by Karyn Keene | Jan 27, 2015 | Storytelling Articles
Written by Rachel Beck People are no more born great storytellers than they are athletes, programmers, dancers, gamers, or what have you. Talent makes it easier to start, but discipline is what gets you there. It’s common sense that a thing won’t get done unless you,...
by Rachel Beck | Sep 18, 2014 | Storytelling Articles
Written by Rachel Beck Personally, it took me exactly three sessions to work out that my attempt to adapt the plot line of Les Miserable to a tabletop game wasn’t working. Had my players known what I was up to, they probably could have told me that by the end of the...
by Karyn Keene | Feb 26, 2014 | Storytelling Articles
Written by Sarah Yoon You browse plot diagrams, wondering how to create rising action or find your story’s climax. They’re all empty terms until you dive in and bring your plot to life. When you look back from the finis, you realize that your characters drove the...
by Karyn Keene | Feb 19, 2014 | Storytelling Articles
Written by Sarah Yoon Throughout Hayao Miyazaki’s career, he has uplifted strong female protagonists such as Nausicca, Arrietty, and Sophie from Howl’s Moving Castle. In Spirited Away, Miyazaki’s young protagonist Chihiro starts as a whiny, passive child, but the...
by Karyn Keene | Feb 18, 2014 | Storytelling Articles
Written by Sarah Yoon Have you ever sat at your computer, intent on writing your opus or touching up a drawing, only to check Facebook yet again? You get distracted, thinking, I’ll just take a quick break and see who responded to my status about today’s creative...