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