Wednesday, July 17, 2019

The Literary Architect — How to Make Your Descriptions Less Boring

The Literary Architect — How to Make Your Descriptions Less Boring:
So how do you make your description more dynamic so that it engages your readers and adds color and excitement to your story? Here are a few tips.

(I have a TON more tips about setting and description. These are just a few. But I’m trying to keep this short, so if you have any questions or want more advice about this, please feel free to ask me.)
#1 Make sure your characters are actually engaging with the descriptive elements of your story.

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Top 100 Best Fantasy books

Top 100 Best Fantasy books:
This is a list of the best fantasy books. If you want to find good fantasy books to read, this list is a safe bet.

The list was created by parsing comments on the r/books subreddit, and takes into account both number of mentions and the comment scores.

The fantasy genre is the most popular genre in the data we have.

Since the list is created by parsing user comments, it represents the most popular fantasy books, or at least which fantasy books most reddit users have been reading.

The data used in this list is from 2018 and 2019. As we get more data the list may change and will hopefully become a list of the best fantasy books of all time.

Friday, July 12, 2019

Study suggests standard personality tests may not work well outside of WEIRD cultures

Study suggests standard personality tests may not work well outside of WEIRD cultures:
An international team of researchers has found evidence that suggests standard personality tests may not work as intended outside of mostly white, educated, industrialized, rich and democratic (WEIRD) societies. In their paper, published in the journal Science Advances, the group describes their analyses of thousands of personality survey responses from people all over the world, and what they found.

Saturday, July 06, 2019

How to Write a Killer Book Review in 5 Easy Steps | Book Reviews

How to Write a Killer Book Review in 5 Easy Steps | Book Reviews:
For most children who have never written a book review, they find it challenging at first because they do not know where to start or what is expected of them. Book reviews are very important because they help other children wanting to read it get an overview of what the story talks about and if they would consider reading it. Here are my 5 easy steps on how to write a book review for kids.