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February 7, 2016

Thought-Provoking Fan Art

At first, this fan art from weregeek was just funny – oh, I see what you did there! Then, I started thinking about how the Harry Potter books would change if the main characters were from a different country. It’s an interesting thought (and good mental exercise). Try picturing your favorite fantasy books with a different cultural base (for example, instead of a...
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October 13, 2015

Personality Tests: An Exercise in Characterization

Want to test how well you know your character? Russ’s comment on Deathwalker 3.6 made me think of a great characterization exercise: Take a personality test from your character’s perspective. Answer the questions the way your character would and see whether the results agree with how you think of your character (or at least, if they agree as much as you...
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August 10, 2015

Have Fun with Puns!

Wordplay often involves picking specific words or word combinations to create double meaning. It’s usually used to add humor, and a lot of it involves puns. Puns take homophones (words that sound alike but aren’t) and put the wrong one into the circumstances. If the sentence is talking about steak, for instance, the writer might use “stake” instead. These are also...
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