Gateway to Fiction

by C. Chancy

Do the Research, Keep the Shiny! A writer’s guide. Want a good story? Choking on yet another sparkly cinematic production that has all the flash and explosions yet no real people in it? If you want stories done right, sometimes you’ve just got to do it yourself. But how? Roll up your sleeves, we’re going to cover it all. No preaching; no “but thou must follow steps X, Y, Z”. Just, here’s some ideas, and some examples, of how it can work. From getting over that first hump of pen to page, through getting ideas and characters from point A to point B, all the way to how to keep breathing when the whole world’s crumbling in. There are links. There are tropes. And there’s a sober explanation of why fanfic has always mattered. In your mind’s eye there’s a world no one else has seen. Here’s some tools. Worldbuild away!

301 pages, Kindle Edition

First published May 7, 2021

Reviews

[Mary Catelli · Rating 3 out of 5]

Uneven. More some topics that some writers will find useful than a unified work.

[Amy Poe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Solid advice

A lot of solid, practical advice with easy to understand examples. She covers topics from a different viewpoint than most writing books. Highly recommended.