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View this email in your browser   December 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! Planetary Evacuation By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 11/30/22 Time to colonize Mars. Read in browser » Social Justice, Conflict, Romance How Do I Portray a Healthy Relationship Conflict? By Chris Winkle on 11/28/22 How do I portray relationship conflict in a healthy way? Do you have any tips for characterizing disagreements and arguments in relationships without going into abusive territory? People usually say not to portray healthy relationships as “bunnies and butterflies” but they’re never specific aside from letting them argue. Ravencraft Hi Ravencraft, First, it helps to […] Read in browser » Analysis, Monsters 407 – Wings of Fire By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle and Space Pineapple on 11/27/22 There are a lot of these books, but do they drag on? Read in browser » Analysis, Worldbuilding, History, Social Justice Building Wings of Fire: How Sutherland Propped Up Her Plot By Oren Ashkenazi on 11/26/22 In this world of dragons, there's no problem that magic can't solve! Read in browser » Storytelling, Characters, Likability, Mystery, Point of View Should Your Character Be Mysterious or Relatable? By Chris Winkle on 11/25/22 Only one of these character types should have a POV. Read in browser » Meta Mythcreants: Now With Shameless Merch! By Chris Winkle on 11/24/22 Fill up your holiday wish list while supporting Mythcreants. Read in browser » Franchise Ending By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 11/23/22 We all know where this is going. Read in browser » Worldbuilding, Wordcraft What Swear Words Can I Use? By Oren Ashkenazi on 11/21/22 I want to demonstrate that a character is willfully crude, in part through her foul language. However, she exists in a fantasy society that has different values, and their swear words would be different than what North American English speakers see as offensive. How can I present fantasy-culturally-relevant swearing in a way that doesn’t seem […] Read in browser » Analysis, Tension, Theming 406 – Stories About Building Something By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle and Emma Riley on 11/20/22 That's a fine cup of coffee. Read in browser » Commentary, The Writing Process How Useful Are Blake Snyder's Rules of Storytelling? Part 2 By Oren Ashkenazi on 11/19/22 He's more obsessed with DNA than you might expect. Read in browser » Commentary, The Writing Process, Theming Why Realism Is Toxic to Fiction By Chris Winkle on 11/18/22 Never take an aesthetic so far that it becomes an ideology. Read in browser » Ingenious Disguise By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 11/16/22 What to do when you're under suspicion. Read in browser » Social Justice, Race Is My Hero a White Savior? By Chris Winkle on 11/14/22 I’m currently writing a story where the main character is an elf princess who flees the evil elven empire to warn the orcs of an impending invasion. The elven empire has a long history of imperialism and attacks against their peaceful orcish neighbours. Orcs also work as servants in the palace the MC grew up […] Read in browser » Storytelling, Characters 405 – Hero Haters By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock and Svend Phillips on 11/13/22 It's probably cause of the hero's dad or something. Read in browser » Commentary, The Writing Process How Useful are Blake Snyder's Rules of Storytelling? Part 1 By Oren Ashkenazi on 11/12/22 Are any of these rules from Save the Cat better than the beat sheet? Read in browser » Inspiration, Writing, Description, Wordcraft Ten Ways to Inspire Your Description By Chris Winkle on 11/11/22 Your subconscious isn't the only source of great ideas. Read in browser » Omniscient Presence By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 11/09/22 Your computer is watching. Read in browser » Social Justice, Writing, Gender, Point of View Is There Something Wrong With Writing in First Person? By Chris Winkle on 11/07/22 When should we use first-person perspective? I keep seeing everywhere in writing spaces that a lot of people hate first person just on principle. They say it’s juvenile and lesser than third person. I know randos on the internet aren’t exactly an authority, but I notice it’s a very common opinion I see around, and […] Read in browser » Worldbuilding, History 404 – Disease in Spec Fic By Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock and Adam Wik on 11/06/22 Get boosted against bad storytelling! Read in browser » Commentary, The Writing Process Why Save The Cat! Can't Teach Us Storytelling By Oren Ashkenazi on 11/05/22 Save the money you'd spend on this book. Read in browser » Inspiration, Characters, Conflict, Romance Obstacles for Six Types of Relationship Stories By Chris Winkle on 11/04/22 Somehow, we have to keep our protagonists from pairing up on page five. Read in browser » Routine Therapy By Bunny and Chris Winkle on 11/02/22 Progress is slow. Read in browser » Copyright © 2022 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.