| Date |
Title |
| 2004-05-17 |
Abused Characters
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| 2005-01-31 |
Active, Not Reactive, Protagonists
|
| 2005-06-15 |
Adult Bildungsromans
|
| 2005-02-24 |
Adult Characters
|
| 2005-09-19 |
Alternate/Other Worlds
|
| 2004-12-19 |
Amnesia
|
| 2004-07-08 |
Angst vs. Tragedy
|
| 2003-12-22 |
Animals
|
| 2004-02-17 |
Animals and Hunting
|
| 2004-12-23 |
Antagonistic Families
|
| 2005-04-02 |
Army Rant
|
| 2005-08-07 |
Arranged Marriages
|
| 2004-02-05 |
Art in a Fantasy Culture
|
| 2004-09-02 |
Assassins
|
| 2003-12-26 |
Astronomy
|
| 2004-05-21 |
Author's Darlings
|
| 2004-01-03 |
Authorial Distance from the Narrative
|
| 2005-03-17 |
Authorial Nitpicking, Part 1
|
| 2005-03-18 |
Authorial Nitpicking, Part 2
|
| 2004-07-24 |
Avoiding Deus ex Machina
|
| 2004-04-21 |
Avoiding Archetypes
|
| 2004-04-05 |
Avoiding Infodumps
|
| 2004-09-25 |
Avoiding Medieval Fantasy, Part 1
|
| 2004-09-27 |
Avoiding Medieval Fantasy, Part 2
|
| 2004-07-30 |
Backstory
|
| 2005-03-09 |
Balancing Cynicism
|
| 2004-11-27 |
Balancing Dialogue, Description, and Action
|
| 2005-07-09 |
Balancing Showing and Telling
|
| 2004-07-21 |
Beautiful Characters
|
| 2003-12-10 |
Beginnings
|
| 2005-02-19 |
Beginnings
|
| 2004-02-16 |
Beginnings Mid-Series
|
| 2005-08-24 |
Beings of Extreme Power
|
| 2004-01-12 |
Beliefs and Prejudices
|
| 2004-07-27 |
Bildungsroman
|
| 2004-04-01 |
Body-Centered Writing
|
| 2005-02-01 |
Bookish Protagonists
|
| 2005-02-05 |
Borderlands
|
| 2005-06-04 |
Brutal Fantasy
|
| 2003-05-29 |
Building Fantasy Worlds
|
| 2004-07-12 |
Bullies
|
| 2004-02-03 |
Castles
|
| 2004-04-14 |
Change in Societies
|
| 2004-04-02 |
Changing Characters and Themes
|
| 2003-12-10 |
Character Flaws in Profiles
|
| 2003-06-11 |
Character Gender
|
| 2004-02-13 |
Character Introduction and Interaction
|
| 2004-01-05 |
Characterization of Protagonists, Part 1
|
| 2004-01-06 |
Characterization of Protagonists, Part 2
|
| 2004-01-25 |
Characterization of Protagonists, Part 3
|
| 2004-05-07 |
Characters and Worlds
|
| 2005-02-07 |
Children Who Aren't Protagonists
|
| 2005-06-08 |
Choosing Your Viewpoint Character
|
| 2005-06-10 |
Cities, Part 1
|
| 2005-06-13 |
Cities, Part 2
|
| 2004-01-21 |
Clarity, Explanations, and Metaphors
|
| 2003-05-24 |
Clichéd Fantasy
|
| 2005-01-16 |
Clothing
|
| 2004-11-13 |
Comic Relief
|
| 2004-02-01 |
Consequences
|
| 2004-04-25 |
Conversation Scenes
|
| 2005-07-20 |
Convincing Loner Characters
|
| 2004-10-10 |
Council Scenes
|
| 2005-07-13 |
Creating a Sense of Inevitability
|
| 2005-03-29 |
Creating a Sense of Place
|
| 2005-07-30 |
Creating a Sense of the Forbidden
|
| 2003-05-28 |
Creating Breathing Characters
|
| 2005-01-02 |
Creating Good Rulers
|
| 2005-09-24 |
