6 Key Components of a Logline
What to Consider When Writing Your Logline or Premise Think about these six aspects before you begin writing your story. Your book's success depends largely on having a clear idea…
National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo)
Writing a Skeletal Plot
Writing a Skeletal Plot for a NaNoWriMo Novel - by Benjamin Collier November is approaching faster than I thought! I had listed the last half of October as my time…
What If?
Every work of fiction is a ‘What If’. With Science Fiction the What If is more obvious. “What if we had the ability to travel back in time?” “What if…
How a Fantasy Writer Creates Characters in Soulcalibur 6 – by Benjamin T. Collier
A collection of custom characters I designed using the Creation mode in Soulcalibur 6. As a fiction writer the Soulcalibur franchise has proven to be a useful tool for visualizing my…
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…
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…
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…