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# Bryan E Rye

Author

## Sitemaps

- [XML Sitemap](https://bryanerye.com/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website.

## Posts

- [Blog](https://bryanerye.com/blog/) - The blog of Bryan E Rye, covering topics including the writer's craft, worldbuilding, epic fantasy, story analysis, and his influences and inspirations.
- [How to Create Characters That Are More Than Puppets](https://bryanerye.com/how-to-create-characters-that-are-more-than-puppets/) - We love characters. But are they merely puppets? There are authors who talk of getting to know their characters. Is this more than idealistic fantasy?
- [The First Novel I Wrote Will Never See Daylight](https://bryanerye.com/my-first-novel/) - My first novel failed. But it taught me the importance of life experience, better reading, loving words, consistent writing, and patient observation.
- [How to Become The Author as Omnivore](https://bryanerye.com/how-to-become-the-author-as-omnivore/) - Writers are often encouraged to read voraciously, but it isn't just zeal that we are told to adopt: We are called to be omnivores. Here's how to Read to Write
- [Why I Love and Write Epic Fantasy](https://bryanerye.com/why-i-love-and-write-epic-fantasy/) - What is it about fantasy epics that fires the imagination and the desire to create? It is a matter of both substance and form.
- [How to Make a Storyteller with Dungeons and Dragons](https://bryanerye.com/how-to-make-a-storyteller-with-dungeons-and-dragons/) - Dungeons and Dragons shaped me as a storyteller from an early age and has continued to do so to this present day: From combat heavy to story-centric.
- [How to Make a Magical Story Not A Materialist One](https://bryanerye.com/how-to-make-a-magical-story-not-a-materialist-one/) - Magic and Materialism, two words one would expect never to meet in fantasy literature. Yet they do. So how might one go about writing a magical story?
- [How To Grow an Unexpected Story From One Idea](https://bryanerye.com/how-to-grow-a-story-from-one-idea/) - Ideas are the fundamental elements of stories, they are the kernels of worldbuilding. Herein we delve into how ideas become stories, through creative dialogue.
- [How To Use More Storytelling For Richer Fantasy Worldbuilding](https://bryanerye.com/how-to-use-more-storytelling-for-richer-fantasy-worldbuilding/) - Worldbuilding in fantasy is often done through the creation of an apparatus of notes and documents. But what if more of it could be done with storytelling?
- [A Journey Down the Dark Well of Heroic Memory](https://bryanerye.com/a-journey-down-the-dark-well-of-heroic-memory/) - There are many burdens that may be set upon memory in heroic stories: Amnesia, rebirth, suppression, enchantment/curse – even perfect memory.

## Pages

- [Home](https://bryanerye.com/) - Author of epic fantasy and speculative fiction. Visit for sample writings and discussions on the writer's craft, worldbuilding, and story analysis.
- [An Author](https://bryanerye.com/about-an-author/) - The about page for Bryan E Rye – author of epic fantasy and speculative fiction. Includes a biographical sketch of his development as a writer.
- [Newsletter](https://bryanerye.com/the-newsletter-archive/) - The Newsletter Archive: Writer’s craft, story analysis, sample chapters and stories from an author of epic fantasy and speculative fiction.
- [Contact](https://bryanerye.com/contact/) - For those looking to contact the author Bryan E Rye, this page contains the means already forged. Fill out the form, type in your message, and send.

## Categories

- [Craft](https://bryanerye.com/category/craft/) - Concerning the craft of writing.
- [Worldbuilding](https://bryanerye.com/category/worldbuilding/) - Concerning developing and sustaining secondary worlds.
- [Readings](https://bryanerye.com/category/readings/) - Concerning what I’m reading.
- [Influences](https://bryanerye.com/category/influences/) - Concerning inspirations and influences that shape my work.
- [Fantasy](https://bryanerye.com/category/fantasy/) - Concerning the genre of story referred to as fantasy.
- [Speculative Fiction](https://bryanerye.com/category/speculative/) - Concerning the umbrella category of speculative fiction.

## Tags

- [Stories](https://bryanerye.com/tag/stories/)
- [Biographical](https://bryanerye.com/tag/biographical/)
- [D&D](https://bryanerye.com/tag/dd/)
- [Tolkien](https://bryanerye.com/tag/tolkien/)
- [Characters](https://bryanerye.com/tag/characters/)
- [Ideas](https://bryanerye.com/tag/ideas/)
- [Star Wars](https://bryanerye.com/tag/star-wars/)
- [Lovecraft](https://bryanerye.com/tag/lovecraft/)
- [Dune](https://bryanerye.com/tag/dune/)
- [Gene Wolfe](https://bryanerye.com/tag/gene-wolfe/)
- [Reading](https://bryanerye.com/tag/reading/)