This genre is named by the **/** character used to indicate the couples, and begin in the 1970s with Kirk/Spock fan fiction written mostly by women. –Harry Potter fan fiction isn’t a genre of its own, but is by far the most popular fandom that people have written fan fiction ...
While that's obviously not how real-world rape works, the fantasy gives women -- often socially conditioned to repress sexual urges -- the freedom to explore what they like without the shame of being a "slut." Not to mention that when you write your own fanfiction, "You might write you...
words for me are journaling and writing down memories. If I’m writing about yesterday and feel stuck, I throw in what the weather was like. I feel like I have unlimited words here. This might be different for you. If writing Harry Potter fan fiction is easier for you, then do that....
J.K. Rowling wroteHarry Potterafter experiencing personal struggles and wanting to create an immersive world. Tim Ferriss wroteThe 4-Hour Workweekafter realizing he was trapped in a work cycle that didn’t serve his desired lifestyle. Exercise Write a one-sentence mission statement for your book...
Harry Potter isn't ready to take on Voldemort for good at the end ofThe Sorcerer's Stone, but he's learned a lot about himself and the Wizarding World by the end of the story, and he has evolved from the quiet boy locked inside the cupboard under the stairs. ...
you create cohesion and resonance amongst your plot, character arcs, and theme, it will also be a crucial piece of information when it comes time to market your story to readers. Today, I’m opening a five-part series examining major fiction genres, beginning with, “How to write fantasy?
Even if you’re writing afiction bookand consider yourself a Pantser* as opposed to anOutliner, you need at leasta basic structure. [*Those of us who write by the seat of our pants and, as Stephen King advises, put interesting characters indifficult situationsand write to find out what ...
Besides the fact that this is a full-time job that will likely rule out your having the time to write another book, with rare exceptions, traditional publishers sell many more copies than self-publishers do. That said, self-publishing may be your choice under certain circumstances. Such as:...
some of them have said that writing the description is harder then writing the book itself. I see a meme with Gollum that goes, "We hates the blurb but we must writes it." But that's not great because if copy helps you close the sale then — hey — you've got to get it right...
InThe Write Structure, the plot framework we've developed at The Write Practice, we don't use the plot pointfalling action, which you might see in other frameworks. Why do exclude it? Falling action is usually described as the events to wind down the plot after the climax, but in most ...