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Tag: Chiaroscuro

[BOOKSTORE WINDOW] Eyes of the Stars #amwriting #storytelling

Posted on July 3, 2018July 3, 2018 By Brody No Comments on [BOOKSTORE WINDOW] Eyes of the Stars #amwriting #storytelling
[BOOKSTORE WINDOW] Eyes of the Stars #amwriting #storytelling

The result of my third #bookstorewindow fiction writing exercise, inspired by the late Harlan Ellison, based on writing prompts supplied by Colchek, entropymanor, and nickpalaz0123. Wrote it live on our Slack site in about an hour: The discovery, like so many before and since, was an accident. Every 87 years, the six moons in the…

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Chiaroscuro, Fiction, Jointhesaga.com News, MUSHes, Online Storytelling, Short Stories

True confessions: The audacity of wanting something out of all this

Posted on June 23, 2018 By Brody No Comments on True confessions: The audacity of wanting something out of all this
True confessions: The audacity of wanting something out of all this

Seventeen years ago, I got this idea to help raise awareness about OtherSpace – and to create a sort of keepsake for participants who helped shape the first few story arcs with their characters. View post on imgur.com And in the years since, this has been what some angry people point to as proof that…

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[SLACK ROLEPLAYING LOG] A Meeting at the Lightholder Tavern #amwriting #storytelling #Chiaroscuro

Posted on October 19, 2017 By Brody No Comments on [SLACK ROLEPLAYING LOG] A Meeting at the Lightholder Tavern #amwriting #storytelling #Chiaroscuro
[SLACK ROLEPLAYING LOG] A Meeting at the Lightholder Tavern #amwriting #storytelling #Chiaroscuro

This log marks the return of the old JTS fantasy game, Chiaroscuro, to our Slack site – via the channel #rp-palisade. Kudos to Lamia and Raisin for kicking everything off! It is said – primarily by the proprietor, a jovial merchant-classer named Solas Creek – that all roads in Fastheld lead to the Lightholder Tavern….

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Chiaroscuro, Chiaroscuro Roleplaying Logs, MUSHes, Online Storytelling

[CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE] That moon landing moment

Posted on July 20, 2016 By Brody No Comments on [CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE] That moon landing moment
[CREATIVE WRITING EXERCISE] That moon landing moment

On July 20, 1969, the crew of Apollo 11 landed on Earth’s moon. It was a massive achievement for humanity and the public-funded NASA space program in the United States. Your mission: Share a story, at least 250 words, about a moment in your character’s history that’s equivalent to the moon landing – taken out…

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