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Nov. 19th, 2010

What would men be without women? Scarce, sir. . . mighty scarce.

Mark Twain

Character foils. Great and wonderful things. Help characterization and keeping the readers awake.

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backstory - 116 uses
characterization - 223 uses
conflict - 158 uses
days: christmastide - 220 uses
days: eastertide - 229 uses
days: lent - 142 uses
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exposition - 130 uses
fairy tales (retelling) - 234 uses
families: parent/child - 130 uses
fiction reviews: children's fantasy - 128 uses
fiction reviews: contemporary fantasy - 165 uses
fiction reviews: fantasy (other worlds) - 126 uses
fiction reviews: high fantasy - 171 uses
fiction reviews: humor - 117 uses
fiction reviews: sf - 229 uses
fictional history - 125 uses
graphic novel/manga - 232 uses
heroes and villains - 202 uses
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my stuff - 140 uses
names - 114 uses
nature - 144 uses
orchestrating characters - 301 uses
outlining - 144 uses
plot devices - 202 uses
plotting - 168 uses
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revision - 142 uses
role-playing games - 164 uses
snippets - 147 uses
story structure - 262 uses
story time - 190 uses
superpowers - 181 uses
travel - 130 uses
vignette - 447 uses
web articles - 133 uses
web images - 283 uses
world-building: creatures - 177 uses
world-building: economics - 124 uses
world-building: law - 131 uses
world-building: magic (effects) - 265 uses
world-building: magic (technique) - 204 uses
world-building: military matters - 111 uses
world-building: non-human characters - 112 uses
world-building: royalty - 118 uses
world-building: social structure - 134 uses
writing - 143 uses

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