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    Avoid Protagonist Issues with The Eight Universal Protagonists

    I've been cooking so much this week... The sheer number of breakthroughs I've had are mindblowing... This is just a taste of what I've figured out, building off of what I began with The Story Marc Plotting Method. And I hope this helps you with your protagonists as this is just the start of...
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    Avoiding Disliked Endings

    My new system, built around the Universal Conflicts, resulted in me having a new perspective on things when mixed with an old lesson. Maybe it'll be useful to you.
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    Genre Blending with Primary & Subordinate Conflicts

    So, first, I created a whole PDF which serves as a writing instructional book for plotting. It's in the link on the video if you wish to dig deeper into it. Uses a different method than anything you've heard before and this video touches on one of the uses with genre blending. Furthermore, I...
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    Am I actually really smart?

    Without showing us examples of the clues and how you worked through them, it’s hard for anyone to assess what’s actually happening here. If someone were a genius, I think they’d likely anticipate this kind of response and provide evidence to support their claim beforehand. For instance, you...
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    What You Need to Learn about Plot Structure

    Hence, I do what I do. :ROFLMAO: It's also why I maintain that understanding is more important than advice in the long term. I wouldn't have made it to where I am without studying what I have, after all.
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    What You Need to Learn about Plot Structure

    This video has created so much additional work, but I'm excited. This whole concept is part of what led to my biggest breakthrough last month. It's what lead me to figure out the path forward, for one of the two things I need to evolve to my next level of being a writer. Anyway, hopefully, this...
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    What is Correct way of Showing and Telling?

    Here you go. An actual, actionable lesson.
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    Advice that is useless. A collection.

    This may or may not shock you, but I hate most common writing advice. Most of it is, frankly, the blind leading the blind. This is one reason I do what I do and constantly try to improve myself, as I'd rather give people actual substance and true direction instead of that vague bullshit...
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    How to Write Minimalist Prose

    Minimalist style is far from my favorite, though I know how to do it. And when to use it. Personally, I'm fondest of a nice balanced approach at the middle, but that's neither here nor there. Also, glad to hear it since that was one of the things I was considering for! Plus did it this way to...
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    How to Write Minimalist Prose

    Someone once asked me for tips on how to write concisely. I've known how, but given my sheer depth of knowledge, I haven't known how to tackle it all properly. In fact, I often feel this way. I recently came up with a possible solution, which you can see in the document I created and attached to...
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    How to Edit

    I share another thing I've organized to help those who want to improve as writers. It's a good way to help navigate things.
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    Tips for Writing Tournament Arcs

    Definitely glad to hear you are! I mean, I stand by what I said, there's so much you can do with them. Hell, in the past, my favorite time always with Pokemon was whenever the Pokemon League came around. Regardless, I hope this helps you think about it! And see what's been done in a new light...
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    Tips for Writing Tournament Arcs

    I've been in tournament mode recently, so I finally got around to this one. I hope this helps out with people executing their own take on this.
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    Best Scooby Doo series?

    This is objectively true. Close the thread; the conversation is over.
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    Writing Casual Conversations

    I'll include this one here today. It's also a good reminder that I post writing tips on my YouTube channel every day.
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    Writing Casual Conversations

    Theoretically! Figuring out how to make all of those, given my past as a plot-first type of person, was quite the challenge at first. I can do it much easier now due to my knowledge of craft, but I won't pretend it was easy.
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    Writing Casual Conversations

    This is a little something that I've been obsessing over the past few months, which resulted in this episode. I can add more, some of which I will do in today's daily writing tip entry in a bit. Regardless, I hope this can help those interested in pulling this off.
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    How to Keep Your Stories on Track

    Back from my end of the month break, with a little something I've been working on.
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    Where does wish fulfillment go too far?

    It goes too far when it gets in the way of you connecting with your intended audience.
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    Non-Fan Adaptions: Where They Go Wrong and How to Avoid These Issues

    I KNEW IT! I FUCKING KNEW IT! THEY FUCKED UP LIKE A DRAGON AS I SUSPECTED THEY WOULD! IT FEATURES THE VERY ISSUES I WORRIED ABOUT! FUCK! I was so angry that I channeled my recent work at improving my thumbnail skills into making the video's new thumbnail.
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