On the Writing of Epic Fantasy – BrianStaveley.com

New Skullsworn Excerpt + Site Updates

Gearing up for the April release of Skullsworn, we wanted to let you know about some site updates: Check out this Chapter…

Featuring: Brian Staveley stuff, Fantasy, Adventure Driving, and more! Click here to listen at the Literary Outlaws website, or below…

For all you epic fantasy topographers, here’s an interesting write-up and map reveal from Brian at Tor.com: You Have to…

We’re talking Skullsworn – the new 2017 Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne prequel/stand-alone novel in this podcast. You also won’t…

Characters are the building blocks of any good book. The events of a story, no matter how dramatic, won’t touch…

The debate chirps on between the print-mongers and the hip cats with their Kooks and Nindles. I’ve always been a…

I dimly remember an exercise from middle school in which we spent the better part of an hour coming up…

When it comes out writing, one of the most common questions I’m asked about process is whether I’m a “plotter”…

Just in case the last volley didn’t fully satisfy, here’s another round-up of recent posts and articles I’ve done, most…

Brian and Stubby the Rocket (aka Justin) talk writing techniques, the first two books in Chronicle of the Unhewn Throne,…