writing advice

Meet the Monomyth

Mar 22, 2019

Authors, The Hero’s Journey, Writing

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Strap on your seatbelts and hold on tight, because I am about to take you through the plot of every story ever told. It is all laid out in The Hero with a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell. Published in 1949, this book dives into the pattern that all stories follow in some way. I…
How to not Retcon

Sep 5, 2018

General

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I think we can all agree that retconning is bad. We have been there, covered that. Time to move on. Now, how do we avoid retconning? I have been putting some thought into this recently. As a writer, I understand how easy it can be to let details slip or lose track of where a…