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Fantasy Language Generator: Create a Language in Seconds

October 10, 2022

creativity, fantasy, fiction, javascript, language, programming, writing

Yboa Haeinaeiki Igiovalu. This means Fantasy Language Generator in… Sicrespind – a fantasy language I created with the help of my academic background, my creativity, and some JavaScript. If you’re a fantasy fiction author – or simply someone interested in a program that creates an entire language in a matter of seconds – this post is for you!

Fantasy Language Generator generates made-up words corresponding to the 30,000 most common English words, at the same time creating its own linguistic patterns – for instance, its own set of suffixes, prefixes, tense and noun markers, among others. I’ll show you more examples in this post.

All this can be extremely useful to fantasy fiction authors interested in creating a coherent, consistent fantasy language.

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How to Write Sex Scenes: Why It’s Hard and How to Do It

September 26, 2022

Fiction Writing Tips, Writing

creativity, descriptions, fiction, literature, sexuality, writing

Yes, there are many puns to be made about sex, so I couldn’t resist one with the title – a low-hanging fruit, really. However, the truth is that sex scenes in fiction are a very serious thing. For reasons we’ll speculate about in this post, even experienced writers can make a total cock-up of sex scenes (uh-oh, another pun). More importantly, I’ll offer you some ideas on how to write sex scenes for your novel in a way that does justice to the narrative.

Here’s an early disclaimer: Sex in fiction is as diverse as sex in real life, with the added complexity genre brings into the picture. In other words, you would write sex scenes in romance fiction in an entirely different way compared to literary fiction. I’m certainly not an authority in the former; I can’t stand it.

Ultimately, as with every other writing-tips post I’ve written, this is a set of ideas. Some of them might be something you find useful, others less so. You are the authority on your work, so approach what you find here with the proper skepticism and use it to your benefit.

How to Write Sex Scenes — Sometimes, less is more. Just as this stock photo exemplifies, to write a sex scene that serves your narrative, you don’t have to always be explicit

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Fiction Sentiment Analysis: Examples and Methods

September 19, 2022

Literature, Programming

affect, creativity, fiction, javascript, programming

The term “sentiment analysis” in the contexts of texts refers to a program (to put it simply) that detects emotions in a text. A typical application is for detecting whether clients are happy or angry, but large-scale analysis – for instance, analyzing tweets – can also give a sense of public opinion on a matter. I’m not interested in any of that. Instead, I wanted to experiment with fiction sentiment analysis.

What kind of applications could it have? How difficult is it to implement?

That’s what we’ll be looking at in this post. Though I’ll offer you details and links along the way, I’ll also keep it accessible to a lay audience. Whether you’re a beginner/intermediate programmer looking for ideas, or simply someone interested in seeing the possibilities, there’s something here that will interest you.

Sneak preview: I’ll also share with you a link to my program, so that you can perform a fiction sentiment analysis on your novel or short story!

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