Write a Litrpg: A Player-Friendly Guide to Creating Narrative Dungeon Crawls, Discovery Quests, Rescue Missions, and More!

Level up your LitRPG writing skills! LitRPGs have skyrocketed in popularity, and this comprehensive guide helps you achieve the objective of developing, writing, and publishing your very own adventure. Learn how to build your fantasy world and thrill your readers with Write a LitRPG!

From navigating a dungeon crawl to multiclassing a hero, writing a LitRPG is no easy feat! Write a LitRPG is your gamified tool for spawning your own LitRPG adventure.

Inside, you’ll unlock the history of the genre and gather tips on how to create good writing habits. Then, you’ll master how to use numbers to add tension, make progression feel earned, align game mechanics with character arcs, and more. Your quest will finish with an arsenal of useful strategies for publishing your manuscript. Along the way, you’ll encounter:

-Buffs: Actionable hacks that improve writing speed and quality
-Grinds: Fun creative writing exercises to help gain XP
-Loot drops: Helpful planning sheets, checklists, and more rewarding templates
-Lore: Wisdom from the authors and series that came before
-And more!

Whether you are drafting your first portal fantasy or refining a thousand-chapter epic, this book gives you the tools to hook your readers and keep them leveling alongside your protagonist. Commit to your storytelling quest by equipping yourself with Write a LitRPG!

Paul Bellow is a LitRPG and progression fantasy author, entrepreneur, and community builder based in the American Midwest. He is the creator of LitRPG Forum and LitRPG Reads, which are long-running hubs that connect authors and readers through genre discussion, resources, and discovery. Paul wrote his first stories in the early 1980s and began playing Dungeons and Dragons around the same time. Within a few years, he was running his own campaigns, an early foundation for the system-first storytelling that defines his work today. As a novelist, Paul’s work is rooted in tabletop and digital RPG logic with a focus on clear progression, meaningful stakes, and systems that stay readable across long arcs. His best-known fiction includes the Tower of Gates series and related projects.