Setting

When building a a new world to support a story setting, science fiction and fantasy writers have a lot of work to do. The bar was initially set in Tolkien's Lord of...

World building can be a powerful tool for science fiction and fantasy writers, but if approached incorrectly, world building can lead to story-telling challenges....

Bestselling author Cassandra Clare talks about the final novel in her #1 New York Times and USA TODAY bestselling The Dark Artifices trilogy. For more on this author...

Many authors are aware of what type of technology is available to their characters within the time period that a novel is set. However, a common mistake writers make...

Whether your story takes place in a far off land or an alternate version of an existing one; whether it is extrapolating science into futuristic technologies with its...