How to build your own fictional world Read the first part of this article. Remember that this is your world. Take some time to delve into it and decide how similar or completely different to the ‘real’ world it should be. Fictional worlds have been set in completely different times or spaces. These worlds typically contain...
Wordbuilding in literature involves designing the perfect fictional setting of your story. This process is so important to you as a writer because, as the container that houses the story, your setting (the world you have built) deeply affects character psyche, plot, tone, atmosphere and even the major themes. Worldbuilding lays the foundation for your...
Writing a book can be associated with different experiences or emotions. But for the sake of this article, it will be classified into two. It can either be easy and enjoyable, or tedious. And that will depend on the writer. But the end result of the effort – regardless of the experience – is that...
If you are going to be a good writer, then you need a rich vocabulary. There are no two ways about it. A rich vocabulary gives a writer room to flow freely while putting their imagination to words. It gives you the confidence to properly describe events, argue ideas, build characters, or even shape a...
Oftentimes, people think that being a writer and being an author are the same, especially because they are in the same line of work. Their work might be similar, but they are not the same. First, definitions. A writer is someone who carefully puts words together in a written form for a particular purpose, while...
Writing takes a lot of brain work. It requires you to use your imagination and your thinking to put words together in a sensible and impactful way. Unlike with speaking, a writer does not have the luxury of explaining himself if he suspects that his audience do not understand him. He does not have the...
A strong power of imagination is a wonderful ability to have. It involves creating pictures and bringing them to life in your mind. This power to imagine is needed by everyone irrespective of what they do. As a writer, being able to imagine is one of the major skills you need for writing effectively. It...
Writing is art. Maybe not the conventional type of art that we know like drawing or painting, but it is art. Just as a painter mixes colours together on a drawing board to bring out a design, a writer puts words together to form something beautiful. But to be honest, not everybody writes a beautiful...
There is more to writing than just putting down words or making sentences make sense. Writing can be fun; it can be exciting; and people can always look forward to it. Generally, there are different reasons why people are excited about a book or why they want an author to release another book. For some,...
Writing is an art, and a beautiful one at that. When it comes to writing, you create content out of little, and sometimes out of nothing. But it will take a little bit of knowledge and understanding to be effective in it. In other forms of art like painting or drawing, the artists need some...
