Want Lifelike Characters? Create a Character Bible – Elizabeth Spann Craig Writer @AngelaAckerman explains what a character bible is, how it's useful for character development, and gives tips for creating your own.

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Want Lifelike Characters? Create a Character Bible – Elizabeth Spann Craig

The Role of Failure (and Conflict) in Character Arc This is the one-step-forward-two-steps-back formula that works so well in stories because it mirrors real life.

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The Role of Failure (and Conflict) in Character Arc

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Eleven years since you crossed the black sands. I wish I could say that the world is better than you left it (although it will always be better for having had you in it) but at least there is a new Young Sam to help carry on the Pratchett name and ethos. Love you always ❤️

Two ‘lost’ Doctor Who episodes found in donated tape collection Recovered episodes are from third season of hit sci-fi series

This is huge for Who fans. The first and third episodes of The Dalek Master Plan have been found.

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Reflections on the Path By G.S. Hoppmann — Copyright 2025 Tobi Publishing

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New short story: "Reflections on the Path"

A couple returns to their special valley after fifty autumns together. Some journeys aren't about the destination—they're about the person walking beside you.
A meditation on love, memory, and the passage of time.

Utilize Chekhov’s gun to make plot work You’ve probably read at least one story in which upon reading their climax in which the hero uses some object to help him achieve victory, thought to yourself, “How convenient that it was ther…

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How to Use the Four Levels of Conflict to Strengthen Your Story Understanding the levels of conflict and how various challenges will interact is key to building a rich, powerful story

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How to Use the Four Levels of Conflict to Strengthen Your Story

What Happens When AI Runs the Entire Economy? YouTube video by Isaac Arthur

Science Fiction Story Fodder

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What happens when AI controls prices, jobs, markets, and growth itself? Explore the future of an economy run by machines—and what it means for work, power, and humanity.

Read an Excerpt From The Subtle Art of Folding Space by John Chu - Reactor This isn't your usual jaunt through quantum physics.

No one has tried to kill Ellie today...so far.

We're delighted to share an excerpt from @johnchu.bsky.social's The Subtle Art of Folding Space, a science fiction story about unhinged physics, generational trauma, and the comfort of really good dim sum!

Do These 34 Words and Phrases Mean What You Think? Do you use any of the following words incorrectly? If you misunderstand them, so might your readers. Blunders would be suitable for dialogue, but not for the main body of a story, unless that story…

"Ambivalent?" "Benused?" "Noisome?" "Nonplussed?" "Tortuous?"

Are you using these words correctly? Check them out — plus dozens more.

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Outlander Season 8 Premiere Proves the Series Still Has the “Soul of a Rebel” - Reactor Faith, bees, and a bombshell from Frank Randall kick off Outlander’s final season.

Sing me a song of Outlander's return! @zutsuit.bsky.social reviews the premiere of season 8, including some theorizing about book divergences (and a peek at the MacKenzies' canonical TBR):

Our local academic publishing house has a treat for everyone:
"The story that hatched Mothra—available in English for the first time, translated by Jeffrey Angles, who wrote an afterword about the novella’s cultural context, the unusual story of its composition, and the development of the 1961 film"

Kishōtenketsu: the four-act structure that rewrites narrative rules How Western writers adapt these principles for their original stories.

Kishōtenketsu (起承転結) is the 1,300-year-old East Asian narrative structure that replaces conflict with juxtaposition.
Deep dive: origins, worked examples, writing craft techniques, film, manga, games.

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Bought

MOM Amazon.com: MOM eBook : Brooks, Melissa: Kindle Store

My name is Melissa Brooks. As a way of dealing with my past, I have written a memoir in an attempt to heal and cope. My story is true. I hope telling it helps me.

You can read my book here: www.amazon.com/dp/B0GMNXSFW3

7 Tips for Designing Your Book Cover • Design your book cover to attract attentionYou can’t judge a book by a cover goes the old cliché, but the reality is that people literally do so all of the time. That’s why you’ll want to spend s…

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Actually it is a 5 part series so you get the whole picture, plus a further reading section with links on the final post... Thanks for the share Kathy

A New Chapter for Bluesky - Bluesky After several intense and incredible years building Bluesky from the ground up, I've decided to step back as CEO and transition to a new role as Bluesky's Chief Innovation Officer.

Some personal news: I’m transitioning from CEO to a new role as Bluesky’s Chief Innovation Officer! I’m excited to welcome @toni.bsky.team as our interim CEO.

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This is a very obscure reference
Can you guess?

Action figures from “The Brady Bunch” (1969-1974) and “The Partridge Family” (1970-1974). Well, here’s the story! Come on, get happy!

Cut Plot Cliché of Histrionic Exit To ensure readers hold your story in high regard, you’ll want to avoid plot clichés, or overused literary devices, which typically are employed by lazy or unskilled writers.One such plot clich…

Cut plot cliche of histrionic exit
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8 Tips for Avoiding Bland Writing • Use active voiceVerbs give sentences and books vibrancy. When too many of them in a story are passive or weak, the writing sounds drab.• Show don’t tellWant to slow your story to a glacial …

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If you complain about Star Trek’s “fat characters” and “gay Klingons” or a teenager that doesn't suit your ideal body image, you have allies among the people who called their local NBC station in 1967, over a “colored girl working the radio on the bridge of the spaceship.” Good company, huh?

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Hicks: Extremists attack libraries for political power. Don't fall for their schtick. People who don't actually use libraries are policing them in a cynical play for political power. It's a national trend showing up across South Carolina.

right-wing extremists — many of whom probably don’t even have library cards — are getting themselves appointed to library boards to censor books, stir up low-information voters, and wage high-profile culture wars they hope will help them win elected office.
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What a 1900s Novel Has to Tell Us About the Future of AI That we’ve been here before, and we still didn’t see it coming.

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