Tag: storytelling
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“What has been will be again, what has been done will be done again; there is nothing new under the sun.” ~ Ecclesiastes 1:9 Greetings from the edge, It has been argued, by storytellers far more prolific and qualified than I, that there are really only a handful of stories humans keep telling over and…
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Greetings from the edge, I’ve spent the weekend slowly melting into a puddle while wearing an offensively loud shirt. Friday’s post pulled in a lot of eyeballs and, on the strength of that, I return bearing Part 2 of my smash-and-grab raid into Austin Kleon’s masterclass in creative larceny: Steal Like an Artist. Here are…
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Greetings from the edge, Austin Kleon has made a pretty decent living out of encouraging not so much art theft as a kind of creative burglary spree, where we steal a little from Star Wars, a little from Battlestar Galactica and a pinch of Criminal Minds, throw them into a blender and make delicious cookies…
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Greetings from the edge, I’m a bibliophile. A die-hard, hardback, leatherbound devotee of the written word. I like books of all shapes and sizes and read across a wide range of genres, although I am yet to venture into family sagas. One day perhaps. When the Kindle first appeared, I carried that sleek little slab…
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Greetings from the edge, Got a new article live, and I thought it would be a good idea to expand on it here. The piece is all about how your starting town is the welcome wagon for your entire campaign. First impressions matter. If the village is memorable, the world feels memorable. If it’s bland……
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Greetings from the edge, It’s that time of year again. The good geeks gather, bathed in the glow of their extraordinarily expensive lightsaber replicas, to celebrate all things Star Wars. No matter your feelings on the prequels’… ambitious love story, or the sequels’ enthusiastic habit of resurrecting old villains like some kind of Force-powered game…