Creating Languages, Part 1: Basics, Phonology
|
| 2005-09-28 |
Creating Languages, Part 2: More Basics, Verbs
|
| 2005-10-03 |
Creating Languages, Part 3: Nouns, Pronouns
|
| 2005-10-06 |
Creating Languages, Part 4: Worldbuilding
|
| 2004-03-14 |
Crossover Fantasy
|
| 2004-07-02 |
Culture-Building and Stories
|
| 2004-10-06 |
Daily Life, Part 1
|
| 2004-10-08 |
Daily Life, Part 2
|
| 2004-03-30 |
Dark Fantasy
|
| 2004-03-20 |
Death
|
| 2003-12-19 |
Death and Weapons
|
| 2005-07-03 |
Deathbed Scenes and Last Moments
|
| 2004-11-10 |
Demons
|
| 2004-01-10 |
Descriptive Language
|
| 2004-02-23 |
Deserts
|
| 2005-04-11 |
Designated Love Interests
|
| 2004-02-07 |
Dialogue
|
| 2004-10-21 |
Disabled Characters
|
| 2004-08-09 |
Diseases
|
| 2005-04-26 |
Distinct Minor Characters
|
| 2003-12-24 |
Dragons
|
| 2004-03-04 |
Dreams
|
| 2004-09-08 |
Dungeons & Dragons Stereotypes
|
| 2005-07-26 |
Duty-Bound Protagonists
|
| 2003-12-31 |
Dwarves
|
| 2004-07-10 |
Dynamic Protagonists
|
| 2005-03-12 |
Earning Hell
|
| 2005-09-04 |
Elemental Magic
|
| 2003-12-30 |
Elves
|
| 2004-04-08 |
Emotional Scenery, Part 1
|
| 2004-04-11 |
Emotional Scenery, Part 2
|
| 2004-03-23 |
Empathic Bonds
|
| 2005-05-09 |
Empires, Part 1
|
| 2005-05-13 |
Empires, Part 2
|
| 2004-01-20 |
Ending Fantasy Books Without a Battle
|
| 2004-02-14 |
Endings
|
| 2004-02-15 |
Endings Mid-Series
|
| 2004-02-29 |
Equal Time for Other Species
|
| 2005-10-29 |
Espionage and Spies
|
| 2005-11-05 |
Exiles and Expatriates
|
| 2005-01-03 |
Explanation vs. Overexplanation
|
| 2005-05-22 |
Fantasy Education, Part 1
|
| 2005-06-01 |
Fantasy Education, Part 2
|
| 2005-01-26 |
Fantasy Narrative Poetry
|
| 2004-12-27 |
Fantasy Travel
|
| 2005-06-19 |
Fantasy Without Magic
|
| 2005-06-23 |
Fantasy Without Villains
|
| 2005-03-22 |
Fascinating Characters
|
| 2003-05-27 |
Female Protagonists Who Do Not Suck
|
| 2004-03-16 |
Feminist Fantasy
|
| 2004-12-15 |
Feral Children
|
| 2003-05-30 |
Fiction and Reality
|
| 2004-08-28 |
Fighter Heroes
|
| 2004-01-19 |
Final Battles
|
| 2004-03-28 |
First-Person Fantasy
|
| 2004-08-24 |
Flaw-Scrubbing
|
| 2005-02-17 |
Fleshing Out Secondary Characters
|
| 2005-03-14 |
Fortune-Telling
|
| 2005-06-29 |
Friendships
|
| 2004-09-05 |
Frustrating Characters
|
| 2005-02-28 |
Gaining Reader Empathy
|
| 2004-06-14 |
Gay and Lesbian Characters
|
| 2004-05-25 |
Genealogy
|
| 2005-06-27 |
Genius Characters
|
| 2003-12-28 |
Geography
|
| 2004-10-31 |
Ghosts
|
| 2004-01-29 |
Gods of Fantasy
|
| 2004-10-23 |
Good Descriptive Prose
|
| 2004-12-26 |
Good Families
|
| 2004-09-29 |
Good Fantasy Romances
|
| 2005-07-22 |
Gradual Character Change
|
| 2004-03-07 |
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation, Part 1
|
| 2004-03-09 |
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation, Part 2
