Why Having Strict Story Rules Makes For A Better Story
What is a story rule? It is that rule which you create in your character and/or plot that is never to be broken. Example: RULE - a man...
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J.M Robison,
Fantasy where heroes don't follow the rules
Lost Gods Excerpt, Book Four
BELOW EXCERPT PULLED FROM BOOK 4 OF THE LOST GODS BY J.M. ROBISON: Talon stretched. They’d been discussing with their heads down for an...
A Thousand Hearts: a free short story and poem anthology by J.M. Robison
Download A Thousand Hearts free on smashwords. Read a sample from the book below: It splattered on the back of his neck in a coil of...
The Importance Of Knowing Your Story’s Backstory, Even If You Don’t Reveal It To The Reader
I’m editing an old favorite story of mine – THE LOST GODS (16 years in the making. It’s gone through about 3 massive overhauls already.)...
Christianity and Literary Torture Scenes
I am a Christian, as I stated before in my sister blog post: Christianity and Literary Sex Scenes. I was raised to believe in doing what...
Why I Stopped Wearing a Bra to Work
I work at an interesting place. It’s a building with now windows on the exterior walls, doors that remain locked until you radio for them...
I Was Captured Last Night
But I escaped out of the window, turned into a bird, and flew away. Have you ever sat down and analyzed your dreams? If they are some...
Magic Isn't Real, So Why Does it Feel Realistic?
I shared a blog post to my Facebook writer’s group. In this blog I said, “And in all things, writing must be realistic.” A fellow writer...
Christianity and Literary Sex Scenes
As a Christian there is a negative connotation when it comes to sex. It is often portrayed as being, “Inappropriate to talk about,” or...
Challenges I’ve Had To Overcome While Writing
My biggest challenge is falling too much in love with my story and characters. I pour so much passion into my writing that a deep,...
Christianity and Literary Swearing
I’m Christian. I’ll even go so far as to say I’m a Latter Day Saint (Morman) so I abstain from smoking, alcohol, premarital sex, and...
Why E-book Fantasy Writers Should Include Maps
I’m an avid reader of fantasy books. I’m also an avid writer of fantasy books. And, what the heck, I’m also an avid enthusiast about maps...
Every Person Will Read the Same Book Differently. Let Them.
We’ve all done it. Read a book so amazing our lives are irrevocably changed thereafter. Because we want to impress this amazing discovery...
Træ Sko
5,900 words. Written with this prompt: A happy horror story with a wooden shoe. Plot being a fight between two people for one open job...
Remove "was, were, had, that," for Better Writing Style
This review a beta reader gave me changed my writing life forever: “I am not a major fan of the words "had' and "that" and eliminate them...
Pay Homage to Your First Draft
I was beta reading for someone, and I asked them, “Is this your first draft? If not, what draft number are you on?” And his reply, “I...
To Kill or Not to Kill Characters
Why should you kill characters? When should you kill characters? How many characters should you kill? WHY: For me, I kill characters when...
The Genre is What You Wrote, Not What You Think You Wrote.
I didn't know what genre The War Queen was about. I knew it was a New Adult because my main characters are 29 and 35 and I knew it was a...
Learn about the different POV's and tenses
POV: Point of View (everything happening as one character sees it. EX: I saw it, she saw it, you saw it) TENSE: past, present, or future...
Mining For Meaning: "Mine" The Word To Make It More Meaningful
What we like to read changes every few years. In the 8th century people liked Beowulf. In 1600 people liked Shakespear (written in poetry...
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