David Farland creëert epische verhalen die lezers onderdompelen in werelden van ingewikkelde magie en weidse conflicten, waarmee hij zich vestigt als een meesterverteller. Zijn schrijven verkent vaak thema's als macht, lot en de gevolgen van keuzes, gepresenteerd door middel van meeslepende personages en rijkelijk voorgestelde settings. Farlands verhalende vaardigheid strekt zich uit tot sciencefiction, waar hij speculatieve toekomsten onderzoekt met een vergelijkbare focus op menselijke strijd en veerkracht. Zijn werken worden geprezen om hun ingewikkelde plots en hun vermogen om lezers te betrekken met diepgaande vragen over de aard van heldendom en lot.
All successful writers use resonance to enhance their stories by drawing power from stories that came before, by resonating with their readers' experiences, and by resonating within their own works. In this book, you'll learn exactly what resonance is and how to use it to make your stories more powerful. You'll see how it is used in literature and other art forms, and how one writer, J. R. R. Tolkien, mastered it in his work.
Bestselling author David Farland has taught dozens of writers who have gone on to staggering literary success, including such #1 New York Times Bestsellers as Brandon Mull (Fablehaven), Brandon Sanderson (Wheel of Time), James Dashner (The Maze Runner) and Stephenie Meyer (Twilight). In this book, Dave teaches how to analyze an audience and outline a novel so that it can appeal to a wide readership, giving it the potential to become a bestseller. The secrets found in his unconventional approach will help you understand why so many of his authors go on to prominence.
Twelve-year-old Obi-Wan Kenobi, unable to be taken on as a Padawan apprentice because of his uncontrolled anger, is about to have his first encounter with true evil and must face off against unexpected enemies
How to grow and nurture 50 houseplants to ensure you have clean, unpolluted air in your home and office.
Volume Two of The Runelords Raj Ahtan, ruler of Indhopal, has used enough forcibles to transform himself into the ultimate warrior: The Sum of All Men. Ahtan seeks to bring all of humanity under his rule-destroying anything and anyone that stood in his path, including many friends and allies of young Prince Gaborn Val Orden. But Gaborn has fulfilled a two-thousand-year-old prophecy, becoming the Earth King-a mythic figure who can unleash the forces of the Earth itself. And now the struggle continues. Gaborn has managed to drive off Raj Ahtan, but Ahtan is far from defeated. Striking at far-flung cities and fortresses and killing dedicates, Ahtan seeks to draw out the Earth King from his seat of power, to crush him. But as they weaken each other's forces in battle, the armies of an ancient and implacable inhuman enemy issue forth from the very bowels of the Earth.
Here is a unique anthology of stories by 17 of the best new science fiction and fantasy writers. Exploring new worlds and alternate futures, delving into the minds of humans and non-humans alike. L. Ron Hubbard established the Writers of the Future Contest in 1983 as a means to give new and budding writers a chance for their creative efforts to be seen and acknowledged.
Presents short stories of fantasy and horror which are set either in the future or in unknown worlds.
The most exciting epic fantasy adventure since The Wheel of Time continues . . .
The epic struggle begun in THE SUM OF ALL MEN continues in BROTHERHOOD OF THE WOLF. Gaborn has managed to drive off Raj Ahten, but Ahten is far from defeated. Striking at far-flung cities and fortresses and killing dedicates, Ahten seeks to draw out the Earth King from his seat of power, in order to crush him. But as they weaken each other's forces in battle, the armies of an ancient and implacable enemy issue forth from the very bowels of the Earth. . .