|
| 2004-03-11 |
Grammar, Spelling, and Punctuation, Part 3
|
| 2004-02-27 |
Grasslands
|
| 2005-02-08 |
Greed and Money
|
| 2005-01-15 |
Gypsies and Nomads
|
| 2004-01-24 |
Half-Breed Heroes
|
| 2005-09-05 |
Handling a Large Cast of Viewpoint Characters
|
| 2003-07-03 |
Handling Angst
|
| 2005-03-05 |
Handling Byzantine Plots
|
| 2004-08-11 |
Healers and Cures
|
| 2003-12-11 |
Hero's Childhood
|
| 2004-01-26 |
Hero's Occupation
|
| 2004-04-29 |
Heroines Done Wrong
|
| 2004-02-25 |
High Seas
|
| 2004-02-02 |
History
|
| 2005-01-19 |
Holidays and Festivals
|
| 2005-08-18 |
Idiot Plots and the Avoiding Thereof
|
| 2005-02-03 |
In Praise of Selfish Characters
|
| 2005-04-22 |
In-Character in the Difficult Moments
|
| 2004-06-21 |
Inconsistency
|
| 2004-01-17 |
Information In- and Out-of-Story
|
| 2005-01-06 |
Inheritance
|
| 2005-04-16 |
Interesting Heroines
|
| 2005-03-16 |
Interesting Villains
|
| 2005-08-28 |
International Relationships
|
| 2005-03-06 |
Interpersonal Speaking Styles
|
| 2004-01-04 |
Intrigues
|
| 2004-11-18 |
Introductions
|
| 2004-09-15 |
Invisible Barriers
|
| 2005-11-15 |
Involving Nature in Your Novel
|
| 2004-12-28 |
Island Life
|
| 2004-02-24 |
Jungles
|
| 2003-12-23 |
Justice and the Legal System
|
| 2005-09-12 |
Juxtaposed Worlds
|
| 2005-07-28 |
Keeping Magic Mystical
|
| 2005-10-08 |
Keeping Static Worlds Plausible
|
| 2005-04-18 |
Kickstarting the Plot
|
| 2004-07-19 |
Killing Protagonists
|
| 2004-05-20 |
Language Used Well
|
| 2003-12-14 |
Languages
|
| 2004-06-18 |
Languages Continued
|
| 2005-01-29 |
Less Represented Relationships
|
| 2005-10-10 |
Likeable Bastard Characters
|
| 2005-03-26 |
Likeable Characters
|
| 2004-04-17 |
Limitations
|
| 2005-07-07 |
Limitations on Magic
|
| 2004-07-07 |
Limyaael's Ideal Fantasy Story
|
| 2004-01-28 |
Literature and Culture
|
| 2004-06-16 |
Long High Fantasy
|
| 2005-01-14 |
Madness
|
| 2004-08-26 |
Mage Heroes
|
| 2005-05-29 |
Magic Education
|
| 2003-12-20 |
Magic, Part 1
|
| 2003-12-21 |
Magic, Part 2
|
| 2005-09-01 |
Magical Families
|
| 2004-11-22 |
Magical Objects
|
| 2005-02-21 |
Maintaining Very Long Novels
|
| 2005-08-30 |
Making a Protagonist into a Hero
|
| 2004-06-10 |
Marion Zimmer Bradley
|
| 2005-01-01 |
Marriage
|
| 2003-12-29 |
Medieval Societies
|
| 2004-09-11 |
Merchants
|
| 2003-06-10 |
Message Fantasy
|
| 2004-02-06 |
Misused Words in Fantasy
|
| 2004-01-09 |
Modern Language in Fantasy
|
| 2005-11-09 |
Moments of Great Social Change
|
| 2005-04-08 |
Money and Currency
|
| 2004-02-18 |
More Misused Words
|
| 2004-03-12 |
More Misused Words
|
| 2003-12-18 |
Most Hated Fantasy Ideas
|
| 2005-01-24 |
Music
|
| 2005-09-09 |
Mute and Non-Speaking Characters
|
| 2004-06-22 |
Mystery and Fantasy, Part 1
|
| 2004-06-24 |
