Category Archives: Thoughts

Writing an Invasion Storyline

Posted on January 20, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

My son and I are watching a series called ‘Black Clover’.  It involves magic and the story arcs have been rather simple.  That is until the underlying story hit the gas and an invasion of the kingdom happened.  One bigger … Continue reading →

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What Some Jobs Bring to an Adventure

Posted on January 13, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

After talking about how pre-adventuring jobs can add useful skills to an adventurer, I should probably give some examples.  The challenge is that I haven’t held these jobs, so I can easily miss a few things.  In fact, I’m working … Continue reading →

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Adventurers with Mundane Jobs

Posted on January 11, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

There is a trend in fantasy and adventure stories that I didn’t really notice until recently.  I don’t even know what triggered this thought.  Many adventurers start out in a simple, mundane job.  This is mundane when compared to battling … Continue reading →

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#4 of 2022: Third Person POV Post

Posted on January 9, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

( This post originally went live on November 16th, 2022.) The one issue I have with writing this post is that omniscient is a pain to write.  I get it wrong half the time.  So, I might cut this short … Continue reading →

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The Benefit of Teenage Protagonists

Posted on January 4, 2023 by Charles Yallowitz

The Young Adult market is pretty bad.  One of its staples is having a teenage protagonist, which gets some interesting responses.  Most people seem to relate to these characters on some levels, but you have the occasional audience member judging … Continue reading →

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The Art of Genuine Apologies

Posted on December 19, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

This doesn’t have a lot to deal with writing.  It could if you want to know how to have a character genuinely apologize.  Mostly, I’ve run into too many people who do these ‘non-apologies’ and then expect forgiveness.  So, I … Continue reading →

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Writing Reactions to Disabled Characters

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

On the surface, this looks rather easy.  How hard could it be to have one character react to the disability of another?  We all know what we would do, right?  The list isn’t even that long: Ask questions Show sympathy … Continue reading →

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Having a Handicapped/Disabled Hero

Posted on December 12, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

First, I’m going to focus on physical disabilities for this week’s topic.  I’ve touched on a few mental disabilities, but never really dug hard into physical.  This can include blindness, deafness, missing a limb, or anything that can make functioning … Continue reading →

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‘Fixing’ Source Material

Posted on December 5, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

I know this one is going to bite me in the ass.  Just can’t stop myself because this has been bugging me for months.  Pretty sure I’ll see some people pop up in the comments who I haven’t heard from … Continue reading →

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An Interesting Story with Despicable Characters

Posted on December 2, 2022 by Charles Yallowitz

A while back, I watched this anime called ‘Jobless Reincarnation’.  I’d seen people mention it online and it seemed to have a following.  Sounded like a standard Isekai (person transported to another dimension) and I didn’t dig deep enough to … Continue reading →

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