Writing
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Women, Worldbuilding, and Fantasy: GUEST POST
We’re very excited today to bring you a guest post from authors Hadeer Elsbai, E. J. Beaton, Kritika H. Rao, Rowenna Miller, and Sam Hawke. A ... -
The Heroine’s Journey – A study in story structures: Guest Post by Timandra Whitecastle
Today, we welcome back Timandra Whitecastle to the Hive to discuss story structures. Before we launch into Tim’s post about the Heroine’s Journey, check out Tim’s ... -
Influential Themes in the Book of Fire Series: Guest Post by Michelle Kenney
The Book of Fire trilogy follows two communities – a village of survivors recovering after a Great War and a sealed, domed population cut off from ... -
Authorial Process, or the Babysitter’s Tale: Guest Post by Miles Cameron
When I was very young, I grew up in a house that was largely about stories. My mother read me the Lord of the Rings and ... -
Bards and Scribes: The Alchemist (Guest Post by Jesse Teller)
When we were approached by Mihir and asked if we’d like to host Jesse Teller for a guest post as part of a series, we ... -
Info-dump Equity and The Matrix (Guest Post by M. D. Presley)
Info dumps are bad. So says everyone. At least, according to the internet. Google “info dump” and the first few hits after the definitions are articles ... -
The Science Behind Conflicts in Literature (GUEST POST by Rachel Cooper)
The Science Behind Conflicts in Literature 5 Difference Types with Examples Fiction thrives on conflict. Without conflict, a story has no drive or energy ... -
A Guide to Writing Magic Systems: GUEST POST by Mike Alwill
If you were to grab a stranger off the street and ask them what magic was, well… first they’d probably mention someone like Penn and Teller, ... -
5 Tips for Indie Authors (Guest Post by Michael R. Miller)
Michael Miller is the author of Battle Spire and the Dragon’s Blade trilogy. Since 2015 he has sold over 80,000 books and hit numerous Amazon bestselling charts, ... -
In Medias Res and Then Some: Beginning THE LAST ROAD (Guest Post by K.V. Johansen)
“Begin at the beginning,” Holmes (or Lord Ickenham) might say, but storytellers from Homer on have been beginning in the middle of things. That’s often taken ...
