Steven Thiele
Tools of the Trade: Campfire Write Review
Today I wanted to take a look into one of the programs I use in my writing, and talk about how it has changed, and whether it is worth...
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Steven Thiele
- Jun 6, 2022
- 3 min
Review of The Daevabad Trilogy by S.A Chakraborty
I absolutely loved this series, beginning with the City of Brass, continuing with the Kingdom of Copper, and ending with the Empire of...
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Steven Thiele
- May 16, 2022
- 4 min
Cast Inspiration: Classes and Character Growth
Countless years, countless authors and countless ways of developing characters. “Use the Myer-Briggs system! Use the Multiple...
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Steven Thiele
- Sep 7, 2020
- 3 min
Writing Gems in Unexpected Places: Engagement in Assassin's Creed: Odyssey
When I’m not writing, you can often find me hiding from my studies (and my writing) by playing video games. At the moment, I’m enjoying...
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Steven Thiele
- Aug 31, 2020
- 1 min
Letters from the Author: September 2020
It's been a long while since I've posted, and I'm really sorry! To tell the truth, I've been finding myself being burned out recently....
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Steven Thiele
- Aug 17, 2020
- 4 min
Beta Reading Part 2: Being a Better Beta Reader
How to be the Best Beta Reader You Can Be In my post last week, on the beta reader phenomenon from the point of view of the author. Now...
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Steven Thiele
- Aug 10, 2020
- 4 min
Beta Readers: Massively Improving Your Manuscript
Today I’d like to look at how to find beta readers and offer my experience on working with them, how to build relationships with them and...
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Steven Thiele
- Aug 3, 2020
- 3 min
Trope Review: MacGuffins
MacGuffin's are everywhere and can be easily confused. So, if you want to learn about MacGuffins, you’ve come to the right place. Here I...
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Steven Thiele
- Jul 27, 2020
- 4 min
Writing Tip: Pre-Battle Speeches
What is a good pre-battle speech? What is it that stirs the soul of the warrior, that inspires them to fight on and have hope? Well, to...
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Steven Thiele
- Jul 20, 2020
- 4 min
Book Review: Mother of Daemons
Okay. Let me preface this with bias acknowledgement. I normally don’t like reading adult fiction as I don’t like smut in books. Now I’m...
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Steven Thiele
- Jul 13, 2020
- 3 min
Trope Review: The Found Family
The Found Family is a popular trope found across vast forms of literature, especially in fantasy genres. It can go hand-in-hand with the...
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Steven Thiele
- Jul 6, 2020
- 2 min
10 Things I Wish I Knew When I Started Writing
It’s something a bit strange, when you start writing. So here’s ten things I wish I’d known before beginning this journey, as something...
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Steven Thiele
- Jul 3, 2020
- 1 min
Letters from The Author: July 2020
Exams are done and I'm anxiously awaiting my results on Monday! I'm loving writing this blog and hope you are all enjoying it! I'm...
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Steven Thiele
- Jun 29, 2020
- 3 min
How I Use Music in my Writing, and How You Can Too!
Welcome! This week is a bit of an oddity, as June has 5 weeks. Bonus blog post! Today I want to talk about my writing process, how I use...
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Steven Thiele
- Jun 22, 2020
- 3 min
Writing Tip: Active Characters
Something I’ve been looking at recently when beta reading for other writers is the purpose of a character. What makes a character...
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Steven Thiele
- Jun 15, 2020
- 3 min
Series Review: Mistborn Era 2
Okay! I’m trudging through all of Sanderson’s cosmere books, and have loved every single one of them. The first Mistborn trilogy, the...
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Steven Thiele
- Jun 8, 2020
- 4 min
The Mentor
The Wise Old Mentor is one of the pinnacles of Fantasy tropes. They are the people who show up at our farm boy hero's front door,...
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Steven Thiele
- Jun 1, 2020
- 3 min
Beyond the Barrier
The glass doors parted, and I stepped through, greeted by the heady rush of chlorine. I smiled despite puffy, reddened eyes hidden behind...
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Steven Thiele
- Jun 1, 2020
- 1 min
Letters from the Author: June 2020
Can't believe we're in June already! Honestly, starting this blog has been one of the most exciting things of the month. So today we get...
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Steven Thiele
- May 25, 2020
- 3 min
Writing Tip: Scene Structure
I’m not going to lie, I learned this way later than I should, but I’m glad I did. The standard story structures are common knowledge....
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