What’s In a Name
Learn to create amazing fantasy names tailored to the world of your novel
Last Updated
Jun 2021
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Who is this course for?
Fantasy authors struggling with creating names
Authors who want to create a unique language
Overview
Mordor. Erebor. Aragon. Shannara. Alanon. Rand al’Thor. Raistlin Majere. Daenerys Targaryen…
There is something about the words of fantasy that bring the adventure and magic to life. The names exemplify the genre. They are fantasy.
Don’t you want that for your story too?
Join me in this seven lesson course hosted on my training site Ultimate Fantasy Writer’s Guide to learn to create amazing fantasy names tailored to the world of your novel. And then push even further to build a fantasy language as epic as the people speaking it. This self-paced video course allows you to navigate through the modules when you have the time and, with lifetime access, you can come back again and again!
Take your story, and your worldbuilding, to a new level by crafting names specific to your fantasy races and then go further to create a fantasy language, or two, to further deepen your world, characters, and novel!
What You'll Learn
A look at fantasy naming trends along with pros and cons
How to create great names fast or to fit your fantasy cultures
What are the key components of a language
How to create a quick fantasy language
The steps to build a complete fantasy language from scratch
When you should, and shouldn’t, use a unique language in your novel
Course Content
In this initial lesson, we’ll cover some of the naming trends in fantasy along with the pros and cons.
Learn a multitude of fast name creation techniques for your world and characters.
Create names tailored to your fantasy world and races!
Learn what aspects make a language to create a road map for building your own.
Learn to build your first fantasy language and how to do it in days rather than months.
Create a fantasy language entirely from your own ideas in this advanced lesson.
We wrap up with some final advice like why you should, or maybe you shouldn’t, create a fantasy language and how to use it in your story.
About the instructor
Autumn Birt
Autumn is an award winning and bestselling fantasy author with more than 20 books currently released. She is passionate about writing great books as well as giving back to the author community. She started helping fellow authors with blog posts in 2012, before founding the Am Writing Fantasy website where Jesper Schmidt joined her and helped launch the YouTube Channel and Podcast. Her first writing course was released in 2015, beginning a new career in helping authors. Her previous career as a Soil Conservationist with the NRCS not only helped prepare her to create amazing fantasy worlds, helping her to win Best Worldbuiding in 2017 from Fantasia Reviews, but also provided the tools, and love, to teach. She loves helping writers achieve their dream of writing the book in their head and heart.
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About the instructor
Autumn Birt
Autumn is an award winning and bestselling fantasy author with more than 20 books currently released. She is passionate about writing great books as well as giving back to the author community. She started helping fellow authors with blog posts in 2012, before founding the Am Writing Fantasy website where Jesper Schmidt joined her and helped launch the YouTube Channel and Podcast. Her first writing course was released in 2015, beginning a new career in helping authors. Her previous career as a Soil Conservationist with the NRCS not only helped prepare her to create amazing fantasy worlds, helping her to win Best Worldbuiding in 2017 from Fantasia Reviews, but also provided the tools, and love, to teach. She loves helping writers achieve their dream of writing the book in their head and heart.
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