49 lessons
The WorldBuilder's Grimoire
The full system for building a world you and your readers never want to leave.
A tavern for worldbuilders and storytellers
Walk in with an idea.Walk out with a world.
The Obsidian Tavern is where fiction gets built. Courses that walk you from a blank page to finished stories, and a library of craft articles on worldbuilding, magic systems, and everything between.
27 worlds built60+ stories written165 craft articles
No. 01 · the flagship
The Working Writer Bundle
Seven courses on one shelf. World, story, book, magic, polish, plus the reference course that keeps it all organized. One straight line from your first strange sentence to fiction people pay for.
- Five frameworks covering world, story, book, magic, and polish
- Over 80 lessons with every worksheet and template
- Two complete worked stories built in front of you
- Lifetime access for $99
No. 02 · the course shelf
Courses
Guided, in-depth journeys into the craft. Each one is a full framework, not a pile of tips.
19 lessons
The Cast
Turn a solo protagonist into a cast that makes the story move. Wounds, wants, contradictions, and the people w...
28 lessons
The One-Off
Take a world and turn it into a finished short story — then a linked series that pulls readers deeper. No AI....
No. 03 · the archives
Articles by topic
Hundreds of free craft articles, shelved by subject. Wander as long as you like.
No. 04 · fresh ink
Latest articles
Storytelling
Book Writing Courses: What They Teach and What They Miss
Most course comparisons rank by price. The more useful question is what each format actually delivers, because workshops...
Storytelling
How to Outline a Book: 5 Methods and a Template You Can Copy
Most outlining advice is really one method dressed as universal law. This walks through five real methods, from a one-pa...
Storytelling
How to Write a Book About Your Life: Memoir, Not Autobiography
The reason life stories stall is that a life has no plot, just chronology, and chronology bores readers. This covers the...
Storytelling
How to Write a Book: The Complete Process, Start to Finish
Writing a book is four stages, and only one of them is writing. This is the whole process end to end, what each stage is...
Storytelling
How Many Words Is a Novel? Word Counts by Genre
A novel is 70,000 to 90,000 words in most genres, but the number that matters depends on what you are writing and who yo...
Storytelling
I Want to Write a Book. Where Do I Start?
Starting is not a motivation problem, it is an unmade-decisions problem. Five things to settle before you draft, what yo...
last call
The fire is lit. Your world is waiting.
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