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Murder The Tour Guide

Posted on July 15, 2017 by

“My name is Flint. Flint Norton.  I’m currently clinging to the side of building, five stories above a street that is teeming with undead, all clawing at the bricks and driven by mindless hunger to follow me.  Moving slowly, I … Continue reading →

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Looking For Adventure And Whatever Comes My Way

Posted on June 10, 2017 by

A few thoughts on the subject of Pulp Revival. First, Dominika Lein’s “Still Pulp Rev”. Then Jon Mollison’s “A Newcomer’s View Of Pulp Rev”, which a commentary on Lein’s piece. Then The Mixed GM’s “Support Your ‘Local’ Content Creators”, which … Continue reading →

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A sweet little bullet from a pretty blue gun

Posted on May 25, 2017 by

Recently I wrote three posts about story structure. The first part discussed “story alignments” , the second part talked about openings that established an alignment, and the third part discussed actions within the body of the story. I had planned on writing … Continue reading →

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The Music To The Story In Your Eyes

Posted on May 22, 2017 by

Moving right along, then.  This is the third in a series of posts about story structure. The first part discussed “story alignments” and the second part talked about openings that established an alignment. Now I am going to be talking … Continue reading →

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The Game That We Have Been Playing

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

This is a followup to my last post regarding the alignment of a story. Before I get started I want to address a few points that I think are significant but didn’t spell out in my earlier post. First, my … Continue reading →

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The hidden law of a probable outcome

Posted on May 21, 2017 by

I have written before about what I call “negotiated suspension of disbelief“. To give an example, I gave up on a book recently about three-quarters of the way through. The novel was a dystopian adventure in which a group of … Continue reading →

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A Mary Sue Ain’t Nothing But A Sandwich

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

It’s not uncommon for the same subject to come up on several of the writer’s groups that I follow at the same time, which I attribute to a kind of Fortian/Jungian mass unconscious, although it’s more likely because there’s a … Continue reading →

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