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How To Build Your World: Economy

On 31 August 201821 April 2020 By AriIn Tutorials, World Building12 Comments

Have you created your own fantasy world for your novel? Here are a few things to consider when creating your world's economy.

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How To Come Up With Great Character Names

On 14 August 20152 April 2024 By AriIn characters, Tutorials4 Comments

So you have built your world, your story idea and have created these awesome, diverse and intriguing characters, now it's time to name them. How are you going to do that? Here are some of my thoughts on choosing names for your characters.

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How to Grow Great Ideas from the Muses

On 18 August 201327 June 2019 By AriIn Tutorials6 Comments

Today I'm going to talk about ideas. The Songs of the Muses. These are the life force of the writer. Without them, we (figuratively) starve. When you get an idea you need to grab onto it. So the question becomes, where do ideas come from?