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Worldbuilding 301: Creating Your Flag
Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 01/06/2025 Worldbuilding, Culture Vivian Sayan 01/06/2025

Worldbuilding 301: Creating Your Flag

In today’s blogpost, I go through general advice on how to design a flag and also how I made my own flags along with their reasoning.

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Writing 202: Wake Up to Start
Writing, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 11/05/2025 Writing, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 11/05/2025

Writing 202: Wake Up to Start

In today’s blogpost, Anne and I discuss starting with waking up. I love waking up; Anne, not so much. But in writing? Let’s find out!

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Writing 202: Deus Ex Machinas
Writing, Analysis Anne Winchell 13/04/2025 Writing, Analysis Anne Winchell 13/04/2025

Writing 202: Deus Ex Machinas

Today’s blogpost features Anne giving us the details of Deus Ex Machina: what is it, and why is it so hated?

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Worldbuilding 202: Monarchies - Ascending the throne
Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 12/02/2025 Worldbuilding, Government Vivian Sayan 12/02/2025

Worldbuilding 202: Monarchies - Ascending the throne

In today's blogpost, I go over the basics of monarchies: what types there are, what they are, and various strategies for passing down the crown.

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Writing 203: Xenosenses
Writing, Biology Anne Winchell 02/02/2025 Writing, Biology Anne Winchell 02/02/2025

Writing 203: Xenosenses

In today's blogpost, Anne explores how to incorporate non-human senses into writing and has fun coming up with some of her own.

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Character 105: From Character to Person
Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 26/01/2025 Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 26/01/2025

Character 105: From Character to Person

In today’s blogpost, Anne and I terrorise Bob more and ask, what is the difference between a character... and a person?

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Writing 202: Giving Critiques
Writing, Critique Anne Winchell 15/12/2024 Writing, Critique Anne Winchell 15/12/2024

Writing 202: Giving Critiques

In today's blogpost, Anne critically critiques how to give critiques so that you can become a better critic!

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Writing 201: Fight Scenes
Writing, Strategies Anne Winchell 20/10/2024 Writing, Strategies Anne Winchell 20/10/2024

Writing 201: Fight Scenes

In today’s Spooky October blogpost, the great Sun Anne will share her wisdom on how to set up and write compelling fight scenes from beginning to end.

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Warfare 201: Weapons
Warfare, Technology Vivian Sayan 13/10/2024 Warfare, Technology Vivian Sayan 13/10/2024

Warfare 201: Weapons

In today's Spooky October blogpost, I discuss weapons in all their glory, including what to think about when you design your own.

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Worldbuilding 205: Killing & Murder
Worldbuilding, Death Vivian Sayan 06/10/2024 Worldbuilding, Death Vivian Sayan 06/10/2024

Worldbuilding 205: Killing & Murder

In today's Spooky October blogpost, I discuss the differences between killing and murder, plus many ways to do it, and that it is only okay if they are level 5 annoying to you.

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Character 201: What is a Character?
Character, Types Anne Winchell 29/09/2024 Character, Types Anne Winchell 29/09/2024

Character 201: What is a Character?

In today's blogpost, Anne defines what a character is and their role in the world and in stories.

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Writing 201: Understanding Critiques
Writing, Critique Anne Winchell 22/09/2024 Writing, Critique Anne Winchell 22/09/2024

Writing 201: Understanding Critiques

In today's blogpost, the great Anne Winchell defines the types of critique and gives tips on how to form positive relationships with your critiquers.

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Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Games
Worldbuilding, Writing, Games Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 25/08/2024 Worldbuilding, Writing, Games Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 25/08/2024

Worldbuilding & Writing 201: Games

In today's blogpost, Anne and I discuss games: what they are and how to incorporate them into your world and your writing!

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Worldbuilding 103: Mathing
Worldbuilding, Math Vivian Sayan 11/08/2024 Worldbuilding, Math Vivian Sayan 11/08/2024

Worldbuilding 103: Mathing

In today's blogpost, I math it up with some methods to do quick and easy calculations to help making your worlds more believable.

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Character 104: Defining your Character
Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 09/06/2024 Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 09/06/2024

Character 104: Defining your Character

In this week’s blogpost, Anne and I continue our exploration of building characters by looking at various strategies to define your characters.

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Writing 201: Humour
Writing, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 05/05/2024 Writing, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 05/05/2024

Writing 201: Humour

In today's blogpost, Anne and I discuss humor: what it is, why it exists, how to use it in writing, plus we give descriptions of a variety of different types.

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Writing 105: Genre
Writing, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 17/03/2024 Writing, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 17/03/2024

Writing 105: Genre

Anne and I categorize various writing genres and the promises they make.

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Character 103: Trauma and Edumucation
Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 25/02/2024 Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 25/02/2024

Character 103: Trauma and Edumucation

Anne and I talk about how education and trauma play important roles in how a character becomes who they are.

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Character 101: Character Flavours
Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 17/12/2023 Character, Strategies Vivian Sayan & Anne Winchell 17/12/2023

Character 101: Character Flavours

Anne Winchell and I discuss how to make a well-rounded character using flavours as a metaphor.

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Writing 201: Conveying Without Saying
Writing, Character Anne Winchell 10/12/2023 Writing, Character Anne Winchell 10/12/2023

Writing 201: Conveying Without Saying

Anne Winchell has a discussion about how to show emotions rather than telling them.

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