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An online publication for speculative fiction storytellers. To better understand and tell the stories we love, we analyze popular works, theorize on storytelling craft, and explore the technical aspects of writing.
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Mage: The Ascension's consensus reality sounds like a neat idea until you have to answer why it only affects some parts of the world but not others. If magic is difficult because people don’t believe in it, why doesn’t the weight of belief make the 10% of your brain myth a reality?

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After checking the rule book, refs were forced to conclude that there’s no rule saying one *can’t* simply walk into Mordor.

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A comparison of Hurley’s The Light Brigade and Tchaikovsky’s Alien Clay. AKA: Why we prefer our political stories to have more story in them. Significant spoilers for both novels. 1/21

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So we got a new Avatar show announced over the weekend, and while it’s way too early for any real commentary, some people are using this as an excuse to dump on Korra. This isn’t real criticism and is a sign you shouldn’t pay attention to anything else they say.

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'if the Doyle Estate decides to sue you for, I don’t know, giving Sherlock a fancy hat, you have a stronger leg to stand on than you did before.' mythcreants.com/blog/podcast...

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"we cannot simply accept every story we hear, especially if it sounds like a piece of juicy gossip" mythcreants.com/blog/even-br...

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"While there is no hard boundary between action and summary, judging when a story is moving too fast is critical to writing good action." mythcreants.com/blog/the-fiv...

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Look, is The Sword of Truth good? No. But is its TV adaptation good? Also no. But does that show have an absolutely bizarre Don’t Do Drugs episode about magic potions? This time, friends, the answer is yes.

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Everyone in Wheel of Time says it’s a tragedy that the Ways got corrupted on account of being made with stinky man magic, but once the industrial revolution hits, they will be glad of the infinite garbage disposal space let me tell you

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Every name a character uses adds to the cognitive load readers have to deal with. This applies to complex fantasy naming schemes of course, but it also applies to practices your readers are more familiar with, like the Anglophone tradition of a first name and a last name. 1/6

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"it’s perfectly plausible to have both egalitarian and matriarchal societies in your world." mythcreants.com/blog/questio...

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"Walter’s very proud of this." mythcreants.com/blog/podcast...

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'From now on, wherever I see anyone complaining about some demand that they “spoon-feed” readers, I’ll assume that demand is this rule specifically.' mythcreants.com/blog/how-use...

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"I Call It “Heteromantasy” for a Reason" mythcreants.com/blog/lessons...

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