Because if you aren’t feeling what your character is feeling, if you don’t want to save the world from more trite and predictable fantasy books, and if you’re not bravely fighting good and evil for world domination in the fantasy genre (ok, just finishing your book is a good start)...
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For those just starting their journey into the tantalizing world of dark romance, dipping your toes into the genre can be both thrilling and slightly intimidating. To ease your way into this spicy realm, here are five popular dark romance books that serve as perfect entry points for beginners:...
we’re showcasing two tropes across each of 15 different categories, along with examples of books that performed well for each trope. These trends and examples are based on our internal engagement data from the past few months as well as our editors’ research. Note that our readers’...
AboutRite Gud:Raquel S. Benedict is an author, appearing inFantasy and Science Fictionand Gardner Dozois’The Very Best of the Best: 35 Years of The Year’s Best Science Fiction.Matt Keeley, founder of Kittysneezes, is producingRite Gudfor KS Media, LLC.Rite Gudis a Kittysneezes production...
Similarly, rape is often used as the background for rare interbreeding, as though that requires an explanation. In the novel Spinning Silver, the character Irina can do magic with fairy silver because a fairy raped her great-grandmother. In the Narnia books, CS Lewis explains that existence ...
TLU: You’ve deftly jumped from sci-fi to fantasy but almost always with horror along for the ride. From one fan of horror to another, what do you like most about the genre? CK: I like how horror cuts to the depth of the human experience: No matter who we are, we’re all afraid...
. This happens in other games of other genres as well, but RPGs are the most notorious for it. On one hand, It can be for a logical reason like in Final Fantasy X where they had to split up because Tidus, Rikku and Wakka were the only ones that can swim. Then again It can ...
Phew, those were ten different tropes —and at least ten different ideas for your world! So, to help you get your worldbuilding going, we’ve prepared a prompt for you —let’s see how many tropes you can integrate into it! Write about a technology that has greatly impacted daily life ...
“Fantasy races play with long-established tropes, often reaching back into folk tales, superstitions, and oral history,” Lauren Humphries-Brooks says. “So knowing where your tropes come from in the first place can help in developing your ideas and characters from that — either as subversion...