Book List: "How to Write Sci-Fi & Fantasy"

This book by Orson Scott Card has been timely, and very helpful for me. It goes in depth on topics like character building, world creation, and story structure. I want to re-read this book because of how many, "WOAH, that makes SO MUCH SENSE!" moments I had while reading it. I want to highlight all over it, annotate it, and keep it next to my dictionary and my Bible. I'm glad I bought myself a used copy!

Not only is this book good for writers of science fiction or fantasy, it is applicable to any fiction especially Chapter 3 on Story Construction, and 4 on Writing Well. It is also applicable to anyone who is vaguely interested in role-playing games, or even readers of sci-fi/fantasy. Chapters 1 and 2 (Boundaries of Sci-Fi and World Creation) would be very useful to those people. This book is over 20 years old, written in 1990, but that makes it even more universal. The things that are specific to Card's time period or genre which are probably no longer valid could be taken out, and the rest of the book could apply to any fiction writer, anywhere.

Camp NaNo 2013 :: First Week!

Yesterday was the last day of my first week of Camp NaNoWriMo! The book is going splendidly, although I think I've just decided to jump to the end and work on the end for awhile, just to see how it goes.

I am only one day behind in NaNo so far, because I stupidly missed yesterday's writing. So I'll have to show you "Day 7" progress chart picture in next week's update... But here is my progress chart during the first 6 days!

Camp NaNoWriMo :: April 2013

Today is the first day of Camp NaNoWriMo, and I'm ready for the month! I've already written a little more than my allotted 2,000 words today, and filled in my progress chart! I've done everything I can to prepare for this awesome month! Wish me luck!

This month, I'll be writing a story about a brother and a sister who grew up on separate side of a war. This is my synopsis:

Charlotte has lived her entire life in the wilderness with her family of renegades and rebels. As soon she comes of age, she decides to do something about her people's misery, leading them into all-out war with the Unity.

She then learns that her long-lost brother, Liam, is a prince. He lives in the Palace, at the very head of the Unity. He is her only chance at saving her people from certain defeat. Will she be able to turn her estranged sibling into an ally, or will he let his newly-found family fall at the hands of their father?