Category Archives: Getting Started

When I made up my mind to write a fantasy novel, I asked myself the following questions: Will it take place in this world or another world? Will the characters in the book be one of the typical supernatural beings found in fantasy novels? The answer to the first question was both this world andContinue reading “The Inspiration”

Orson Scott Card wrote a book called How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy. In this book he talks about the MICE quotient. He says, “All stories contain four elements that can determine structure: Milieu, Idea, Character, and Event.” I found this concept interesting because I was trying to follow the three act structure talked aboutContinue reading “Scott Card’s MICE Quotient”

John Truby wrote a book called The Anatomy of a Story. I turned to this book, and others, to help me shape this series. It’s one thing to have an inspiration and something else to shape that inspiration into a story. In Chapter 2 of Mr. Truby’s book, he talks about the premise, the design principle,Continue reading “The Anatomy of This Story”