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Craft tip #15: A Question of time
And it’s running out for you: pacing scenes exactly the way you want them to do
Jun 9
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Alex Eos
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Craft tip # 13: Dragons, Laser Guns, and the Sentence You Refuse to Write
Love what you write and Hate what you refuse to write
May 22
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Alex Eos
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Craft tip #12: You Are Allowed to Be Absurd. You Are Not Allowed to Be Arbitrary
(What Sierra Games Taught Me About Fairytale Retellings)
May 15
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Alex Eos
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Craft Tip 11: More Human than Human
how writing characters out of your comfort zone makes you stronger
May 8
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Alex Eos
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This Article is About You. No, Really.
Or In defense of 2nd person POV
May 1
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Alex Eos
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Craft tip# 9: Why do I write what I write?
People ask writers why they write what they write as if the answer will be neat, respectable, and suitable for a panel discussion.
Apr 23
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Alex Eos
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Craft tip #8: Your Taste Buds Are Doing More For your Prose Than You Think
Or: How food, culture, and one man's deeply committed gravy sin makes you a stronger writer
Apr 16
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Alex Eos
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Craft tip 7#: A Fairy, a Forest, and a Destiny Problem:
Why Ocarina of Time Works So Well as a Hero’s Journey
Apr 9
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Alex Eos
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Craft tip #6 Three Acts, One Rubber Chicken: What The Secret of Monkey Island Can Teach You About Plot
The Three Act Structure of Piracy!
Apr 2
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Alex Eos
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Craft tip# 5: How to Kill Your Darlings like a Manic Serial Killer:
Part two: How to dispose of the dead ["scene"] Body
Mar 26
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Alex Eos
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Craft tip# 5: How to Kill Your Darlings like a Manic Serial Killer:
PART ONE: THE OLD FASHIONED WAY
Mar 17
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Alex Eos
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Craft tip #4: Be the tourist in your own city
On Setting and creating magical worlds
Mar 10
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Alex Eos
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