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  • Dissecting Ted Chiang’s Exhalation
  • Four Flavors of Worldbuilding: Pre, Post, Mid and Iso Fantasy.
  • Using the Power of POV to Craft Authorial Voice

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Vanitas Memento Mori by Maria van Oosterwijk, a painting of wilting flowers, an hourglass, and a skull. Read More
By : Kit MacAllister January 2, 2025May 28, 2026

Dissecting Ted Chiang’s Exhalation

Ted Chiang’s stories are excellent, but what makes them work? We’ll take a look at the stories inside Ted Chiang’s Exhalation and see what makes them tick.

Four Flavors of Fantasy Diagram Read More
By : Kit MacAllister March 16, 2024May 28, 2026

Four Flavors of Worldbuilding: Pre, Post, Mid and Iso Fantasy.

Looking at worldbuilding through the lens of your story’s relationship to other important events.

By : Kit MacAllister January 8, 2024

Using the Power of POV to Craft Authorial Voice

The use of POV among new writers is often discussed as a matter of preference. As in, which POV do you prefer, 1st or 3rd? There is discussion about which POV is most appropriate for each genre, but often the discussion stops at “I prefer 3rd person.” or “1st person is better for Middle Grade.” What I don’t

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