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View this email in your browser   October Newsletter You can give us feedback via the contact form on our website. (If you reply to this email, we might not see it.) Have a wonderful month! Social Justice, Disability & Neurodiversity Seven Misconceptions About Madness and Psychosis By Sofia Jeppsson on 10/01/21 Problematic assumptions abound in our stories. Let's fix that. Read in browser » Roleplaying, 5E Subclass Ranking, Game Mechanics D&D 5E Rogue Subclasses Ranked, Part 2 By Ari Ashkenazi on 09/30/21 Swashbuckler doesn't need a friend to use Sneak Attack. Read in browser » Invincible Woman By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 09/29/21 No one is prepared for her strength in battle! Read in browser » Storytelling, Mystery How Do I Create a Satisfying Mystery Payoff? By Oren Ashkenazi on 09/27/21 That's why a lot of mystery stories hide information from the reader. Read in browser » Storytelling, Plot, Turning Point 346 – Making the Climax Exciting By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock and B.A. on 09/26/21 Unfortunately, readers don't generally accept "and then something exciting happened." Read in browser » Commentary, The Writing Process How Useful Are Neil Gaiman's Eight Rules of Writing? By Oren Ashkenazi on 09/25/21 As a successful writer, he must have something useful to tell us, right? Read in browser » Worldbuilding, Magic How to Create an Elemental Magic System By Chris Winkle on 09/24/21 While it's easy to make these systems rational, a flawed set of elements will ruin the effect. Read in browser » Roleplaying, 5E Subclass Ranking, Game Mechanics D&D 5E Rogue Subclasses Ranked, Part 1 By Ari Ashkenazi on 09/23/21 Even Supreme Sneak isn't sneaky enough. Read in browser » Moral Dilemma By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 09/22/21 REAL dilemmas have only one option. Read in browser » Storytelling, Agency, Characters How Do I Give My Protagonist Agency? By Oren Ashkenazi on 09/20/21 A lot of heroes lack agency because they don't have the skills to meaningfully affect the plot. Read in browser » Inspiration, Worldbuilding, Magic 345 – Witches By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock and Svend Phillips on 09/19/21 Let the season of witchery begin! Read in browser » Analysis, Characters, Plot How WandaVision, Falcon, and Loki Score on Engagement By Oren Ashkenazi on 09/18/21 Let's find out which of these three Disney+ hits has the most ANTS. Read in browser » Commentary, The Writing Process Why You Shouldn't Write a Masterpiece By Chris Winkle on 09/17/21 Your magnificent novel in progress could be holding you back. Read in browser » Roleplaying, 5E Subclass Ranking, Game Mechanics D&D 5E Ranger Subclasses Ranked, Part 2 By Ari Ashkenazi on 09/16/21 Time for my hot Gloom Stalker take. Read in browser » Political Marriage By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 09/15/21 To have and to hold in recessions and in booms. Read in browser » Analysis, Characters, Conflict, Star Trek How Could Archer and T'Pol Have Been Better? By Oren Ashkenazi on 09/13/21 I love to theorize about how to improve Star Trek. Read in browser » Storytelling, Characters, Likability 344 – Jerkass Characters By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock and Juan Pistis on 09/12/21 Oh boy do writers love to get this wrong. Read in browser » Analysis, Worldbuilding, History, Space Building Mass Effect: How Bioware Imagines the Future By Oren Ashkenazi on 09/11/21 Whatever the Reapers are working toward, it must be big! Read in browser » Writing, Description, Wordcraft Which Descriptive Details Are Excessive to Readers? By Chris Winkle on 09/10/21 Don't describe scenes as though you're taking a photograph. Read in browser » Roleplaying, 5E Subclass Ranking, Game Mechanics D&D 5E Ranger Subclasses Ranked, Part 1 By Ari Ashkenazi on 09/09/21 If Horizon Walker is the biggest joke I've seen, Beast Master is the biggest mess. Read in browser » Time Brawl By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 09/08/21 How every time travel adventure would go. Read in browser » Storytelling, Characters, Likability How Do I Portray an Ambitious Character? By Oren Ashkenazi on 09/06/21 If your character's ambition is to do something good, then audiences will view it positively. Read in browser » Worldbuilding, Monsters 343 – Giants By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock and B.A. on 09/05/21 What's 20-feet tall, lives in the clouds, and can smell your nationality? Read in browser » Analysis, Characters, Star Trek, Star Wars, Villains Five Villains With Contrived Wins By Oren Ashkenazi on 09/04/21 When the villain wins, it builds tension - but only if it's a credible win. Read in browser » Writing, Description, Wordcraft How Can Writers Make Description Evocative? By Chris Winkle on 09/03/21 The best description conveys the right tone, is easy to imagine, and makes the world feel alive. Read in browser » Roleplaying, 5E Subclass Ranking, Game Mechanics D&D 5E Paladin Subclasses Ranked, Part 2 By Ari Ashkenazi on 09/02/21 We shouldn't punish a player for doing what their subclass is telling them to do. Read in browser » Copyright © 2021 Mythcreants LLC, All rights reserved. You are receiving emails from Mythcreants because you signed up on our blog. Our mailing address is: Mythcreants LLC · 19712 50th Ave W · Apt 3 · Lynnwood, WA 98036 · USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.