Category: Writing
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Characters: Created or Discovered?
Some writers build their characters before the story begins. I usually know where mine are going—but often discover who they are only when they start speaking.
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Same Story, Different Eyes
Is fantasy simply a fairy tale for adults? A look at how readers of different ages can enter the same imaginary world—and find something entirely different there.
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I Outline. Then I Ignore It.
I always start with an outline. Then the characters, the scenes, and the story itself find a different way to get where I was going.
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When Magic Has Consequences
Why the most interesting magic is not only about what it can do, but what happens because it was used.
