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    Creating Believable Characters

    Nearing the end of my character creation method breakdown and finally got around to doing this again (for the last time). To note, when I do it, I'm actually quite fast since I already know how it all works. I'm just getting people caught up to me.
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    Find Your Story's Theme with The Enneagram

    I decided to show one technique I came up with for finding your story's theme quick using The Enneagram!
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    10 Tips for Handling Allegory

    I pushed myself as much as I could on this one to help with this subject, so I hope it does something for someone. I hate how long this one ended up being, given how my work tends to get treated when I put actual effort in, but oh well.
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    Why Fantasy Writers Should Use Allegory

    I started creating a bunch of stuff for writing light fantasy, but each part ended up as a topic in and of itself, so... here we are. Starting with me discussing allegory.
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    Writing Comedic Jerks

    People voted on this last week and I've done my best to deliver. Hope this one helps as I was up late working through this one.
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    MBTI for Characters

    Next part in my whole system
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    Why The Enneagram is a Great Tool for Writers

    Next part on my whole character creation process, where I break down why I use this in particular.
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    The Parent Comedy Archetype

    Another comedy archetype in my whole mission to explore character comedy! With this, another week complete. If you want to see the schedule for videos, check my YouTube community tab. I'll have 4 videos again next week.
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    The Importance of Archetypes

    Been meaning to get to this, to follow up off of what I mentioned with my character creation system and go into the background stuff. So, good starting point here. Hope this helps as I find archetypes and the like to be super helpful starting points.
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    3 Dimensions of Character

    I wish so many explained this better as... Just I seldom run into people who handle this in a satisfactory manner online.
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    Tips for Pantsers

    A little something I put together for Pantsers. I have more tips, but will see if there's an interest in this topic or not.
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    The Bumbling Authority Comedy Archetype

    Here's the next in this series I've been making, with the bumbling authority comedy archetype. For those following along, this is now 3 out of 40 up. Hope you enjoy this and that this can prove useful somehow.
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    Make The Protagonist a Winner and a Loser

    Here you go.
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    Simple Tip for Description

    Here's some advice on writing descriptions for those who care about growing and expanding their toolkit. There's more I can say, but I'll save it for another time. I hope these snippets work well for others who are interested in learning.
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    Essential Slice of Life Writing Tip

    I'm posting this here for those interested in slice-of-life stuff. I recommend subscribing if you haven't already,, as I sometimes just won't get around to sharing stuff here.
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    Hidden Villains 101

    Here's a bit of what I can toss out on hidden villains, for those who want to do that and actually pull it off.
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    Why So Many Crave Hard Magic

    So, this is my working theory right now on why so many gravitate to hard fantasy. Which can help inform stuff for people too.
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    Don't Confuse Plot with Story and Story Engines

    I'll go way more into depth with all these things soon, especially story engines, different types of series and serials, tips for them that aren't just me regurgitating the standard stuff people do, etc. But need this as a foundation to ensure everybody is on the same page. Or more everybody who...
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    POV Description Technique

    This is a little something I just wanted to have a video on...
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    What Chemistry Is and How to Create It

    I'm going to be releasing 1 video every single day this week, starting here. This topic is near and dear to my heart for reasons I explore in this episode. Hopefully, it can help you with your writing!
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