Category: Genres
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Post-Apocalyptic Sci-Fi: The Ultimate Wasteland Guide 🧟
Cli-Fi Dystopian Fallout Genre Guide Mad Max Pop Culture post-apocalyptic Post-Apocalyptic Fiction Sci-Fi Survival The Last of Us Wasteland World-Building ZombiesPart 1: 👋 Welcome to the After – What Is Post-Apocalyptic Fiction? Introduction: Why We Love the End of the World 💖 We begin with a simple premise. The world ended. 🌎💥 You survived. 🧍♀️ Now what? 🤔 This guide is your map 🗺️, your canteen 💧, and your Geiger counter ☢️ for navigating the […]
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Dystopian Fiction Explained: A Deep-Dive Guide 🤖💥
1984 Biopunk Black Mirror Brave New World Cyberpunk Dystopian Dystopian Fiction Dystopian Games Dystopian Genre Dystopian Movies Dystopian TV post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi Science Fiction Severance Silo The Hunger Games Why We Love Dystopian World-Building🌊 Part 1: The Appeal of the Abyss – Why We Love Dystopian Worlds 👋 Welcome to the “Bad Place” (A 1-2 Combo) Let’s be honest. You love it here. The world is ending 🌍💥, the government is watching 👀, and you can’t trust your own memories 🧠. And you’ve never been happier. There’s a […]
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Cyberpunk: High Tech, Low Life & the Rebel Soul 🤘
Blade Runner Cybernetics Cyberpunk Cyberpunk 2077 Cyberpunk Edgerunners Dystopian Ghost in the Shell Hacking High Tech Low Life Megacorporations Neuromancer Post-Cyberpunk Sci-Fi Tech-Noir What is Cyberpunk William Gibson🔌 Plug In, Choom: Your Journey Starts Here The rain is a chemical sizzle on the pavement. 🌧️ It never really washes the grime away; it just moves it around. Above you, a holographic geisha, fifty feet tall, glitches and smiles, promising a taste of a new synthetic soft drink. 💖 Her neon-pink light reflects […]
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Space Opera: A Deep Dive 🚀 Ultimate Journey Guide 🌌
Dune Genre Guide New Space Opera Sci-Fi Sci-Fi Books Sci-Fi Movies Sci-Fi Subgenres Sci-Fi TV Shows Science Fiction Space Opera Star Trek Star Wars The Expanse What is Space Opera WorldbuildingWelcome to the Galaxy: What Is Space Opera? 🌠 Welcome, traveler 👩🚀, to the grandest stage in the universe! 🌠 You’ve arrived at the home of space opera. This is a genre of VAST imagination 🤯, epic adventure 🧗♀️, and galaxy-spanning drama 🎭. It’s a place of soaring starships 🛸, ancient alien mysteries 👽, and […]
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Sci-Fi: Ultimate Guide to Sub-Genres, Movies, Books & More 🚀
Blade Runner Cyberpunk Dune Dystopian post-apocalyptic Sci-Fi Sci-Fi Books Sci-Fi Games Sci-Fi Guide Sci-Fi Movies Science Fiction Space Opera Star Trek What is Sci-Fi World-BuildingImagine, for a sec ⏳, you’re standing in a living room in 1950. You pull a flat, black mirror from your pocket. 📱 With a swipe, it lights up. ✨ You explain to the room’s astounded occupants that this device holds the entirety of human knowledge, can instantly translate any language 🗣️, provides a map […]
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Portal Fantasy: Ultimate Deep Dive Guide to Worlds Beyond 🚪
creative writing Fantasy Books Fantasy Tropes Fantasy Writing Isekai LitRPG Narnia Portal Fantasy World Building Writing PromptsYou’re staring at a spreadsheet. 📊 Or maybe you’re stuck in traffic. 🚗 Or perhaps you’re just scrubbing a particularly stubborn pot. 🍳 You look up, at a closet door, at a puddle in the street, at an old, dark patch of wall in your basement, and you wish. ✨ You wish, just for a […]
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Magical Realism: Ultimate Deep Dive Guide & Media List 🌌📚
creative writing fantasy vs magical realism Gabriel Garcia Marquez literary fiction literary genre Magical Realism magical realism books magical realism examples magical realism movies writing tipsPart 1: The Key to the Magical Realism Universe 🔑🌌 Welcome to the Real Magic: A Story 📖 Imagine you wake up one morning 😴, and your grief has taken a physical form. It’s not a metaphor. It’s a small, silent ghost 👻, sitting at your kitchen table, sipping imaginary tea ☕. You do not […]
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Urban Fantasy: Your Ultimate Journey into Modern Magic 🔮
How to Write Urban Fantasy Ilona Andrews Jim Butcher Magic Systems Mythic Fiction Occult Detective Paranormal Romance Patricia Briggs Urban Fantasy Urban Fantasy Books Urban Fantasy Games Urban Fantasy TV Shows What is Urban Fantasy World-Building🌆 Part 1: The Core – Understanding Urban Fantasy 💖 What is Urban Fantasy? The Magic in the Mundane ✨ You’re sitting in a traffic jam 🚗, late for work 😫. The guy in the next car over is idly tapping the steering wheel, but his fingernails are solid obsidian and just a little too […]
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Epic Fantasy: Your Ultimate Genre Journey Guide 🦉🗺️
Cozy Fantasy Elden Ring Epic Fantasy fantasy games Fantasy Genre Fantasy Movies Fantasy TV Shows Game of Thrones Genre Guide Grimdark Hero’s Journey High Fantasy Lord of the Rings Low Fantasy Magic Systems Romantasy The Witcher World-Building📣 Introduction: The Call to Adventure You’re here for a reason. 😉 You feel the pull of something more. You sense a world (or maybe worlds 🌌) just beyond the veil of our own. A place of soaring castles 🏰, ancient magic ✨, impossible creatures 🐉, and stakes so high they could shatter a continent. […]
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Sword & Sorcery Fantasy: The Ultimate Deep Dive Guide 🦉
Anti-Hero Conan the Barbarian Cosmic Horror Fantasy Worldbuilding Frazetta Fritz Leiber Grimdark Gritty Fantasy Heroic Fantasy High Fantasy vs Sword and Sorcery Low Magic Michael Moorcock Pulp Fantasy Robert E. Howard S&S Sword & Sorcery Fantasy The Witcher TTRPG🗺️ Part 1: The Call to Adventure – Your Journey into Sword & Sorcery Fantasy Begins Welcome to the Wild Frontier This journey doesn’t start with a definition, but with a feeling. 😌 It’s the smell of ancient dust in a forgotten tomb. 🏺 It’s the heavy weight of a coin purse, illicitly gained. 💰 […]
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