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NaNoWriMo 2021 (October Prep) Back to Roots

Posted on October 5, 2021 by benjaminfrog

It’s Week 1 of October, and what I’ve got listed as the first order of business for this week is to finalize the world-building aspect of this year’s project. That means having a solid understanding of the culture, environment, class-systems, … Continue reading →

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Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian – Part 6: Magic and Mythology

Posted on May 31, 2021 by benjaminfrog

Thanks for checking out this series! If this is the first blog you’re reading on ‘Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian’ then please see my intro on post #1 for context on the reason I’ve put this series together. We’ve … Continue reading →

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Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian – Part 5: Through Jesus

Posted on May 24, 2021 by benjaminfrog

Thanks for checking out this series! If this is the first blog you’re reading on ‘Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian’ then please see my intro on post #1 for context on the reason I’ve put this series together. Today’s … Continue reading →

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Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian – Part 4: Afterlife and Interspecies Families

Posted on May 19, 2021 by benjaminfrog

Thanks for checking out this series! If this is the first blog you’re reading on ‘Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian’ then please see my intro on post #1 for context on the reason I’ve put this series together. In … Continue reading →

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Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian – Part 3: Salvation for Other Species

Posted on May 10, 2021 by benjaminfrog

Thanks for checking out this series! If this is the first blog you’re reading on ‘Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian’ then please see my intro on post #1 for context on the reason I’ve put this series together. Last … Continue reading →

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Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian – Part 2: Writing Humans in Other Worlds

Posted on May 5, 2021 by benjaminfrog

Thanks for checking out this series! If this is the first blog you’re reading on ‘Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian’ then please see my intro on post #1 for context on the reason I’ve put this series together. Last … Continue reading →

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Writing Speculative Fiction as a Christian – Part 1: Writing a Multiverse

Posted on April 28, 2021 by benjaminfrog

Intro All works of fiction ask ‘what if’ questions. ‘If there was a universe where this was going on, what would happen?’ The same is true whether you’re writing science-fiction or fantasy, or some other genre with hypothetical scenarios. And … Continue reading →

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NaNoWriMo 2020 – Completing Act I

Posted on November 13, 2020 by benjaminfrog

Just over a third of the way through. Y’all keeping up?   So far my pace has been up and down with this project. A bout of insomnia one day left me out of commission and losing about a day’s … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups: part 2

Posted on September 16, 2020 by benjaminfrog

Today I’m finishing off the list of Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups by going over numbers 6-10, because that’s how math works. Again, I’ve put them in order of most frequently used (by my reckoning), which is not the same thing … Continue reading →

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Top 10 Mid-Series Shake-Ups: Part 1

Posted on September 9, 2020 by benjaminfrog

When writing a long-running series, sometimes significant changes must occur to give the audience a sense of newness and the passage of time, or just to make sure things don’t get stale. There are a number of different things writers … Continue reading →

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