Six Stories With Cheap Cop-Outs What happens when we don't keep our promises. September 24, 2022September 22, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Q&A: Do You Need to Read the Later Books? Submitted by Kaz, answered by Oren Ashkenazi March 21, 2022March 17, 2022 in Meta, Worldbuilding
How to Break Storytelling Rules While all rules can be broken, breaking them successfully takes a robust knowledge of storytelling principles. September 28, 2018September 28, 2018 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Episode 115: Surprise Villains Which one of the hosts will turn out to be evil this week? April 23, 2017August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Oren Ashkenazi, and Wes Matlock
Five Bad Tropes to Drop Five popular storytelling ideas that you'd be better off ignoring. March 25, 2017July 11, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Social Justice, Storytelling
Five Underused Settings in Spec Fic Five places for your story to boldly go that few have gone to before. February 25, 2017June 20, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Inspiration
Six Steps to a Subversive Surprise How your twist can make the leap from oddly confusing to pleasantly surprising. January 20, 2017July 13, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Six Subversive Heroes for Stand Out Stories Six characters who haven't gotten their time in the spotlight—and whom you could give it to. December 2, 2016July 2, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Inspiration, Social Justice
Lessons From the Bad Writing of The Mortal Instruments Clunky dialogue and a lack of context bog down this spooky opening. October 2, 2015July 24, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
Establishing and Transitioning Atmosphere How to make your story's feeling and setting believable—including when you change it. January 9, 2015August 3, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling, Worldbuilding, Writing
Five Tricks to Invigorate Your Ending How your story's climax can pack the biggest dramatic punch possible. November 7, 2014August 4, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
Six Reasons You Should Read Discworld Why you should check out this fantastical turtle-borne series. March 23, 2014August 8, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Why Breaking Stereotypes Makes Stronger Characters Why characters breaking social conventions improve the stories they star in. August 16, 2013August 11, 2021 by Chris Winkle in Storytelling
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