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18.26: Broadening Your Writing Wheelhouse: Video Game Dialogue, RPG Adventures, & More

Writing Excuses

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How to Write a Better Adventure

Aaron Carroll: I love watching actual play TV shows and GMing tabletop games. It lets me make more space for the audience and how they're reacting to what's on the page. When you write a novel, when you write a story, you are inviting your audience into the space that you've created. Your reader is an empty vessel as well. You need to figure out how am I signaling to them what they should be bringing to this table to properly receive what you've created for them.

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