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What’s So Great About the X-Men? (Astonishing X-Men Review)
My first exposure to the X-Men was on a Saturday. I was watching the movies, directed by Bryan Singer, both X-Men and X2 in a […]
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A Necessary Step to Creativity
The brain is a marvellous thing, the most complex organ in the human body, and the most important for everything we do. Why do we […]
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Anatomy of a Story Game 2
This is part 2 of “Anatomy of a Story Game”. This week, we’ll complete the basic story design and discuss some implementation issues in various […]
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Inexcusable (Review)
Beautiful does not mean wishy-washy. Today, I’m posting a rant. I don’t usually rant, but this is a story rant. And I’m fired up enough […]
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Spotlight: A Certain Slant of Light (Review)
“Someone was looking at me, a disturbing sensation if you’re dead.” If I tried really hard, I might be able to find something wrong with […]
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“Show; Don’t Tell” Works for Ads, Too
Here’s another lesson the best advertisement writers learned a long time ago. Show; don’t tell. Writers will recognize that lesson as being one of the […]
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A Simple Way to Improve Your Blog
Aside from choosing great titles, there’s another tremendously effective thing you can do for your blog.
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Spotlight: Walk Two Moons (Review)
A review of Walk Two Moons by Sharon Creech. When I first read the first chapter of Walk Two Moons, the Newbery Medal award-winning juvenile […]
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An Interview with Mama Maia
FilmFiler.com has an interview with Maia from saysmom.com. Anyone who’s participated on the writer’s boards will probably recognize her name as that of one of […]
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Using Story in Your Non-Fiction
If you’re blogging or podcasting, writing an essay or giving a speech, you should consider including anecdotes, short interesting or humorous stories. What can anecdotes […]
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