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View this email in your browser   November 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! Analysis, Monsters Could Kaiju Defeat the Military? By Oren Ashkenazi on 11/01/21 It's not even close. Read in browser » Worldbuilding, Magic 351 – Magic Items in a Magic System By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock and B.A. on 10/31/21 What if you put a spell... in an item? Read in browser » Analysis, Worldbuilding, Technology Building a Sea of Stars: How Paolini Undercooked His Setting By Oren Ashkenazi on 10/30/21 What happens when you throw together tropes from popular worlds. Read in browser » Storytelling, Plot Five Important Ways Episodic Stories Are Different By Chris Winkle on 10/29/21 Your novel can include fun side adventures, but it needs to be structured correctly. Read in browser » Roleplaying, 5E Subclass Ranking, Game Mechanics D&D 5E Sorcerer Subclasses Ranked, Part 2 By Ari Ashkenazi on 10/28/21 How do you make the sorcerer better? More spells! Read in browser » Unlikely Suspect By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 10/27/21 Trust no one. Read in browser » Storytelling, Characters Should My Side Characters Stick Around? By Oren Ashkenazi on 10/25/21 If one of their friends is a grand high arch mage, that might not be a viable strategy Read in browser » Storytelling, Characters 350 – Character Karma By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle and Wes Matlock on 10/24/21 It's the invisible force that makes us feel like characters deserve good things or bad things. Read in browser » Commentary, The Writing Process, Wordcraft How Useful Are Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing? By Oren Ashkenazi on 10/23/21 Writers love to offer lists of rules for writing, especially if they've got a book to promote. Read in browser » Storytelling, Writing, Plot, Point of View The Problem With Multiple Viewpoints By Chris Winkle on 10/22/21 Why we're so cranky about a writing practice that's considered normal. Read in browser » Roleplaying, Game Mechanics D&D 5E Ancestry Review: The Fairy, Harengon, and Metallic Dragonborn By Ari Ashkenazi on 10/21/21 "Harengon" is a very weird name when "rabbitfolk" is a word. Read in browser » Protective Father By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 10/20/21 He only has his best interest at heart. Er, your best interest. Read in browser » Social Justice, Disability & Neurodiversity How Should I Depict a Character in a Wheelchair That Transforms Into a Monster? By Fay Onyx on 10/18/21 I have a group of kids who can transform into monsters. Think Animorphs meets Godzilla. One of the kids uses a wheelchair. Long-time user, adjusted physically and emotionally. Their monster form is able-bodied. The transformation is temporary and the monster form can’t fit in a typical building or otherwise function in normal society. Is this […] Read in browser » Analysis, Magic 349 – Our Favorite Spells By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock and B.A. on 10/17/21 No critical analysis to be found here, just wholesome magic content. Read in browser » Analysis, Magic Six Magic Powers That Writers Had to Ignore By Oren Ashkenazi on 10/16/21 Unused spells can distract the audience during important conflicts. Read in browser » Storytelling, Worldbuilding, Magic, Tone, Wordcraft How to Create a Mysterious Atmosphere By Chris Winkle on 10/15/21 Unless you use restraint with fantastical elements, you'll lose the aura of mystery. Read in browser » Roleplaying, 5E Subclass Ranking, Game Mechanics D&D 5E Sorcerer Subclasses Ranked, Part 1 By Ari Ashkenazi on 10/14/21 In a game as random as 5E, adding more randomness generally doesn't help. Read in browser » Fancy Words By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 10/13/21 Fantasy worlds are 95% new terms by volume. Read in browser » Worldbuilding, Magic How Do I Make My Story's Elemental Powers Feel Natural? By Chris Winkle on 10/11/21 Have your mercury cake and eat it too. Read in browser » Commentary, The Writing Process 348 – Process Advice By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle and Wes Matlock on 10/10/21 We know how to write, but do we know *how* to write? Read in browser » Analysis, Worldbuilding, Robots Five Stories That Break Their World's Theme By Oren Ashkenazi on 10/09/21 Worlds that feel slapdash make suspension of disbelief harder to achieve. Read in browser » Storytelling, Writing, Mystery, Plot How to Keep Mysteries From Looking Like Mistakes By Chris Winkle on 10/08/21 If you treat unexplained events like they're normal, readers will get confused. Read in browser » Roleplaying, Game Mechanics D&D 5E Drakewarden Ranger Review By Ari Ashkenazi on 10/07/21 With some quick reflavoring, this subclass can even serve as a replacement for the Beast Master. Read in browser » The Helicopter Problem By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 10/06/21 Don't forget to bring extra gasoline. Read in browser » Worldbuilding, Religion Do I Need Religion in My Fantasy World? By Oren Ashkenazi on 10/04/21 Just don't do what Wheel of Time does. Read in browser » Writing, The Writing Process, Wordcraft 347 – Narrative Premise By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock and Juan Pistis on 10/03/21 Telling a story is one thing, but how you tell it is another. Read in browser » Analysis, The Writing Process Five Movies Critics Loved but Audiences Hated By Oren Ashkenazi on 10/02/21 Do audiences have no taste or are critics elitist snobs? Read in browser » Copyright © 2021 Mythcreants LLC, All rights reserved. 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