Eliminate Weak Writing by Ann-Margret Hovsepian
Once you’ve got all your material and have checked all your facts, you’re ready to go through your manuscript more slowly and carefully, checking for basic punctuation, spelling, and grammar…
Fantasy Writer’s Playlist by Ben Collier
‘The Final Power: Chronomancer’ Playlist Posted on January 15, 2021 by benjaminfrog A list of songs and instrumental tracks that complement some of the moments and themes in The Final Power: Chronomancer. I’ve placed them…
Soulcalibur6 Custom Characters from ‘Chronomancer’ by Ben Collier
Soulcalibur 6 Custom Characters (and one from 5) – (part 6) Posted on January 4, 2021 by benjaminfrog A collection of custom characters I designed using the Creation mode in Soulcalibur 6 (and one in…
Writing Your Memoir by Carolyn Wilker
Writing and Launching Your Memoir Originally posted on September 19, 2020 by Storygal Over the early spring, coauthor Donna Mann and I put our last touches on our new book. The content had…
Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups: Part 1
Posted on September 9, 2020 by benjaminfrog When writing a long-running series, sometimes significant changes must occur to give the audience a sense of newness and the passage of time, or just…
Writing Villains 3 — The Doosh
Ben's back this week with part 3 of his series on Writing Villains, 'The Doosh'. Just what is a doosh and do you know any? Here's what Ben has to…
Writing Villains 2 – Sympathetic Villains and Monsters
Writing sympathetic villains and monsters. Benjamin Collier takes us through the steps to write fantastic scenes with these fictional characters. Monsters "Monsters are a different kind of character than simply…
The From-To Writing Method Launch!
A few weeks ago, we introduced you to the first in our From-To Writing Method series of workbooks for writers. The workbooks show you how to write a short story,…
The From-To Writing Method Intro
Introducing our new series of workbooks called The From-To Writing Method. This series of workbooks has been in the creative stage for over two years and we've finally finished all…
Writing Villains 1 – Personal Villains and Obstacle Villains
We all know jerks are selfish and obnoxious but what are they really thinking? We’re continuing our look at storytelling with fantasy and sci-fi author, Benjamin T Collier. Today Ben…