August 2017

Summer has made its presence known in the last two months, and as the sun becomes a deadly laser, we take shelter in the cool glades of the internet. This time our best posts were weighted towards characters and their arcs, from avoiding boring protagonists to bringing characters together to redemption arcs for villains. And of course, a regular reminder that most romance tropes are terrible.

Five Common Romance Mistakes

June 30th, 2017 by Oren Ashkenazi

Five Magic Items That Break Their Stories

July 22nd, 2017 by Oren Ashkenazi

Seven Ways to Bring Characters Together

July 14th, 2017 by Chris Winkle

Blades in the Dark Is Innovative, but Difficult to Run

July 1st, 2017 by Oren Ashkenazi

Five More Dualities That Can Replace Good and Evil

July 7th, 2017 by Chris Winkle

Five Tropes That Make a Protagonist Boring

July 29th, 2017 by Oren Ashkenazi

122 – Redeeming a Villain

June 11th, 2017 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle and Wes Matlock

A Glamour Far Far Away

July 17th, 2017 by Oren Ashkenazi and Lillian Ripley