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  • Excerpt – Titans Together: “First Contact”

    Update : Corrected minor grammatical error. Added applicable links. Updated formatting to current blog standards. Taking a break from the Six Aspects of a Story for today to post a snippet of some old writing of mine. This one is from 2013. I love superheroes. And I also love to roleplay, which is basically just…

  • Flash-Post: Jeannette Out of Context 1

    Jeannette out of context: “It started as one single book… Then it expanded like a marshmallow thrown in the microwave.”

  • The Six Aspects of a Story: What the Heck is a “Setting”?

    Update : Corrected minor grammatical errors. Updated formatting to current blog standards. This is part of an ongoing series! OR So far, we’ve gone over three of the six aspects of a story. We’ve defined a story’s concept and looked at ways to write good characters and good dialogue. Today, we’re going to be looking…

  • The Six Aspects of a Story: What the Heck is “Dialogue”?

    Update : Corrected minor grammatical error. Updated formatting to current blog standards. This is part of an ongoing series! OR Welcome back to the halfway point of the six aspects of a story! So far we’ve examined a story’s concept, kinds of characters, and aspects of a well-written character. Today, we’re going to be looking…

  • The Six Aspects of a Story: What the Heck is a “Character”? Pt. 2

    Okay, okay. So we talked a bit about characters last time. We know the difference between major and minor characters. We also know that we can classify them as round or flat, depending on how much they change throughout a story (if at all). But what makes a good character? Art is by nature a…

  • The Six Aspects of a Story: What the Heck is a “Character”? Pt. 1

    Update : Updated formatting and wording to reflect current blog standards. Hey all! Welcome back to the six aspects that make up a story. These aspects go across all sorts of media, whether it be movies, books, television series, video games, or even oral stories! If you missed the introduction to this series, or if…

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