Recent content by Cirias

I tend to get a good picture of them in my head first, so I know what they look like to me. Then when I'm planning the story out, I'll grab a picture off DeviantArt or somewhere similar of a similar looking character to mine. This helps me keep them in my head when I start to create secondary...

I think prologues have become a particularly common feature of fantasy fiction. I think the reason a lot of writers use them is because they are a familiar way into a story among the genre. I personally stopped adding prologues to all of my WIPs a couple of years back, when I realised I should...

It was more of a thought on a possible way in which the story could go. I'm now planning on keeping the main cast intact and possibly introducing one or two minor viewpoint characters - mostly for the ability to show the reader multiple sides of the story as it unfolds.

It all happens over roughly the course of two years, so its a relatively short period of time. I agree that any additional viewpoint characters that are followed in book two should be established characters from book one. Joe Abercrombie did this really well with Collem West & Ferro in Before...

I wanted to get everyone's opinions on whether they enjoy it when an author changes up the characters that you follow when you progress through the books in a trilogy/series. I'm currently thinking about changing up my cast of main characters when I start on book two in my planned trilogy...

Hi guys, just a quick note to say I'm in the process of publishing some flash fiction and short pieces on Amazon. The first of these is a flash fic called Three Brothers - An Unfortunate Tale. Take a look if you fancy a quick read any time :cool:

Hi Guys, I just wanted to share with you my fantasy writing blog, which has been running for a while now and has got some pretty nice response from its readers so far. I regularly post resources, writing tips and my thoughts on the fantasy genre. If you'd like to check it out, the link is below...