#424: Loyalty #423: Flawed Characters (Again) #422: Avoiding Villain Monologues #421: Character Clash Stories #420: Letting Protagonists Make Mistakes #419: Anti-Heroes #418: Heroines & Female Protagonists #417: Legal System, Punishments, Judgement & “Justice” #416: Winged Humanoids #415: Measurements & Units #414: Science Fiction & Fantasy Hybrids #413: Turning Idealistic Characters Gray #412: Culture Clashes #411: Possession, Mind-Control & Hypnosis #410: Non-Humans Living With Non-Human Attributes #409: Whores #408: Class/Caste Systems #407: Attitudes Towards Killing & Violence #406: Using Non-Western Influence in Fantasy #405: Characterizing Animals #404: Oppression Fantasy #403: Protagonists in Awe of Other Characters #402: Mentors #401: Non-Villains #400: Using the Insider #399: Casual Worldbuilding #398: Gender-Equal Societies #397: Domestic Fantasy #396: Managing Angst #395: Making All-Powerful Protagonists Tolerable #394: All the Small Things #393: Competency & Work #392: Avoiding Gimmick Worlds #391: Ways of Extending Sympathy #390: Ten Things To Do In The Middle Of Novels #389: Rules to Read By #388: Cohering a Hero #387: Group Dynamics #386: Body-Centered Writing, Part 2 #385: Ways To Make The Reader Hate Your Hero #384: Loose Ends #383: Ecological Fantasy #382: Non-Complex Fantasy #381: Alien Species & Worlds #380: Subplots #379: Varying the Emotional Tone #378: “Different” Sexual Practices #377: Non-Utopian Fantasy Worlds #376: Believable Romance, Part 2 #375: Believable Romance, Part 1 #374: Writing Sex Scenes #373: Complex, Real Royals #372: Writing Ordinary, Limited Heroes #371: Good Explication/Exposition #370: Creating High-Magic Worlds #369: Including Worldbuilding/Background #368: Raining Shit On The Story & Not Letting It Stink #367: Creating a History of Ideas for Your World, Part 2 #366: Creating a History of Ideas for Your World, Part 1 #365: Writing a Visionary, Part 2 #364: Writing a Visionary, Part 1 #363: Non-Evil Collective & Traditionalist Societies #362: Complicating a Plot #361: Why Complex Fantasy Is Great #360: Characters With Sympathy #359: Portraying Character Subjectivity #358: Convincing Religious Characters #357: Convincing Crises of Faith #356: Killing The Villain Without Deus Ex Machina #355: Psychotic Viewpoint Characters #354: Creating a Court #353: Ten Things To Do When You Have Only an Image #352: Subtle Foreshadowing #351: Love Triangles #350: Immigration/Emigration #349: Creating Subgenres #348: Fantasies About Recovery/Healing #347: Extroverted Protagonists #346: Involving Nature in Your Novel #345: Moments of Great Social Change #344: Exiles & Expatriates #343: Ten Great Things About Non-Tragic Fantasy #342: Espionage & Spies #341: Things Limyaael Thinks Would Be Cool, Part 4 #340: Twins #339: Pacifist/”Coward”/Non-Fighter Characters #338: Older (25 & Up) Protagonists) #337: Things That Really Irritate Limyaael #336: Reluctant Heroes #335: Likeable Bastard Characters #334: Keeping Static Worlds Plausible #333: Creating Languages, Part 4: Worldbuilding #332: Creating Languages, Part 3: Nouns, Pronouns #331: Creating Languages, Part 2: More Basics, Verbs #330: Creating Languages, Part 1: Basics, Phonology #329: Alternate/Other Worlds #328: Neutral Characters #327: Juxtaposed Worlds #326: Mute & Non-Speaking Characters #325: Non-Angsty Werewolves #324: Handling a Large Cast of Viewpoint Characters #323: Elemental Magic #322: Putting Bits of Yourself Into the Story (Subtly) #321: Magical Families #320: Making a Protagonist Into a Hero #319: International Relationships #318: Propaganda #317: Beings of Extreme Power #316: Showing Viewpoint Character as Incorrect #315: Idiot Plots & Avoiding Thereof #314: Serious Optimism #313: Arranged Marriages #312: Non-Human-Centric Worlds #311: Taking Inspiration from Literature #310: Silence & Its Uses #309: Creating a Sense of the Forbidden #308: Keeping Magic Mystical #307: Duty-Bound Protagonists #306: Nobility of Spirit #305: Gradual Character Change #304: Loner Characters #303: Sociopath Characters #302: Ten Ways to Alleviate