I’ve been thinking a lot about the shapes of stories, especially as IF and video game narrative designers have been mapping them for years. What does...
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A Chrono Comparison: On Writing Story Goals
Chrono Trigger is one of the greatest video game stories ever told. This is why every few years, I try to play its sequel, Chrono Cross....
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- August 7, 2024
- blog
Day 20 – Job
“It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.” For the sixth time today, Amrita’s focus spirit was cleaning the toilets. She watched as...
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- March 1, 2024
- Fiction
Day 19 – Darkness
“Then darkness took me, and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell.” Amber had been...
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- February 20, 2024
- Fiction
Day 18 – Folly
“Let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy.” It happened overnight. One day, just seeing a capital R in bright red...
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- February 20, 2024
- Fiction
Day 17 – Grief
“His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.” The last time Faris spent a night in...
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- February 18, 2024
- Fiction
Day 16 – Forward
“‘Go back?’ he thought. ‘No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!’” The following is dedicated to my...
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- February 16, 2024
- Fiction
Day 15 – Sun
“And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.” I promise you that it’s...
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- February 15, 2024
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FFF Day Fourteen: Smudge It
“A friend of mine tells that I talk in shorthand and then smudge it.” “You know how much I love your sister,” Bratwurzt said in a...
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- February 14, 2024
- Fiction
FFF Day Thirteen: Friends
“It may be the part of a friend to rebuke a friend’s folly.” “Question: What are you doing?” The Student of Applied Magic leaned over Wynona’s...
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- February 13, 2024
- Fiction
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