Anatomy of a Fable The building blocks of these lessons-driven stories. March 7, 2014August 8, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Four Problems With Multimedia Continuity How jumping platforms can cause creative stumbles for larger canons. February 23, 2014August 8, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Commentary, Storytelling
Avoiding the Planet of Hats How to spice up and flesh out your worldbuilding without letting the details bog you down. February 22, 2014August 8, 2021 by Dash Buck in Storytelling, Worldbuilding
Episode 15: The Hero’s Journey Chris, Oren and Mike discuss mythic structure and the wide variety of works that use it. February 16, 2014August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Oren Ashkenazi, and Mike Hernandez
How to Create Powerful Character Combos How to get the chemistry crackling between your story's stars. February 14, 2014August 8, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
The Eight Character Archetypes of the Hero’s Journey The occupants of this mythic structure often fit one or more of these molds. February 7, 2014August 8, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Should You Use a Monster or a Villain in Your Story? How to choose between a big bad and a creepy-crawly horror for your story. February 1, 2014August 8, 2021 by David Mesick in Storytelling
Three Experiments You Shouldn’t Try Very few have done them before—but that's because they won't work. January 31, 2014August 8, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
Balancing Character Agency How your characters can drive the story even with their backs to the wall. January 24, 2014September 15, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Roleplaying, Storytelling
Tying Your Plot Together How to weave your story's strands together into a cohesive whole. January 10, 2014December 21, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Writing
Repairing Unbelievable Story Elements How to prevent head-scratching events from tearing readers out of the story. December 27, 2013February 13, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Episode 11: Episodic, Overarching, and Anthology Stories Mike, Oren and Chris discuss the weaknesses and strengths that come with episodic, overarching, and anthology stories. December 22, 2013June 20, 2022 by Chris Winkle, Oren Ashkenazi, and Mike Hernandez
Maintaining Belief During Fantastical Stories How to manage your audience's expectations to keep your story immersive. December 20, 2013August 9, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Three GM-less Games for Your Roleplaying Group When you've no leader to follow, check out these systems. December 14, 2013August 9, 2021 by Mike Hernandez in Roleplaying, Storytelling
Why Should Fiction Be Believable? Why your story needs consistent rules, even if they're different from reality's. December 13, 2013August 9, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Episode 10: Putting Twists on Classic Monsters With Mur Lafferty Mur Lafferty joins Oren, Mike, and Chris to talk about classic creatures. December 8, 2013August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Mike Hernandez
How to Make Your Dastardly Villain More Memorable How your story's big bad can stick in readers' minds. December 7, 2013August 9, 2021 by David Mesick in Storytelling
How to Talk About Dark Stories Why this widespread story term isn't as catch-all as it looks. December 6, 2013August 9, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Episode 9: Roleplaying Imitating Film Imitating Roleplaying November 24, 2013August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Mike Hernandez, and Chris Winkle
Five Unrealistic Character Traits These attributes will have readers raising their eyebrows. November 22, 2013August 11, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
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