20 Fantasy Short Story Ideas

20 Fantasy Short Story Ideas

Fantasy as a genre includes a wide range of characters, quests, mythical creatures, and fantasy worlds. I love to escape everyday life in fantasy stories where there’s powerful magic coupled with compelling storytelling.
Here are twenty fantasy short story ideas to help you create your own!

Writing Prompt: Finding Independence

Writing Prompt: Finding Independence

We all long for independence. It’s hard-wired into the human spirit.

Perhaps this is because we all know what it feels like to be trapped. Have your circumstances ever penned you in? Have you ever been forced to look to something or someone else for sustenance, when you would rather be standing on your own feet?

That’s what today’s writing prompt is all about.

Best AudioBook Narrators: Our Favorite Audiobook Narrators for Authors

Best AudioBook Narrators: Our Favorite Audiobook Narrators for Authors

Getting an audiobook produced for your book opens up a whole new group of readers. In fact, about 26 percent of readers only listen to audiobooks, according a study done by the Library Journal. Which means, if you don’t have an audiobook, you’re losing readers. But how do you get an audiobook produced, and how do you choose the best audiobook narrator for your book?

Amy Tan MasterClass Review: Will This Class Help Bring Your Story to Life?

Amy Tan MasterClass Review: Will This Class Help Bring Your Story to Life?

“Fiction is actually one of the best ways for finding truth,” Amy Tan says. If you’re looking to uncover the truth in your own writing—and make it even more authentic and emotionally impactful—her MasterClass might be exactly what you need. In this Amy Tan MasterClass Review, I’m sharing my honest thoughts about the course and whether I think it will help you bring your characters and stories to life.

The Only 10 Creative Writing Prompts You Need

The Only 10 Creative Writing Prompts You Need

You get better at any skill through practice, and creative writing prompts are a great way to practice writing.

At the end of every article on The Write Practice, we include a writing prompt so you can put what you just learned to use immediately. And we invite you to share your writing with our community so you can get feedback on your work.

The Write Practice is more than just a writing blog. It’s a writing workbook, and we think it’s the best one on the Internet (of course, we’re a bit biased).