Posted on June 26, 2013
by Paul Davis
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When taking a novel class, we spoke about how a novel is ultimately a number of improbable events occurring at the same time, in a string, as to make an interesting story. This just doesn’t happen in real life. We have short periods of… Continue Reading “Coming to Expect the Exceptions”
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Posted on June 19, 2013
by Paul Davis
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After reading over some books that are to help one write fantasy, I started realizing I don’t really need them. A writing degree, experience as an English teacher, a lot of research, and an incredible passion has led me to know quite a bit… Continue Reading “Writing Fantasy: Starting Point”
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Posted on May 2, 2013
by Paul Davis
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I was in a creative writing class where we alternated writing ten to twenty page stories. Each of us wrote three stories throughout the semester, and my turn was coming up. I was beside myself as to what I should write, so I chose… Continue Reading “Placing Fantasy in Reality”
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