The Story Engine Blog

By Christine Hanolsy Charles Dickens was paid by the word, and it shows. But wordiness doesn’t always equal effectiveness—you can tell a great stor...

By Aaron Voigt If you’re a Game Master who has just sat down to sketch out the details of a new campaign, there’s a lot going through your head. Wh...

Guest blog by Héctor González In my previous guest blog I touched on what worldbuilding is and why it’s helpful for your creative efforts. Now I'm ...

By Jason Parks Anyone who is new to parenting knows the thrill and the curse of the developmental milestone. But how many of us parents, new or sea...

Guest blog by Brandon Crilly Solarpunk is still a fringe genre, with a body of work that will hopefully get unpacked in depth when I’m older and gr...

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 ...

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...

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...

Guest blog by Tommaso De Benetti, the head of The World Anvil Publishing and the new Broken Tales RPG Kickstarter. I am a terrible writer. Not in t...

Staying inspired to write is hard enough at the best of times, and I find it only gets harder around the holidays. The time and energy you spend wi...

The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing people they need NaNoWriMo. Okay, that’s not quite fair. NaNoWriMo can be a transformative ...

I'm a writer, and I'm notoriously hard to buy gifts for. That goes double for holiday gifts. I'm pretty sure it comes with the writer lifestyle. Ev...