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Magical realism

Humor Fiction On Being an Unreformed Writer of Dark Humor

Author Amber Sparks shares her love of dark humor and how it featured in her youth and adulthood as a writer (and consumer of media).

Write Better Fiction Jeannine A. Cook: Love Pushed Me Through the Publishing Process Robert Lee Brewer

Writing Techniques Magical Realism With Roots: Grounding the Fantastic in the Familiar in Fiction Elizabeth Bass Parman

Write Better Fiction Emily Buchanan: Trite, Tropey Writing Is Better Than a Blank Page Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Fiction Bridget Collins: The Book Began To Take On a Life of Its Own Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Fiction Dana Elmendorf: On Making Readers Believe in Magic Robert Lee Brewer

Write Better Fiction Audrey Burges: On Giving Yourself Permission to Deviate Robert Lee Brewer

Writing Habits and Practices Keeping Dreams Alive in Fiction Erin Palmisano

Writing Techniques Utilizing Magical Realism to Tell a Story Kendra Broekhuis

Write Better Fiction When Mystery and Mythology Collide Michael Woodson

Writing Techniques What Is Absurdist Fiction?Michael Woodson

Writing Techniques Creating Believable Magic Nan Fischer

Writing Techniques What Is Magical Realism?Michael Woodson

Write Better Fiction Jade Song: On Thinking in Images Before Sentences Robert Lee Brewer

Writing Techniques Making Magic, Part 2: Structuring Your Unique System Moriah Richard

Writing Techniques Making Magic, Part 1: Defining and Selecting Magic Systems Moriah Richard

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