Mystery and Fantasy, Part 2
|
| 2004-03-02 |
Names
|
| 2005-04-04 |
Navy Rant
|
| 2004-10-29 |
Necromancy
|
| 2005-09-14 |
Neutral Characters
|
| 2005-07-24 |
Nobility of Spirit
|
| 2005-01-13 |
Noble Sufferers
|
| 2005-09-07 |
Non-Angsty Werewolves
|
| 2004-11-25 |
Non-Dark Lord Villains
|
| 2004-01-18 |
Non-Final Warfare
|
| 2004-01-27 |
Non-Human Languages
|
| 2004-01-22 |
Non-Humans in Fantasy, Part 1
|
| 2004-01-23 |
Non-Humans in Fantasy, Part 2
|
| 2005-03-02 |
Non-Journey Stories
|
| 2005-02-26 |
Non-Linear Narrative
|
| 2004-06-28 |
Non-Monarchical Societies, Part 1
|
| 2004-06-29 |
Non-Monarchical Societies, Part 2
|
| 2004-07-01 |
Non-Monarchical Societies, Part 3
|
| 2005-01-08 |
Non-Standard Fantasy Societies
|
| 2005-08-05 |
Nonhuman-centric Worlds
|
| 2004-02-19 |
Northern Environments
|
| 2003-05-26 |
Not Writing Crap
|
| 2005-10-17 |
Older (25-up) Protagonists
|
| 2004-03-24 |
Ordinary Heroes
|
| 2003-10-03 |
Original Characters in Fanfiction
|
| 2003-06-11 |
Oversensitivity to Bad Reviews
|
| 2005-10-19 |
Pacifists/"Cowards"/Non-Fighters
|
| 2004-05-23 |
Pacing and Action
|
| 2004-01-15 |
Pacing in Fantasy
|
| 2004-01-30 |
Parody Fantasy
|
| 2004-11-30 |
Peacetime Plotting
|
| 2004-09-22 |
Peasants
|
| 2004-06-01 |
Perceptive Characters
|
| 2004-06-26 |
Personal Advice About Writing
|
| 2004-02-09 |
Planning and World-Building
|
| 2004-10-12 |
Plotting a Fantasy Novel, Part 1
|
| 2004-10-15 |
Plotting a Fantasy Novel, Part 2
|
| 2005-07-05 |
Political Fantasy
|
| 2004-02-08 |
Politics and Diplomacy
|
| 2004-01-13 |
Prologues
|
| 2005-08-26 |
Propaganda
|
| 2005-03-03 |
Psychic Powers
|
| 2005-02-27 |
Putting Characters Through Hell
|
| 2004-07-03 |
Putting Stories/Poems in the Narrative
|
| 2005-09-03 |
Putting Yourself in the Story (But Not Obviously)
|
| 2004-01-07 |
Quests and Quest Objects, Part 1
|
| 2004-01-08 |
Quests and Quest Objects, Part 2
|
| 2005-01-21 |
Quiet Moments
|
| 2004-08-03 |
Rebel Groups, Part 1
|
| 2004-08-06 |
Rebel Groups, Part 2
|
| 2004-07-16 |
Redemption, Part 1
|
| 2004-07-17 |
Redemption, Part 2
|
| 2003-12-16 |
Religions
|
| 2004-08-15 |
Religious Questions, Part 1
|
| 2004-08-17 |
Religious Questions, Part 2
|
| 2005-10-12 |
Reluctant Heroes
|
| 2005-06-03 |
Revelations and Surprise Endings
|
| 2005-07-11 |
Revolutions and Civil Wars
|
| 2004-11-06 |
Robert Jordan and Terry Goodkind
|
| 2004-01-02 |
Romance in Fantasy
|
| 2004-09-18 |
Royalty
|
| 2003-07-10 |
Rules on Fantasy in General
|
| 2004-02-04 |
Runaway Teenagers
|
| 2005-05-15 |
Seasonal Variation
|
| 2003-12-15 |
Secondary Characters
|
| 2004-03-26 |
Secret Groups
|
| 2005-01-11 |
Self-Editing
|
| 2005-03-20 |
Sensible Character Motivations
|
| 2005-08-10 |
Serious Optimism
|
| 2004-10-26 |
Servants
|
| 2004-03-19 |
