What are the rules for storytelling in fantasy writing? When thinking about stories, the ultimate test for storytelling rules lies in the world of fantasy and fiction writing. In these magical worlds ...

Every morning, after I’ve secured the intravenous drip from the coffee pot into my arm, I knock out a couple of hours of fiction writing. That’s not exactly surprising as I’m a science-fiction author ...

There’s no other story quite like The Princess Bride. Fantasy novels are so often focused on the action, the universe-saving battles and the brooding warriors who fight them, but The Princess Bride is ...

In a workshop to discuss how academic and creative writing are related, my colleagues and I spent most of our time talking about guilt. All of us felt guilty about the hours we had spent writing ...

Jordan Boyd is a Staff Writer at DualShockers, specializing in indie games, RPGs and shooting titles. He's majoring in journalism at Stony Brook University on Long Island. During the 7th console ...

Western Massachusetts-based author Holly Black is well known to fans of fantasy literature. She was a co-writer of “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” a best-selling children's series that was made into a ...

"Lesbian necromancers explore a haunted gothic palace in space! Decadent nobles vie to serve the deathless emperor! Skeletons!" So reads the blurb, written by author Charles Stross, on the cover of ...

In their debut novels, Rene Denfeld and Stephanie Feldman both use fairy-tale elements to explore trauma and memory. Here they discuss genre, gender and the politics of “realism.” Who defines what is ...