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Storymatic | |
March 04th, 2018 | |
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I picked up The Storymatic [0] at a toy store in Princeton today. | |
It's a box of cards that are used as writing prompts. The | |
instructions say to draw two of the gold character cards and one | |
of the bronze lead-in cards. The two character cards together form | |
a main character and the lead-in gets the story moving. Beyond | |
that there are only two rules: | |
1. The character must change in some way during the story. | |
2. You cannot kill the main character | |
It's a very simple system. I'm tempted to do a little data-entry | |
and digitize the whole thing into a shell script. I just may do | |
that one night, but I'll fight the urge tonight. Instead tonight | |
will be spent actually using The Storymatic for its intended | |
purpose. I'll be creating a new section for writing exercsises [1] | |
over in the Writing [2] section. If you're a fast gopher reader | |
that content might not be live yet, so come back in an hour or two | |
and try again. | |
I have a passion for writing but I don't spend the time to develop | |
my craft. There's no excuse for it. It's the only way to get | |
better. If I ever have any hope of writing a book then I need to | |
be able to put in the time. Here's a start. | |
[0] Storymatic | |
[1] Writing Exercises | |
[2] Writing |