Fantasy Link 8/23/20

Today's link is to a podcast on character flaws: https://mythcreants.com/blog/289-character-flaws/ 

Fantasy Link 8/22/20

 Sorry I missed posting last week due to life events intervening.

Today is a link to an article on five stories that had anticlimactic endings: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-stories-with-anticlimactic-endings/

Fantasy Link 8/2/20

Today's link is to a podcast from Mythcreants on revisiting character deaths in stories: https://mythcreants.com/blog/286-character-death-revisited/

Fantasy Link 8/1/20

Today's link is for the Hugo Award winners of 2020: https://www.syfy.com/syfywire/2020-hugo-award-winners

Fantasy Link 7/24/20

Today's link is to a writing article on why writers should read bad stories:  https://mythcreants.com/blog/seven-reasons-storytellers-should-consume-bad-stories/

Fantasy Link 7/17/20

Today's link is to a storytelling and writing article on how to write grim dark stories and fixing them: https://mythcreants.com/blog/why-storytellers-fail-at-grimdark-and-how-to-fix-it/

Fantasy Links 7/11/20

Hello everyone,

Two links for your today. The first is on worlbuilding and how Frank Herbert sabotaged his own ideas in building Dune: https://mythcreants.com/blog/building-arrakis-how-herbert-sabotaged-his-own-ideas/

The second is to an article on storytelling and reasons protagonists end up unlikeable: https://mythcreants.com/blog/seven-common-reasons-protagonists-are-unlikable/

Fantasy Link 7/4/20

Happy Fourth of July everyone!!

Today's link is to an article that analyzes five stories where they killed the wrong character: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-stories-that-killed-the-wrong-character/

Fantasy Link 7/3/20

Today's link is to a writing article that can help writers by exploring the terrible writing of Eragon's sequel : https://mythcreants.com/blog/lessons-from-the-terrible-writing-of-eragons-sequel/

Fantasy Link 6/27/20

Today's link is to an analysis article on five characters with weak motivations and how to  fix them: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-characters-with-weak-motivations-and-how-to-fix-them/

Fantasy Link 6/26/20

Today's link is to an article on writing and sending a message in your storytelling: https://mythcreants.com/blog/how-to-send-a-message-with-your-story/

Fantasy Link 6/21/20

Happy Fathers Day! Today's link is to a podcast discussing award nominee book The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow: https://mythcreants.com/blog/280-the-ten-thousand-doors-of-january/#more-31627

Fantasy Link 6/20/20

Today's link is to an analysis article on five overburdened stories that offers insight to authors on how not to overburden their works: https://mythcreants.com/blog/five-over-burdened-stories-and-how-to-fix-them/

Fantasy Link 6/13/20

Today's link is to an article on inspiration and weapons in fantasy and science fiction: https://mythcreants.com/blog/what-does-and-doesnt-make-a-signature-weapon-cool/

Fantasy Link 6/12/20

Today's link is to a writing article about backstory and what to keep or leave out: https://mythcreants.com/blog/judging-what-backstory-to-keep-and-what-to-let-go/#more-31404

Fantasy Link 6/7/20

Today's link is for a podcast on memorable characters: https://mythcreants.com/blog/278-memorable-characters/#more-31496

Nebula Awards & Fantasy Link 5/31/20

Today there are two links.

The first is for the Nebula Award winners for 2020: https://io9.gizmodo.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2020-nebula-awards-1843798577  Congratulations to the winners!!

The other links is to a podcast about realistic monsters in the genres: https://mythcreants.com/blog/277-realistic-monsters/

Enjoy.

Fantasy Link 5/30/20

Hello everyone,

Sorry about missing last week. The Memorial Day weekend and a writing project kept me too busy.

Today's link is an article on writing and storytelling, and when it's okay to break the rules: https://mythcreants.com/blog/seven-reasons-its-definitely-okay-to-neglect-storytelling-rules/

Fantasy Links 5/16/20

Today there are three links. One on inspiration in fantasy battles and two on writing.

The first is on inspiration in writing fantasy battles: https://mythcreants.com/blog/seven-musts-for-dominating-a-fantasy-battle/

The next two are links to a nonfiction book on writing by Charlie Jane Anders being published at Tor.com: https://www.tor.com/2020/05/12/never-say-you-cant-survive-how-to-get-through-hard-times-by-making-up-stories/

https://www.tor.com/2020/05/15/never-say-you-cant-survive-how-to-make-your-own-imaginary-friends/

Fantasy Link 5/8/20

Today's link is for something fun with what if debates in fantasy. The first one is should you own a dragon: https://www.tor.com/2020/05/08/penguin-random-house-great-fantasy-debate-video-facebook-watch/