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  • Messing Around with Worldbuilding and a Few Worldbuilding Tools

    Messing Around with Worldbuilding and a Few Worldbuilding Tools

    April 25, 2020

    World building is endlessly fascinating. And, sadly, can become a big black hole that saps your energy and time, and as result, your story doesn’t ever seem to get out into the world. You know, just one more nuance to get right, a backstory detail to figure out. And...

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  • Course Correction: Changing Tone and Approach

    Course Correction: Changing Tone and Approach

    March 22, 2020

    Ever feel a need to do a course correction? Good. So do I. This website/blog is one of them. I love this website/blog. Visually, it’s very nice. I like what I learned about website building working on it. But the blog process I was following was taking up too...

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  • The purpose of story: Why do people love stories?

    The purpose of story: Why do people love stories?

    May 6, 2018

    What is the purpose of story? Why do you love the stories that you do? Stories help you escape, get a new perspective, discover that you’ve been hiding from a problem, and so much more.

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  • How much more story do you need to stick around?

    How much more story do you need to stick around?

    April 28, 2018

    How much more story do you nee to stick with a story? More story helps you get to know characters -- like moving from being acquaintances to becoming friends.

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  • Naming a story world: Examples to consider

    Naming a story world: Examples to consider

    April 21, 2018

    The stories we love include fabulous worlds. Naming a story world to capture its’ essence has its challenges and potential solutions.

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  • Using a real planet for a story: Criteria to consider

    Using a real planet for a story: Criteria to consider

    April 15, 2018

    Stories that use real world environments feel more real. Using a real planet can add to that sense of realness. Listed are criteria used to identify potential planets within a real star system.

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  • Super heroes, secret identities and the author’s pen name

    Super heroes, secret identities and the author’s pen name

    April 6, 2018

    How super heroes and their secret identities is similar to authors and their pen name are interesting. Exceptions: Jessica Jones, for example.

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