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Arabella's World: What My 9-Year-Old Taught Me About Worldbuilding
By Seth Ring
The WorldCraft Club has put together a custom set of journal pages to help you get the most out of Deck of Worlds. They are being prov...
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Leave Room For Wonder
By James and Seth of the WorldCraft Club Podcast
I remember standing at a dock in Erie Pennsylvania and looking out over the vast expanse of Lake E...
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What Is Worldbuilding and Why You Need It
Guest blog by Héctor González
Have you ever experienced a work of fiction so delicious, that by the end you only wondered how it felt so enjoyable ...
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Kids Say (and Write) the Darnedest Things: How to Write Like a Kid Again
Guest blog by Christine Hanolsy
Anyone who has kids can tell you that they really put a crimp in your writing routine. Homework, flute lessons, soc...
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The Story Engine: Deck of Worlds Now LIVE on Kickstarter
I'm thrilled to announced that the standalone sequel to The Story Engine Deck has just launched on Kickstarter!
Deck of Worlds helps you build lore...
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3 Exercises to Get Your Story Unstuck (So You Can Write the Next Lord of the Rings)
The month of NaNoWriMo is upon us, and we’ve just reached the halfway point. In my experience, it’s also the point where a lot of writers get stuck...
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The True Meaning of NaNoWriMo (And Why the “Mo” Matters)
I’m a big fan of NaNoWriMo.
For the uninitiated, that's "National Novel Writing Month," when writers gear up to pound out 50,000 words of a novel t...
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How to Write Horror: Understanding Vulnerability
Horror often gets short shrift as a pop genre low on literary merit. That never fails to get my hackles up.
Telling a good horror story requires an...
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How to Write Horror: Understanding Suspense and Surprise
Horror is a genre that presses the buttons of human fear psychology to produce a profound response in the reader or audience. An important part of ...
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How to Write Horror: Understanding Fear
In my last blog from the “How to Have Halloween at Home” series, I recommended hosting an online scary story circle as an alternative to going out ...
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How to Have Halloween at Home, Pt 4: Scary Story Circle
I’ve been on a mission to give people fun, spooky alternatives to going out on Halloween during COVID-19.
So far, I’ve given my suggestions for hos...
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How to Have Halloween at Home, Pt 2: Podcasts in the Dark
Maybe you, like me, are bummed out that Halloween isn't going to be the same with COVID-19.
But, just because you're staying home and avoiding the ...
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