do research? Why should they or shouldn’t they? What sort…[Read more]

If there was one thing I least enjoyed when I first started writing, it was world building. I found it boring, pointless, and frankly I just wanted to write my book without having to worry about details.

And now here I am doing a post about world building. What has the world come to?? 😛

I’m not going to pretend to be an expert at this,…[Read more]

Hey friends! Gabrielle here, SE’s Pinterest Manager. 🙂 I come to you with an announcement.

*drum roll*

I’d like to start a collaborative Pinterest board specifically for Story Embers subscribers! 😀 This way, those who use Pinterest for platforming can expand their reach, and those who use it for fun can discover content from other SE…[Read more]

After last week’s look at plotting vs pantsing, I thought it would be a perfect time to look at what good plot structure looks like. This is the basic framework of how to have a structured story that has everything happening at the right times for the right reasons.

And it’s called the three act plot structure.

The three act plot structure i…[Read more]

Welcome to our first topic about story theory that isn’t talking solely about theme!!! *throws confetti* Okay, celebration over, let’s get back to business. 😛

Today we’re going to look at the mythical two types of writers: the plotter, and the pantster. It’s going to be a very theoretical lesson, unfortunately, but it will apply more solidly in…[Read more]

Yes yes, I know we only just finished a word war, but we’re changing up the schedule a bit.

Most of you probably know that November is National Novel Writing Month. A lot of you are participating in NaNoWriMo too (go Meerkats!!) so we decided that we’d scrap the prompt war and instead…do a month-long word war.

Starting: November 1
Ending:…[Read more]