Reading Time: 5 minutesHow Ender’s Game builds the ultimate competitive arena and what fiction writers can learn to improve their stories. Greetings, Fiction Igniters! 🔥 Strap in, my Firebrand Fabulists, because today we’re diving headfirst into a battle school orbiting Earth, run by adults with serious trust issues and filled with children flung into zero-G death-dodgeball simulations. Yup, […]
Reading Time: 4 minutesStephen King, the master of horror, sure, but also the master of the Third-Person Omniscient POV . Greetings, Fiction Igniters! What if I told you Stephen King doesn’t just scare us with monsters, but with perspective itself? That’s right, today, we’re cracking open the inferno-laced vault of narrative wizardry, diving headfirst into a Stephen King
Reading Time: 5 minutesHow “Beyond the Infinite Two Minutes” (2020) Proves Great Writing Beats a Big Budget Every Time Beyond the infinite two minutes is another example of how brains beat brawn in the screenwriting world. Konnichiwa, Fiction Igniters! Light your mental matchsticks and stoke those story forges, because today we’re diving into one of the smartest little
Reading Time: 6 minutesWhy character flaws are the keys to creating complex characters and other fiery secrets from The Flamekeeper’s forging-the-fire-of-fiction vault. Greetings, Fiction Igniters! 🔥 Pull up a scorched quill, settle into your molten writer’s chair, and let’s have ourselves a blazing little bonfire chat. You ever read a story where the hero is so good, so
Reading Time: 4 minutesHow to give your character goals? Use the evolving goals template to make your fiction burn bright into the next level Greetings, Fiction Igniters! Strap in, my beloved Blaze Crafters and Torch-Tipped Tale Tailors, because today we’re turning up the heat on one of the most powerful tools in a story-crafter’s arsenal. I’m talkin’ about
