In the year 2 AC (After COVID), Chris started revamping old posts, Oren wrote his weight in rankings and world reviews, and Ari reviewed every subclass in 5E D&D. Mythcreants finished a web revamp, changing our web design for the first time since launching in 2013. While 2 AC was better than last year, it wasn’t a walk in the park. Now that it’s almost over, let’s remember the good times with a list of our top content.
Our Most Popular Articles
Ridding Your Monsters of Ableism
Monsters often reflect society's fears of disability.
Why Herbert’s Dune Fails as a Subversion
Frank Herbert is not a guy I would go to for political commentary.
D&D 5E Classes Ranked From Worst to Best, With Multiclassing!
Just because there are a ton of options doesn't mean all those options were created equal.
How Useful Are Neil Gaiman’s Eight Rules of Writing?
As a successful writer, he must have something useful to tell us, right?
Avatar Villains Ranked From Worst To Best
Thanks to Unalaq, we now know that the Avatar setting is divided into a good/evil binary.
Planning Character Arcs
How to develop the emotional side of your plot.
Six Principles for Becoming a Better Worldbuilder
Worldbuilding is complicated, but a few universal principles can provide guidance.
Five Arab and Muslim Stereotypes to Avoid
Islamophobic tropes in stories make the world a more dangerous place for real Arabs and Muslims.
Do Characters Need to Be Likable?
It's complicated, but yes.
Five Tired Tropes About Teenagers
Pop culture abounds with misconceptions about what it means to be a teenager.
Top Podcast, Comic, and Q&A
Episode 320: Exploitation and Appropriation
How do you know which stories aren't yours to tell, and why should you care?
Editor’s Picks
How to Pace Your Story
Conflict and intensity in a story must be timed to avoid both boredom and exhaustion.
Ten Justifications for Oppressed Mages and Why They Fail
Justifications for oppressed mages make as little sense as the idea of oppressing mages itself.
Five Common Reasons Stories Screech to a Halt
When the story stalls, audiences get bored and lose their motivation to continue.
Seven Changes to Improve D&D’s Next Edition
Continuing on my quest to improve the lives of martial characters everywhere.
How Romanticism Harms Novelists
Your struggle with writing today may have an origin that's over 200 years old.
Why We Have to Let Go of Meta Mysteries
Admiral Ackbar called; he wants to talk about your reveal.
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Happy new year. To better stories!
Happy New Year! These posts have helped my writing ideas and inspiration tremendously since I happened upon this site over a year ago. Thank you!
Oh, and I just noticed…
When you go to the bottom of the article list, and you see a bunch of numbers letting you jump to older articles (goes up to 90 at this time)…
The first few are titled “The Latest”. Then there’s “Not Really The Latest”. Then… other titles
Cute
Now, how long had this been like this, because I just noticed it?
I did that with the launch of the new design. So it’s only been around for a few months. Thanks for noticing : )
Happy New Year and keep up the great work! :-D
After CoVID (AC), eh?
Insanely optimistic, if you ask me. CoVID is here to stay and Omicron will beget so many more variants… We might as well rename CE into CoVID Era and extend BCE (Before CoVID Era) to 2019.
Future generations are going to do it for sure, might as well be progressive about it right now.