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Tag: GRRM

Borrowing from History

April 11, 2016 zacharybarnes

Research is, in the end, borrowing or reusing ideas for a different end goal. So, when perusing the dusty halls of human experience, remember to bring your notebook.

Advice, Character Development, Fantasy, Genre, Inspiration, Research, UncategorizedFantasy, GRRM, History, Norse Mythology, Philip IV, Runciman, Steven Erikson, The CrusadesLeave a comment

Character Pain

August 19, 2015 zacharybarnes

Character pain sounds like a bad thing, and it is. Audiences don’t like it, writers don’t like writing it (the empathetic human beings among us, that is), but nothing could be more quintessential to high quality entertainment.

Bones, Character Development, Tension, WritingAdversity, amwriting, Bones, character development, GRRM, pain, TV and what it teaches usLeave a comment

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Zachary Barnes

Zachary Barnes is an American fantasy author who has been writing fiction since 2007. After attending James Madison University for Music Education, Zachary moved to Northern Virginia where he began his career in education. Currently, Zachary is the assistant manager and lead tutor at the Reading and Writing Center at Northern Virginia Community College.

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