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While you may be an expert at creating characters, crafting plots, and filling in the details of your world, it’s likely that the details and workings of the fantasy world itself have left you confused. How do you get started? Where do you even begin? How do you make a world that’s both realistic and …
Whether it’s a movie, TV series, or video game, a screenplay is the blueprint for any kind of visual media. A good screenplay is readable, good enough to get producers and directors involved, but also flexible enough to make changes and work for multiple media. How to write a screenplay and film script is a …
Poetry is a form that has been around for thousands of years. It’s a little difficult to define what exactly it is, but if you’re new to the genre, you can think of poetry as a way to express your thoughts and feelings in an artistic way. It’s a good idea to start with the …
Have you ever wondered what is a poem, and where do they come from? In some ways, poems sum up the human experience. They can be short, like haiku, or long and epic, like Beowulf. They can deal with the simple, everyday life, or they can deal with the most complex ideas. There’s something so …
Microfiction is a literary genre that’s become increasingly popular in recent years and Commaful is one of the largest homes for microfiction. The term refers to works that are shorter in length than short stories or flash fiction, but usually longer than tweets. Like most pieces of art, microfiction is open to interpretation, with no …
Fanfiction is a huge and thriving subculture. There are entire websites devoted to it, and millions of people participate in it every day (including Commaful, which has our own fanfiction section. But what is fanfiction? In the past, fanfiction was something of a dirty word, and it tended to be relegated to the fringes of …