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4 Magical Must-Haves for Fantasy Stories (opens the original)
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So, you have a thing for fantasy stories? Me, too.Epic sagas from minds like J.R.R. Tolkein, George R.R. Martin, and R.A. Salvatore; series works from writers like Charlaine Harris, Katherine Arden, and Cassandra Clare; one-off dream-vacation-esque dives into worlds created by folks like Erin Morgenstern, Stephen King, and Susanna Clarke. Whatever your mood or reading flavor, fantasy offers a little for everyone, dipping into the speculative while grounded in the real, whether that realness is c
Issue 3: Summer 2026 (opens the original)
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Letter from the EditorThis summer has been a little wild, a little weird, and very full of new things from people to ideas to stories. In December of last year, an author and collegiate-athlete-turned-pro asked me what my word of the year for 2026 was. To be honest, when she asked the question, I reeled back. I don’t do New Year’s Resolutions and don’t create mood or vision boards. Instead, I tend to be a go-with-the-flow person, letting each new year show me what it wants from me and then actin
When Your Characters Do the Unexpected (opens the original)
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It happens before you realize it’s coming: You’re writing away, smashing keys, or scribbling to keep up with the word barrage pouring out of your brain meat when it hits you.That can’t be right, you think, pausing, backing up to read those last sentences, finger hovering over but never coming down on the backspace button. I didn’t know that.Your character has gone ahead and done or revealed the unexpected.Now, you have the important task of figuring out how to navigate your story when the path n
Plot Turning Points and Story Development (opens the original)
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The plot of your story is the series of events that unfolds from the beginning to the end, explaining not only what happens to and around the characters in your story but the causality of those happenings, how one thing leads to another to another. More than a chronological timeline of events, though, your story’s plot will include key turning points, which move your characters through the story milestone by milestone. In his book, Story Engineering, author Larry Brooks describes three key turni
Writing the Self as Character (opens the original)
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Did you know many people can’t picture their future selves? Worse, they see their future selves as strangers? According to an article in Smithsonian Magazine, “Some people, when thinking about their future selves, do not actually picture an older version of themselves. Rather, they picture a stranger. This failure to identify with your future-self . . . lines up with the tendencies towards short-term now-ness, as opposed to long-term planning.” I’m fascinated by this research, and recognizing th
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