by kingdompen | Sep 4, 2015 | Articles, Plot, Style
By Mark Kamibaya You’ve got your fight scene all figured out. You’ve followed the five basic scene planning principles and have made sure to keep character at the forefront. Now for the hardest part: writing the fight scene. A picture is worth a thousand words (or so...
by kingdompen | Sep 3, 2015 | Articles, Plot, Style
By Mark Kamibaya More often than we would like, we read fight scenes. And more often than we would like, we read boring fight scenes. Fight scenes that don’t keep us on the edge of our seat, but make us flip pages to see when it ends. So how can we make gripping...
by Hope Ann | Jul 29, 2015 | Articles, Plot, World Building
Swords flash. Shields clash. Spears glint. Horses thunder across the plains. Grim lines of soldiers advance and retreat. Flags flutter and trumpets blast amid the glittering glory of battle.This is what may come to mind when the word ‘war’ appears in a...
by kingdompen | Jul 23, 2015 | Articles, Encouragement
By Amy Bohannan We all know the old adage, “The pen is mightier than the sword.” As we ponder the events of history, literary works versus wars fought, which has the greater, lasting impact? While the sword or bullet cuts deep into the flesh, the...
by kingdompen | Jul 7, 2015 | News
Hello Kingdom Pen! It is a new month and that means a new writing theme! This month is warfare in writing. If you write adventure novels, odds are, there is going to be some combat. This month is dedicated to articles focusing on this subject matter....
