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The Complete Improviser’s Toolbox
What do you need to be able to Improvise any Story? A set of Characters. A World. A set of Stories. How do you design them? Here’s how. Summary – The Toolbox’s content 6 to 12 Main Characters A Relationship Map 3 to 6 Main Environments A World Map A Set of 8 Story types…
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How to Evolve faster as a Storyteller?
How do you evolve fast? Identify your Main Weaknesses. Get better. And, in parallel, develop your Strengths. Experimentation must become an Habit. How so? Here’s a Process. Summary – 6 Steps to better Storytelling Write more Stories. End your Stories. Let your Worlds Unfold. Most of the Time, only hint. Have a Structure and then…
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How to Create more Diverse Environments?
Environment often get overlooked. In most cases, they look underdeveloped or too similar. How would you depict Environments to diversify them? Summary – How to Create Diverse Environments? Define the essential Characteristics of an Environment. Alter them to Create Specificities. Do it 10 times. Compare the 10 Worlds you’ve created. For each of them ask…
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Why Action-Adventure is the Most popular Genre?
Do you want to Start a New Story? And you don’t know which Genre or Setting choose. Why not pick a Genre which fits every Setting? Which Genre can do this? This 1. Summary – Why do we Favor Action-Adventure? It’s the Broadest Genre. It’s the Most Flexible. It can accommodate all Settings. It’s the…
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How to Create Immersive Worlds? Science Fiction & Fantasy
What makes Science Fiction? What makes Fantasy? What are the Differences? How do they overlap? How do we merge both? Summary – How to Create a World through a Fantasy/SF frame? Define the Common Traits. Define the Differences. Establish how you will make use of Commonalities through an Action-Adventure frame. Create a Simple world in…
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