Video game adaptations are often a coin flip in terms of their quality. Whether it’s books, movies or shows, it’s often quite rare that one of these adaptations is both faithful to the source material and a really well written story. But once in a while a story comes along that is so beautifully written … Continue reading Story Review: Arcane (Spoiler Free)
Tag: Fantasy
How to Write the Chosen One Archetype
Whether writing a long running series or a one-off story, especially in character driven stories as most are nowadays, getting the main character of the story right is one of the most crucial aspects of storywriting. When it comes to writing fantasy and science fiction stories, it’s often quite normal to rely on the “chosen … Continue reading How to Write the Chosen One Archetype
Book Review: The Reckoning of Roku by Randy Ribay
The Chronicles of the Avatar has been book series I’ve found really compelling for a while now. It’s no secret that Avatar: The Last Airbender is one of my favorite stories of all time for how well written the characters are and for having one of the best redemption arcs in all of media. The … Continue reading Book Review: The Reckoning of Roku by Randy Ribay
Book Review: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
While looking for a book to read, I stumbled on a book with a really curious premise. An empire falls and a lone librarian is forced to escape with crates of spellbooks lest they be lost in the fires of revolution. Now reading this, one would assume this could become a harrowing tale of loss, … Continue reading Book Review: The Spellshop by Sarah Beth Durst
Book Re-Review: Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa (Shadow of the Fox #1)
I was wondering for the longest time why someone would read a book they’ve already read. It always felt like something that was ruined simply because you already knew the ending. But I thought I would give it a try seeing as it’s been quite a while since I’ve read my favorite series and, in … Continue reading Book Re-Review: Shadow of the Fox by Julie Kagawa (Shadow of the Fox #1)
How to Balance Main Characters with Side Characters
Characters are the core of almost every story. With this comes a sort of hierarchy of importance regarding the cast of characters. Most stories often take the person vs person conflict meaning the most important characters, the highest on the hierarchy, are the protagonist (assuming they’re the main character as well which is normally the … Continue reading How to Balance Main Characters with Side Characters
Book Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong
With how the second book ended on a rather surprising cliffhanger, I couldn’t help but wonder how Armstrong would continue the story in book 3 and end her trilogy. In a sense, the cliffhanger worked as it grabbed my attention since I needed to know what happened next. But that also created higher expectations as … Continue reading Book Review: Forest of Ruin by Kelley Armstrong
Book Review: Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong
After how intriguing and surprising I found the first book, Sea of Shadows, I wanted to continue the series and see how Armstrong continues her well written and rather unpredictably good and engaging story. There’s a lot of tropes that are often the bane of YA Fantasies. I often find I get uneasy as soon … Continue reading Book Review: Empire of Night by Kelley Armstrong
Book Review: Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
A confession of sorts, I often have a lot of apprehension reading novels from authors I’m unfamiliar with. There’s always a risk the story could be disappointing in a number of ways and the time it takes to finish a book always makes it feel a bit risky. But it’s also a mindset I’m trying … Continue reading Book Review: Sea of Shadows by Kelley Armstrong
Writing Connected Stories within the Same World or Universe
Something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately, especially with my own book series, is how it feels to have a set of stories connected together within a shared universe. The stories are different with new characters and a new conflict, but the worldbuilding persists from story to story. And while the main cast of … Continue reading Writing Connected Stories within the Same World or Universe
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