Truly immersive world-building immerses readers through vivid sensory details. Learn how to engage sight, sound, smell, taste, and touch to transport your audience to living, breathing fictional realms. Discover techniques for grounding sensations in unique cultural rituals and weaving resonant details seamlessly into your narrative. Build worlds so real, your readers won't want to leave.
The April newsletter from Myers Fiction explores the profound impact of science fiction and fantasy on shaping reality. These genres have sparked groundbreaking technological advancements, challenged cultural perceptions, and fostered empathy. The newsletter also includes blog post previews, and a creative writing exercise inspired by turning science fiction into science fact.
In the world of Science Fiction and Fantasy, multidimensional protagonists with unique powers are essential for compelling storytelling. These characters exhibit depth, relatability, and complexity, with compelling backstories, internal and external conflicts, and flaws. By integrating a well-structured power system, writers can create captivating protagonists that resonate with audiences and enhance the overall narrative.
In this guide to speculative fiction, writers are encouraged to find their niche without restricting themselves. Exploring subgenres, writing preferences, and unique voice is emphasized. The importance of personal experiences and worldviews in shaping storytelling is highlighted. Developing expertise and mastery is stressed, and a writing exercise is suggested to help uncover instinctual preferences.
This post provides an overview of story structures for planning a speculative fiction novel. It covers key elements of speculative fiction story structure, common story structures, and tips for planning. The writer emphasizes the importance of world-building, character development, and selecting the right structure to create engaging and unique speculative fiction tales.
Kenneth W. Myers 