Sex in Fantasy Novels
|
| 2004-10-19 |
Shapeshifter Societies
|
| 2004-10-17 |
Shapeshifters
|
| 2003-06-15 |
Shapeshifting
|
| 2004-11-20 |
Short Stories
|
| 2005-08-22 |
Showing the Viewpoint Character as Incorrect
|
| 2005-08-01 |
Silence and Its Uses
|
| 2005-03-24 |
Single Combat Scenes
|
| 2004-11-04 |
Slavery
|
| 2004-12-04 |
Slippery-Slope Plotting
|
| 2005-05-17 |
Smooth Endings
|
| 2005-07-18 |
Sociopathic Characters
|
| 2004-01-31 |
Speaking Styles
|
| 2004-08-21 |
Special Abilities
|
| 2004-12-17 |
Spunky Characters That Aren't Annoying
|
| 2005-03-01 |
Standalone Novels
|
| 2004-04-03 |
Standing on Ceremony
|
| 2004-07-06 |
Storytelling Continued
|
| 2005-06-25 |
Stubborn But Not Annoying
|
| 2004-06-07 |
Stupid Plots
|
| 2004-08-18 |
Suspense
|
| 2005-08-03 |
Taking Inspiration From Literature
|
| 2004-12-20 |
Technology in Fantasy
|
| 2003-12-14 |
Teenagers in Fantasy
|
| 2004-03-22 |
Telepathic Companions
|
| 2005-02-11 |
Telling Drama from Melodrama
|
| 2005-05-19 |
Ten Alternatives to "Learning a Lesson"
|
| 2005-06-21 |
Ten Alternatives to Genetic Magic
|
| 2005-11-01 |
Ten Great Things about Non-Tragic Fantasy
|
| 2003-11-13 |
Ten Pieces of Writing Advice
|
| 2003-11-19 |
Ten Unpopular Fandom Opinions
|
| 2005-07-15 |
Ten Ways to Alleviate Boredom
|
| 2004-08-31 |
Thief Heroes
|
| 2005-01-29 |
Things Limyaael Thinks Would Be Cool, Mark 1
|
| 2005-04-28 |
Things Limyaael Thinks Would Be Cool, Mark 2
|
| 2005-07-01 |
Things Limyaael Thinks Would Be Cool, Mark 3
|
| 2005-10-25 |
Things Limyaael Thinks Would Be Cool, Mark 4
|
| 2005-10-14 |
Things That Really Irritate Limyaael
|
| 2004-08-01 |
Throwing Out Conventional Ideas
|
| 2004-01-11 |
Titles
|
| 2004-03-25 |
Tolkien Clichés
|
| 2005-05-24 |
Training Fighters
|
| 2004-01-14 |
Training the Heroes
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| 2005-03-13 |
Transformative Fantasy
|
| 2005-02-15 |
Transitions
|
| 2005-10-22 |
Twins
|
| 2005-04-13 |
Unequal Relationships
|
| 2003-08-08 |
Unfinished Works-in-Progress
|
| 2004-03-15 |
Urban Fantasy
|
| 2004-10-24 |
Vampires in Fantasy
|
| 2004-06-03 |
Viewpoint Errors
|
| 2004-01-16 |
Viewpoint Structures
|
| 2004-01-01 |
Villains
|
| 2003-12-27 |
Weather
|
| 2003-12-07 |
What Makes a Good Fantasy
|
| 2004-06-12 |
Why Would Your Characters...
|
| 2005-02-14 |
World-Building Through Writing
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| 2005-06-06 |
Worldbuilding Through Layering
|
| 2004-10-01 |
Writing Different Characters, Part 1
|
| 2004-10-04 |
Writing Different Characters, Part 2
|
| 2003-06-25 |
Writing Flawed Characters
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| 2003-06-06 |
Writing Non-Humans
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| 2004-08-13 |
Writing Without an Outline
|