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  “Perspective-Swapping and Maintaining Tension:” A Review of V.E. Schwab’s “A Darker Shade of Magic”

  April 20, 2020/

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  “Choosing your Narrative Distance:” What writers can learn from Alice Munro’s “Lives of Girls and Women”

  April 6, 2020/

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  Learning New Arts, Studying, and Staying Sane While Stuck Inside

  March 24, 2020/

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  “How to Tell a Story Without Fighting:” A Review of Ursula K. Le Guin’s “A Wizard of Earthsea”

  March 9, 2020/

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  “The Magic in Reality, the Humanity in Fairy Tales:” A Short Review of Neil Gaiman’s “Trigger Warning”

  February 24, 2020/

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  Improving Your Writing (and Other Arts) through Targeted Practice

  February 10, 2020/

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  Building Discipline: How to Keep Practicing Your Art, Even When It’s Hard

  January 27, 2020/

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  Want to Make Art? Then, Get Started

  January 13, 2020/

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  “Knobs and Levers and Stories:” A Q&A on How and Why to Make Interactive Fiction for Writers and Programmers

  December 30, 2019/

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  “Threads of Magic and Memory:” an Emotional Choose Your Own Adventure Game

  December 16, 2019/

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  Understanding Your Villains (Part 2): Sociopaths, Flawed Heroes, and Egoism

  December 2, 2019/

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  Understanding Your Villains (Part 1): Three Ways Villains Think

  November 18, 2019/

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  “Writing a Memorable Opening:” What Writers can Learn from Toni Morrison’s “Jazz”

  November 4, 2019/

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  “Easing Your Readers into Horror:” What Writers can learn from “Rosemary’s Baby”

  October 21, 2019/

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  Don’t Let Naming Slow You Down: How to Grow and Find your Characters’ Names

  October 7, 2019/

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  “Using Emotion in Figures of Speech:” What Writers can Learn from Terry Pratchett’s “Equal Rites”

  September 23, 2019/

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  “Layered Conflict and Emotional Scarring:” What Writers Can Learn from Alice Walker’s “The Color Purple”

  September 10, 2019/

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  “The Accused Dwarf:” An Interactive Fiction Game in a Classic Fantasy Setting

  August 26, 2019/

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  “Commitment to the bit:” What Writers and Worldbuilders can learn from Terry Pratchett’s “The Light Fantastic”

  August 12, 2019/

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  Long-Distance Communication for Writers and Worldbuilders (Part 3): Complex, Nuanced Messaging

  July 29, 2019/

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  Long-Distance Communication for Writers and Worldbuilders (Part 2): Simple and Coded Communication

  July 22, 2019/

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  Long-Distance Communication For Writers and Worldbuilders (Part 1): Binary and Pre-Arranged Signals

  July 15, 2019/

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  Plagues In Worldbuilding: How They Form, What They Do, and How to Use Them

  July 1, 2019/

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  Interaction-Based Worldbuilding: How to Breathe Life into Your World

  June 17, 2019/

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• Some Thoughts About (and Solutions to) Writer’s Block

  June 3, 2019/

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• The Hard Work (and Luck) Behind Talent

  May 20, 2019/

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• Choice, Immersion, and Storytelling in Video Games

  May 6, 2019/

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• A Short Ramble about Writers, Time, and Money

  April 22, 2019/

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  Game Preview: “Close to the Sun,” an Immersive, Story-Driven Steampunk Horror

  April 8, 2019/

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