Fantasy notes

You've built your fantasy world. How do you immerse readers in it? The key is in how you write the lore to entertain and ground the audience.

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When you work on building a fantasy world, one of the most important aspects is culture. Here's how you can develop great fantasy cultures!

Description This is a rather old script of mine. I wanted to create an elegant, cursive handwriting. The lower case letters have too many long vertical lines, but it was an early attempt. This was the "new" Elven script, used until their extinction on Antaros.

Just about every aspiring artist and cartographer I know wants to learn how to shade, but it feels like one of the most intimidating things to learn. While there is certainly room for complexity, I think you can easily achieve great results with just some basic principles. That is what I hope to equip you with today; so you can master value and will be able to add shading to your fantasy maps with ease.

M. D. Presley teaches us all about the Four Cs of Worldbuilding this month in his feature WORLDBUILDING BY THE NUMBERS

Do you want a formidable beast for your fantasy character to battle? Do you want a legendary monster that strikes fear into the hearts of mortal men? Do you know how to get started? Well, you do now.

100 simple magical items, ranging from common to uncommon. In general, their cost can be higher than what it says on the sheet (about as much as 500 gp, for more powerful objects). They are...

Are you about to embark on the writing of an urban fantasy book? Be sure to check out our beginner’s guide to writing urban fantasy!