Fiction Infopool & Articles

Fantasy fiction is big business, and many authors are trying hard to break in. The burning question on all their lips is, "How did JK Rowling do it?" And the answer to that is pretty simple. She gave the readers what they wanted.

Complex narrative structure is used by authors to add interest by complicating the story. This article outlines several methods of achieving this.

Eight Steps to success as a published writer, and how to avoid slipping back down them again.

Writers often need to know just what kind of weaponry their protagonists are using. Here's a useful primer as to the different terms and what they mean.

If you're a writer in the fantasy genre, here are 6 clichés you should try to avoid in your stories.

Adoption into the mainstream makes science fiction both easy to sell, and hard to write without seeming tired and cliched. Here are ten situations you should steer away from, and some variations to consider if you're determined to proceed.

For anyone thinking about writing in the horror genre, there are certain situations that, over the years, have been done so often that the audience knows exactly what to expect. Using any of these is fine if you're being post-modern and ironic as in the Scream series, because you can get the audienc