Boredom #301: Creating a Sense of Inevitability #300: Revolutions & Civil Wars #299: Balancing Showing & Telling #298: Limitations of Magic #297: Political Fantasy #296: Deathbed Scenes & Last Moments #295: Things Limyaael Thinks Would Be Cool, Part 3 #294: Friendships #293: Genius Characters #292: Stubborn, But Not Annoying #291: Fantasy Without Villains #290: Ten Alternatives to Genetic Magic #289: Fantasy Without Magic #288: Adult Bildungsromans #287: Cities, Part 2 #286: Cities, Part 1 #285: Choosing Your Viewpoint Character #284: Worldbuilding Through Layering #283: Brutal Fantasy #282: Revelations & Surprise Endings #281: Fantasy Education, Part 2 #280: Training Magic #279: Training Fighters #278: Fantasy Education, Part 1 #277: Ten Alternatives to “Learning a Lesson” #276: Smooth Endings #275: Seasonal Variations #274: Empires, Part 2 #273: Empires, Part 1 #272: Things Limyaael Thinks Would Be Cool, Part 2 #271: Distinct Minor Characters #270: In-Character During Difficult Moments #269: Kickstarting the Plot #268: Interesting Heroines #267: Unequal Relationships #266: Designated Love Interests #265: Money & Currency #264: Navy Rant #263: Army Rant #262: Creating a Sense of Place #261: Likeable Characters #260: Single Combat Scenes #259: Fascinating Characters #258: Sensible Character Motivations #257: Authorial Nitpicking, Part 2 #256: Authorial Nitpicking, Part 1 #255: Interesting Villains #254: Fortune-Telling #253: Transformative Fantasy #252: Earning Hell #251: Balancing Cynicism #250: Interpersonal Speaking Styles #249: Handling Byzantine Plots #248: Psychic Powers #247: Non-Journey Stories #246: Making a True Stand-Alone Novel #245: Gaining Reader Empathy #244: Putting Characters Through Hell #243: Non-Linear Narrative #242: Adult Characters #241: Maintaining Very Long Novels #240: Beginnings #239: Fleshing Out Secondary & Tertiary Characters #238: Transitions #237: World-Building Through Writing #236: Drama vs. Melodrama #235: Greed & Money #234: Non-Protagonist Children #233: Borderlands #232: In Praise of Selfish Characters #231: Bookish Protagonists #230: Active vs. Reactive Protagonists #229: Less-Represented Relationships #228: Things Limyaael Thinks Would Be Cool, Part 1 #227: Fantasy Narrative Poetry #226: Music #225: Quiet Moments #224: Holidays & Festivals #223: Clothing #222: Gypsies & Nomads #221: Madness #220: Noble Sufferers #219: Self-Editing #218: Non-Standard Fantasy Societies #217: Inheritance #216: Explanation vs. Overexplanation #215: Creating Good Rulers #214: Marriage #213: Island Life #212: Fantasy Travel #211: Good Families #210: Antagonistic Families #209: Technology in Fantasy #208: Amnesia #207: Spunky Characters That Aren’t Annoying #206: Feral Children #205: Slippery-Slope Plotting #204: Peacetime Plotting #203: Balancing Dialogue, Description & Action #202: Non-Dark-Lord Villains #201: Magical Objects #200: Short Stories #199: Introductions #198: Comic Relief #197: Demons #196: Robert Jordan & Terry Goodkind #195: Slavery #194: Ghosts #193: Necromancy #192: Servants #191: Vampires in Fantasy #190: Good Descriptive Prose #189: Disabled Characters #188: Shapeshifter Societies #187: Shapeshifters #186: Plotting a Fantasy Novel, Part 2 #185: Plotting a Fantasy Novel, Part 1 #184: Council Scenes #183: Daily Life, Part 2 #182: Daily Life, Part 1 #181: Writing Different Characters, Part 2 #180: Writing Different Characters, Part 1 #179: Good Fantasy Romances #178: Avoiding Medieval Fantasy, Part 2 #177: Avoiding Medieval Fantasy, Part 1 #176: Peasants #175: Royalty #174: Invisible Barriers #173: Merchants #172: Frustrating Characters #171: Dungeons & Dragons Stereotypes #170: Assassins #169: Thief Heroes #168: Fighter Heroes #167: Mage Heroes #166: Flaw-Scrubbing #165: Special Abilities #164: Suspense #163: Religious Questions, Part 2 #162: Religious Questions, Part 1 #161: Writing Without an Outline #160: Healers & Cures #159: Diseases #158: Rebel Groups, Part 2 #157: Rebel Groups, Part 1 #156: Throwing Out Conventional Ideas #155: Backstory #154: Bildungsroman #153: Avoiding