Fiction Writing 101

Fiction Writing 101: The Guide Version

Fiction Writing 101

By: Swiftdrawer/BlazeWarriorWolf

Date: November 18th, 2024

Fiction writing: a skill that is undervalued in society for a vast number of reasons. Lets try to do that something, shall we? By learning about fiction writing through this writing, you should come out with a lot more ideas and info on how to approach fiction writing. This is the written version of the panel I have hosted online called Fiction Writing 101. My name is Swiftdrawer aka BlazeWarriorWolf. You can choose to call me one of those two(or even shorten Swiftdrawer to Swift because thats adorable). Let us embark on a journey through the limitless universe of the imagination together. So where do we start? Oh, I know. The audience for this writing is as broad as anyone who just wants to learn a bit about the process of fiction writing to anyone looking for some inspiration for their next story. Or even someone just starting out. Someone who is taking English class in high school or even sooner than that for example. What makes me "worthy" of writing this? I have written over 2.6 million words of fictional stories since roughly 8 PM on April 18th, 2018. I also have 3 years of advanced English classes under my belt and have continuously improved on my skills by taking in many influences and staying with writing as a hobby. This writing should prove to be a very valuable guide to just about anyone, even someone who is more so creating visual arts than writings. After all, storytelling takes countless forms, not just writing. Take Space Mountain at 5 of the 6 main Disney resort parks for example.

There is a deep lore and story for each Space Mountain which will get more interesting if France's Space Mountain is returned to its original theme. As well as when Tokyo Disneyland's new Space Mountain is complete, replacing the old version completely in the process. It is going to be a massive roller coaster. From construction pictures, you can see the beginnings of an enclosed tunnel layout among other things. Enclosed tunnel layouts are nothing new for Space Mountain but this one is going to be so amazing that it will become a world class roller coaster and icon very quickly. With that being said, I hope you choose to read through this entire writing and enjoy it. If you write more so things such as commentary on world events, you may also benefit from reading this too. Stories have been told since before history was first ever written in ancient times. We are a species of storytellers despite society's numerous attempts to take that away from the entire general population throughout the past few decades alone. As technology advanced, so did storytelling. Soon, we were able to begin telling stories not just of past hunts or our ancestors but of worlds that as far as we know, only exist in fiction.

Stories written by the likes of ancient civilizations in Greece, Rome, China, Japan, and more helped form the massive pool of imagination, inspiration, and so on we have access to today. The likes of the Greek Pantheon of Gods were created to help explain the likes of why lightning struck the ground before science discovered the actual reason. But even so, Ancient Greece has inspired so many media franchises like Yugioh and Saint Seiya.

It cannot be stated enough just how important fictional stories are in this day and age that is rapidly descending into a nightmare that may very well eclipse the Great Depression, World War 2, and the Cold War put together. But the future isnt dead yet, the fictional stories people tell are living proof of that. Horizons, Spaceship Earth, Space Mountain, the PeopleMover, and more from Disney parks as well as countless other sci fi storytelling experiences such as Star Trek, various Planet Coaster creations by members of the game's community, and my very own Minecraft theme park's Sector Infinity area are some of the examples of this fact. To weather the near future and try to survive long enough to rebuild in the ruins of what's still left, fictional stories are going to be oddly important. People underestimate the power of fictional stories so lets combat that together. Maybe there isn't a truly great big beautiful tomorrow shining at the end of the day yet but we havent reached the point that humans have to settle another planet yet either as seen in the storyline for Kings Island's Orion roller coaster. The 30 million dollar giga roller coaster is themed to a project known as the Orion Sequence that seeks to bring people to a whole other world entirely while the Earth itself faces destruction by meteors.