How do we begin writing a story when we don’t have any ideas? Or perhaps we do have ideas and we’re simply unsure of how to turn them into a story. This lesson will serve to cover the process of “ideation,” and more specifically, centred and iterative ideation.

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The purpose of this blog is an update on the current product quality and pricing of SwordTune Digital Artwork. This is purely for reference, and openings for commissions will be provided separately. If you are interested in requesting artwork, you may message the user SwordTune via fimfiction.net, or directly emailing swordtune.art.online@gmail.com.

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When it comes to writing fantasy or science fiction, locking in the rules of your magic system or unique technology is a huge subject that writers can get lost in when they try to tackle it. Whether it’s some field of future tech or a system of spells, “magic” in a story is simply a way for your world to stand out on its own.

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The purpose of this blog is to highlight the current product quality and pricing of SwordTune Digital Artwork. This is purely for reference, and listings for commissions will be provided separately. If you are interested in requesting artwork, you may message the user SwordTune via fimfiction.net, or directly emailing swordtune.art.online@gmail.com.

Note: Payments can be made online via Paypal invoice.

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Part 4: Immediacy vs Investment

In our past three lessons we have covered various aspects of narrative capital, making analogies to actual currency and how authors write good stories by making convincing exchanges. In short, making plot development feel earned by purchasing them.

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Part 3: Dead Men Tell No Tales, But They Make Good Ones

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Part 2: Establishing Narrative Capital

Last time, we introduced ourselves to the concept of writing stories as a series of transactions. As writers, we are constantly trading in elements of a story’s present state in order to purchase a new one. The value of each state, and the difference between their values, determines whether the course of the events are meaningful and necessary for the purposes of the story. 

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As writers we are often faced with the problem of balancing the course or outcome of the plot of our stories alongside the believability of the turns of events. I do not mean the realism of such events, for works of fiction and especially fantasy would not be what they are if they adhered to strict rules of realism. I instead refer to the suspension of disbelief, the capacity of the reader to forget they are reading a story and thus forget the need to question or criticize at that moment.

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Just a quick update on what chapters are on my work schedule right now.

"We Are Clones" chapter 4 is on its way
"Nightmare Knights Become A Band" will have another special chapter (completed, but editing)
And I'll be publishing the first two chapters to a new story, titled "We Are Dragons."

I'm busy with personal affairs so new stuff will be coming slowly, but none of my recent stories have been abandoned or put on hold, I'm just being slow about publishing them.

A few days ago I posted a question (here) asking for people to rate my art with a price range that they would be willing to pay. For the next two weeks (end Sunday 23rd updated to May 30th), I will be open to accepting commissions for art. But these payments won't be for me.

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