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Episode 7 of 10!

Featuring @wordsbyparker 🌻

Getting close to the end! If you want to catch up from the beginning, click here!

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The next installment of the SCP collab project is now available on @dragonsongstudios 's channel! Give it a listen! (I play Dr. Avery Grant in this series.)

https://youtu.be/l9T0VdnzqNI?si=Y7OHzfI5dpQOH5Lt

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Been thinking about this a lot lately... It's especially good advice for those of us that are terrible plotters. Just take it one step at a time.

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how to write creepy stories

over describe things

under describe things

short sentences in rapid succession build tension

single sentence paragraphs build dread

uncanny valley = things that aren't normal almost getting it right

third person limited view

limited expressions

rot, mold, damage, age, static, flickering, espsecially in places it shouldn't be

limited sights for your mc - blindness, darkness, fog

being alone - the more people there are, the less scary it is

intimate knowledge, but only on one side

your reader's imagination will scare them more than anything you could ever write. you don't have to offer a perfectly concrete explanation for everything at the end. in fact, doing so may detract from your story.

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I am very picky when books or games get adapted to TV or film. (I was also a filmmaker & a screenwriter a while back.)

I'm pleasantly surprised by the Fallout series. It feels like they did it right. From the aesthetics to the storytelling to the in-game references & more. 😊

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New collab with @frenchiefitzhere on her Waking Nightmare series! Go check it out! 😁

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I'm getting to the age where this meme applies to almost every situation

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Pali & I are working on the "Smoke & Mirrors" series logo. 🥳 Early stages, but it's in progress.

Still weird seeing Davenport & Griffin outside of my head.

And the anticpation of what the actors are going to do with their characters.... oh, yeah. We're gonna have a blast. 😁

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Being a one person operation has been wearing me out more lately. I have a lot on my creative plate & I have to stop & tell myself to calm down, everything is not due today. Slow progress just doesn't feel as productive as getting things done. 🙂 (I'm taking breaks, don't worry).

This is not a whine or a complaint. (Not in the whiny, ungrateful brat sense, anyway. 🙂) Being a creative artist is not always easy. But it is always worth it. I'm just drowning a little more than usual and felt like sharing. Folks need to know that it's okay to struggle. 🙂

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If a scene feels flat and you can't figure it out, ask yourself:

• What can MC smell? Is there an ocean breeze, sweat, a cinnamon roll fresh out the oven?

• What can MC hear, besides the dialogue? Is a bird singing, river flowing, a car speeding, clock ticking?

• Can they taste something, even if they're not eating? Previously drunk alcohol or juice, aftertaste of a cigarette, smog, too instense perfume?

• Can they feel something on their skin? Rough clothes or delicate material, blowing wind, an allergy or a rash, grass that theyre laying on?

• What does the character see, besides other characters? Is the room dark or is sunlight coming in nicely? Are the colours vibrant or dull? Are there any plants?

• What's the weather? Is it snowing and the cold is making goosebumps appear on their arms? Is it hot and sweaty and clothes are clinging to their body?

• HOW DOES IT MAKE THEM FEEL? To any of the above.

Do they like the smell of cinnamon rolls or are they weirdos (I'm a weirdo, I don't fit in).

Does the clock ticking calm them down or annoy them?

Do they enjoy the aftertaste of a cig and like how dirty it makes them feel?

Are they sensitive to touch and how their clothing feels on their skin or are they indifferent?

Would they enjoy the scenery more if it was more sunny out, because they're afraid of the darkness?

Do they like it snowy or are they always cold and hate winter?

Come on, give them persoanlity, likes and dislikes, don't be scared to make them people and not only likeable characters.

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THIS. My werewolves just flew in out of nowhere and said, "Nope, you're missing some things. A lot of things actually - here, let us help."

Especially one particular wolf that the audience hasn't met yet.... the little punk broke my heart, and I'M the writer! 🙂

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"How am I supposed to live like that?! Like this?! I’m so- so delicate now! A stray breeze could break my bones!”

[F4A] Injured Immortal-Turned-Mortal Talks To Their Mortal Companion About Existence and Mortality [Platonic] [Friendship] [Existentialism] [Immortal-Turned-Mortal Narrator & Mortal Listener] [Fantasy Setting] [Patching Them Up] [Argument] [Reverse Comfort] [CW: Talks Of Death & Mortality] [Sorta Meta In This Case] I

I figured I could try a reverse comfort audio since chemo has been kicking my ass. And although I am not and never have been immortal, I am feeling a lot of what's in this audio. I don't like being helpless. It absolutely enrages me. But this helped.

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Listening to Episode 7 of RS again. Everything came together so well in that one. You would have thought we were all in the same room recording together instead scattered across the country.

I'm so proud of the cast of this entire series. 🙂 And grateful they chose to be here.

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Edit: closed to submissions for this project at this time, the response on X/Twitter was more overwhelming than I expected. 🙂

Looking to c0mm1ss1on an artist or graphic designer to create a silhouette style logo for a location in the fictional town of Raven's Landing. To be posted on my wiki and used on merch.

DM me or share your info/portfolio/etc. below. Thanks! 🙂

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Fun fact: It doesn't matter if it's one line or 50, I always get a bit nervous recording for other people. These are their characters, not mine. I want to get it right. Add in a specific accent or vocal pitch, and my anxiety cranks up.

Despite all of that, I love what I do. 🙂