Introducing Summons to my Novel’s Fantasy Universe

Introducing Summons to my Novel’s Fantasy Universe

In previous blog posts, I’ve gone over how the roleplaying games I’ve played have inspired the way in which my novel’s fantasy universe works. These past two weeks I was writing the chapters which introduce another magical tool into the mix: summoning. If you look at...
Finding Inspiration Through A Writing Soundtrack

Finding Inspiration Through A Writing Soundtrack

With the new year has come a new drive to work on my novel, and so far I’ve been as productive as I had planned to be in relation to it. By the end of the month, I should have finished Chapter 7 and the whole story should be in full flow. One of the areas that I...
Writer’s Block

Writer’s Block

You have so many plans to have a productive day of writing, whether that be doing a review of something or making some progress on that novel. Then you sit down to begin and you just go blank. It’s one of the most frustrating feelings in the world. Even when you know...
Finding Inspiration for Fight Scenes

Finding Inspiration for Fight Scenes

-Warning: Post may contain spoilers for films or games you have not experienced yet. That said, they are necessary examples for what I am about to discuss, so please forgive me for any major spoilers.- When you think of novels, you don’t tend to think of the fight...
Outfitting My Characters

Outfitting My Characters

I hit a bit of writer’s block the other day when working on my novel. I was trying to get myself going when I realised I no longer had a firm idea of how I wanted my protagonist to look. I used to have an idea when I wrote the novel the first time but I don’t think I...