Tag: storytelling
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Create Writing Prompts and Plot Hooks with Dice & Keyword Tables
I admit I might be out of control with the dice at this point, but you can’t deny that rolling a few dice to create some writing prompts just sounds like a lot of fun!
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First Impressions: A Look at the Opening Lines of Popular Fantasy Novels
The first line is important, so I’m taking a look at the opening lines for twenty-five of the most popular fantasy novels.
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The Fantasy Plot Generator: 15 Places to Randomly Create Plots and Prompts for Writers, Dungeon Masters and Solo RPG Players.
Are you itching to sit down to write but have no idea what to write about? Are you new to tabletop rpgs and you’re running your first campaign and need a little help prepping that adventure? Check out some of these randomizers to get you started.
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Satisfying Conclusions & the Problem of Endings
We love a good story, but nothing is more important than how it ends, and how good (or bad) that ending turns out to be can really change how you feel about it.
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Five of My Least Favourite Tropes in Fiction
There are some things I really don’t like in a story. And here are five of them.
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Do Tropes Make for Bad Storytelling?
What is the purpose of a trope? How are they different from cliches? How bad are they really and can I use them in my story? Well, I’ve got some As to these Qs.
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Five of My Favourite Tropes of All Time
As a massive fan of science fiction and fantasy and writer of many of my own sff stories, I have a few tropes that I will adore until my dying breath.
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