by Jesper Schmidt | Dec 6, 2021 | Podcast, Tips, Writing
The New York Times bestselling author, Anthony Ryan, joins the Am Writing Fantasy podcast for a discussion with Jesper about fantasy writing, publishing, and marketing books in today’s publishing landscape. Find Ryan’s books here: https://anthonyryan.net/...
by Autumn | Aug 26, 2021 | Tips
This week as we continue our journey through story structure, we are tackling the second pivot point of the novel with the New Info Phase—which is often referred to as the Dark Night of the Soul! 😱 The first plot turning was during the Inciting Incident. This is why...
by Autumn | Jul 22, 2021 | Tips, Writing
It is time to continue on in the next phase of the 7 Steps of Story Structure with the Reaction Phase. After tackling the Intro, we brought the reader on a journey from becoming familiar enough with the world to feel comfortable and beginning to forge a relationship...
by Autumn | May 13, 2021 | Tips
This is where something big happens! Picking up from the previous post where we talked about the Intro, the next phase in the Seven Steps of Story Structure is the Inciting Incident. This part of plotting and writing your novel is a doozy. The character’s life...
by Jesper Schmidt | May 4, 2020 | Podcast, Tips, Writing
Killing characters in a novel is fine, but there is a right way to go about it. In Episode 71 of The Am Writing Fantasy podcast, Autumn and Jesper draw their swords and magical wands to discuss how to handle the killing of a fictional character. Tune in for new...
