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A Complete Glossary Of Terms For Science Fiction Writers

Posted on 16th August 2019

Writers Write creates writing resources and shares writing tips. In this post, we share a complete glossary of terms for science fiction writers. To write a good Science Fiction book, you need to know all the tropes in the genre and you need to come…

101 Fantasy Tropes For Writers

Posted on 8th August 2019

Writers Write creates writing resources and shares writing tips. Writers of fantasy fiction can use this list of 101 fantasy tropes to add some magic to their books. Fantasy is the wide-eyed child of the speculative fiction genre. Like science fiction, it is also filled…

7 Ways For Writers To Create A Spectacular Magic System

7 Ways To Create A Spectacular Magic System For Your Novel

Posted on 20th June 2019

Writers Write is your one-stop writing resource. Use this list to create a spectacular magic system for your novel. What is a magic system? In fantasy, magic makes your world go round. It is not an afterthought. It is an important literary device that shapes…

101 Sci-Fi Tropes For Writers

Posted on 13th June 2019

Writers Write is your one-stop writing resource. Writers can use this list of 101 sci-fi tropes to add some Zap! to their writing. Science Fiction is the computer geek of the fantasy genre. It is also filled with tropes. What is a trope? A trope is…

Scaring Your Readers 101: 8 Tips For Writing A Great Horror Story

Posted on 24th May 2019

GUEST POST There are few human emotions as primal and powerful as fear. Master horror writer H.P. Lovecraft put it best when he wrote, “The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the…

9 Ways To Bring The Funny In Your Fiction

Posted on 26th April 2019

GUEST POST We all like the idea of making people laugh with our stories. But it’s never easy. Here are a few practical thoughts about how to increase your humour quotient in your writing. I know what you’re thinking. Who are you to tell me…

All About The Romance Writing Genre

Posted on 29th March 2019

Genres are great because they give us guarantees. We like to buy specific books in well-known genres because we enjoy the formula and we know what to expect. In The 17 Most Popular Genres In Fiction, we said: Genre is a style or category of…

3 Things The Golden Age Of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Did Better

3 Things Authors Of The Golden Age Of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Did Better

Posted on 21st February 2019

This post is about 3 things authors of The Golden Age Of Sci-Fi & Fantasy did better than their modern counterparts. This will be a post on the great and terrible authors of the speculative genres of Science Fiction and Fantasy. I will be looking at…

How To Write A Non-Fiction Book Proposal

Posted on 10th April 2018

A great non-fiction book proposal will show that you have thought through your idea, and more importantly, it will show that you know how to turn this idea into a book. Unlike a work of fiction, which must be completed before you send the query,…

5 Ways To Add Love To Popular Genres

Posted on 14th February 2018

With Valentine’s Day upon us, I was thinking about how much we all love to go on date night or movie night on this day. So, just for some lighthearted fun this week, I wanted to have a look at how we could bring a…