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  1. Story_Marc

    Audience Archetypes

    This involves a little something I've been working on and will be expanding on a great deal. Expansion for each archetype on my site and curious, what audience archetypes do you find you fall into the most?
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    Are Webnovelists the Modern Pulp Fiction Writers?

    This is one of the various articles I've built on my site, which I wish to bring over here. Introduction In the early 20th century, pulp fiction magazines dominated newsstands, packed with thrilling, fast-paced stories designed to entertain the masses—writers like Robert E. Howard (Conan the...
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    The Key to Successful Stories is Resonance

    New video out now! I tackle a couple of things that will make sense of several things, including the idea of storytelling rules and how they aren't even frameworks like some people often say. I define what stories are and what storytelling is, tackle the key to success with writing, etc.
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    Rethinking Genre (and Why It's Important)

    This has been on my mind for about a week now, since my last IRL writing group meeting. So, figured I'd open up a bit about what I've been thinking about. Curious what others think. Also, experimenting with a new format.
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    Avoid Protagonist Issues with The Eight Universal Protagonists

    I've been cooking so much this week... The sheer number of breakthroughs I've had are mindblowing... This is just a taste of what I've figured out, building off of what I began with The Story Marc Plotting Method. And I hope this helps you with your protagonists as this is just the start of...
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    Avoiding Disliked Endings

    My new system, built around the Universal Conflicts, resulted in me having a new perspective on things when mixed with an old lesson. Maybe it'll be useful to you.
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    Genre Blending with Primary & Subordinate Conflicts

    So, first, I created a whole PDF which serves as a writing instructional book for plotting. It's in the link on the video if you wish to dig deeper into it. Uses a different method than anything you've heard before and this video touches on one of the uses with genre blending. Furthermore, I...
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    What You Need to Learn about Plot Structure

    This video has created so much additional work, but I'm excited. This whole concept is part of what led to my biggest breakthrough last month. It's what lead me to figure out the path forward, for one of the two things I need to evolve to my next level of being a writer. Anyway, hopefully, this...
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    How to Write Minimalist Prose

    Someone once asked me for tips on how to write concisely. I've known how, but given my sheer depth of knowledge, I haven't known how to tackle it all properly. In fact, I often feel this way. I recently came up with a possible solution, which you can see in the document I created and attached to...
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    How to Edit

    I share another thing I've organized to help those who want to improve as writers. It's a good way to help navigate things.
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    Tips for Writing Tournament Arcs

    I've been in tournament mode recently, so I finally got around to this one. I hope this helps out with people executing their own take on this.
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    Writing Casual Conversations

    This is a little something that I've been obsessing over the past few months, which resulted in this episode. I can add more, some of which I will do in today's daily writing tip entry in a bit. Regardless, I hope this can help those interested in pulling this off.
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    How to Keep Your Stories on Track

    Back from my end of the month break, with a little something I've been working on.
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    Non-Fan Adaptions: Where They Go Wrong and How to Avoid These Issues

    This is something I wanted to get off my chest after thinking about it for some time. Curious what others think about my observations here.
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    Foreshadowing TOO Subtle?

    I thought this would be a fun thing to tackle since it's an angle many wouldn't think about.
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    The Six Ingredients for Successful Plot Twists

    I'm so sleepy right now. I had to go bigger for this one. I typically don't because I consider how much of my knowledge people can actually handle at once, but this one required me to be thorough. Hope it helps.
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    Avoid Act 2 Issues with Conflict Drivers

    Oh right, I forgot to post the second video I did this weekend. Whelp! Here we go... This is one of those I have A LOT to build on. I'm still working on expanding this in private, but this is a good starting point.
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    How to Use Food in Fiction

    My end of the month break is over, so it's time to show the fruit of my labors! Starting with this little discussion on how to use food in fiction. Hope this helps out for those who want to up their craftsmanship!
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    Story Marc's Daily Writing Tips

    I've been posting daily writing tips in my YouTube community tab, which I'll start sharing here, too. If you want to see things fleshed out more in videos, like the YouTube community posts from which these come. I'll start by sharing the first entry in my Story Serialization Spectrum here. I...
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