Deus Ex Machina #152: Beautiful Characters #151: Killing Protagonists #150: Redemption, Part 2 #149: Redemption, Part 1 #148: Bullies #147: Creating Dynamic Protagonists #146: Angst vs. Tragedy #145: My Ideal Fantasy Story #144: Storytelling, Continued #143: Putting Stories & Poems Into the Narrative #142: Culture Building & Stories #141: Non-Monarchial Societies, Part 3 #140: Non-Monarchial Societies, Part 2 #139: Non-Monarchial Societies, Part 1 #138: Personal Advice About Writing #137: Mystery & Fantasy, Part 2 #136: Mystery & Fantasy, Part 1 #135: Inconsistencies #134: Languages, Continued #133: Long High Fantasy #132: Gay & Lesbian Characters #131: Why Would Your Character… #130: Marion Zimmer Bradley #129: Stupid Plots #128: Viewpoint Errors #127: Perceptive Characters #126: Genealogy #125: Pacing & Action #124: Author’s Darlings #123: Language Used Well #122: Abused Characters #121: Characters & Worlds #120: Heroines Done Wrong #119: Spicing Up Conversation Scenes #118: Avoiding Archetypes #117: Limitations #116: Change in Societies #115: Emotional Scenery, Part 2 #114: Emotional Scenery, Part 1 #113: Avoiding Infodumps #112: Standing on Ceremony #111: Changing Characters & Themes #110: Body-Centered Writing, Part 1 #109: Dark Fantasy #108: Problems and Promises of First-Person Fantasy #107: Secret Groups #106: Tolkien Cliches #105: Ordinary Heroes #104: Empathic Bonds #103: Telepathic Companions #102: Death #101: Sex in Fantasy Novels #100: Feminist Fantasy #99: Urban Fantasy #98: Crossover Fantasy #97: More Misused Words #96: Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation, Part 3 #95: Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation, Part 2 #94: Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation, Part 1 #93: Dreams #92: Names #91: Equal Time for Other Species #90: Grasslands #89: High Seas #88: Jungles #87: Deserts #86: Life in a Northern Town #85: More Misused Words #84: On Animals & Hunting #83: Beginnings, Mid-Series #82: Endings, Mid-Series #81: Endings #80: Character Introduction & Interaction #79: Planning & World-Building #78: Politics & Diplomacy #77: Dialogue #76: Misused Words in Fantasy #75: Art in a Fantasy Culture #74: Runaway Teenagers #73: Castles #72: On History #71: On Consequences #70: Speaking Styles #69: Parody Fantasy #68: Gods of Fantasy #67: Literature & Culture #66: Non-Human Languages #65: The Hero’s Occupation #64: Characterization of Protagonists, Part 3 #63: Half-Breed Heroes #62: Non-Humans in Fantasy, Part 2 #61: Non-Humans in Fantasy, Part 1 #60: Clarity, Explanations & Metaphors #59: Ending a Fantasy Book Without a Battle #58: The Final Battle #57: Non-Final Warfare #56: Information In- & Out-of-Story #55: Viewpoint Structures #54: Pacing in Fantasy #53: Training the Heroes #52: Prologues #51: Beliefs & Prejudices #50: Titles #49: Descriptive Language #48: Modern Language in Fantasy #47: Quests & Quest Objects, Part 2 #46: Quests & Quest Objects, Part 1 #45: Characterization of Protagonists, Part 2 #44: Characterization of Protagonists, Part 1 #43: Intrigues #42: Authorial Distance From The Narrative #41: Romance in Fantasy #40: Villains #39: Dwarves #38: Elves #37: Medieval Societies #36: Geography #35: Weather #34: Astronomy #33: Dragons #32: Justice & Legal System #31: Animals #30: Magic, Part 2 #29: Magic, Part 1 #28: Death & Weapons #27: Most Hated Fantasy Ideas #26: Religions #25: Secondary Characters #24: Languages #23: Fantasy Teenagers #22: Hero’s Childhood #21: Beginnings #20: Character Flaws in Profiles #19: What Makes a Good Fantasy #18: Ten Unpopular Fandom Opinions #17: Ten Pieces of Writing Advice #16: Original Characters In Fan-Fiction #15: Unfinished Works In Progress #14: Rules On Fantasy In General #13: Handling Angst #12: Writing Flawed Characters #11: Shapeshifting #10: Character Gender #9: Oversensitivity to Bad Reviews #8: Message Fantasy #7: Writing Non-Humans #6: Fiction & Reality #5: Building Fantasy Worlds #4: Creating Breathing Characters #3: Female Protagonists Who Do Not Suck #2: Not Writing Crap #1: Cliched Fantasy