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Wednesday, July 28, 2021

Level Up or Nerf a Character?

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You guys! Guess what? This week we're talking about "leveling up" characters, which, being gamerspeak, merges two of my very f...
Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Character Growth: The Point of the Story

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 Is it necessary for a protagonist to continually gain power/ability/expertise as a series progresses? For my book it's imperative the p...
Monday, July 26, 2021

You call it “Leveling Up,” and I call it growth.

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Okay, so this week we’re discussing whether or not characters need to “Level Up,” as a tale progresses. I put that in quotes because fran...
Sunday, July 25, 2021

Jeffe's One Rule of Character Leveling-Up

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This coming Friday, July 30, at 6pm Mountain Time, I'll be joining these great friends and powerhouse Fantasy Romance authors for an onl...
Friday, July 23, 2021

MICE Preference

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Greetings from the Hemingway House garden in Key West, FL. No mice here. Too many polydactyl cats on the property. They have the run of the ...
Thursday, July 22, 2021

Writing with the MICE quotient

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This picture of a triangle piece of watermelon is the closest thing I have to fitting this topic...at least it's a triangle? Maybe that...
Tuesday, July 20, 2021

MICE Brackets & Story Starters

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With which MICE element do I normally start my stories?  MICE = Milieu, Idea/Inquiry, Character, Event Check out Jeffe's wonderful expla...
Monday, July 19, 2021

Um. Yeah.

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Interesting read on ghe MICE Tool. Sadly, no time. I have deadlines. Sorry, folks.