Tag Archives: storytelling

What if Games Had No Winners (or Losers)?

Posted on December 2, 2023 by mitchteemley

Artwork by Anna Antracit The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. In an attempt break free from the naims (gnomes) who’d … Continue reading →

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The Best Way to Write a Story

Posted on September 24, 2023 by mitchteemley
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The Secret City

Posted on September 23, 2023 by mitchteemley

Photo by QT Luong The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Zack and his sister Gina had returned to the world of … Continue reading →

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Gnome-napped!

Posted on September 16, 2023 by mitchteemley

The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. Zack and his sister Gina had returned the world of Ismara. Abandoning his oddly-behaving sister, … Continue reading →

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How to Become a Hero

Posted on September 9, 2023 by mitchteemley

Image source: moddb.com  The Wishing Map is a full-length fantasy that is being posted episodically at this site. To read the previous episode, click here. To read the entire novel, begin here. For the second time, Zack and his sister Gina had fallen into … Continue reading →

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Tips for Writers: Subconscious Mannerisms

Posted on August 24, 2023 by mitchteemley

My high school drama teacher had a quirky habit: first he’d pull on his nose, and then he’d push on it. One day, in the midst of a discussion about mannerisms, he told us where this habit came from: As … Continue reading →

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The Custodian

Posted on June 21, 2023 by mitchteemley

My Featured Blogger this week is Nigel Byng of HYTS (Helping You to Succeed) Daily. Nigel is a freelance writer living in West Palm Beach, Florida, who, in his own words, observes and writes about nearly everything and everyone” he … Continue reading →

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Tips for Writers: On Universality

Posted on June 8, 2023 by mitchteemley

There may be writers who want to alienate their readers. (I can’t think of any, off-hand, perhaps because they’ve been so successful in achieving their goal.) But the rest of us want to draw our readers in. We want them … Continue reading →

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I Was (Almost) a 12-Year-Old Star!

Posted on July 5, 2022 by mitchteemley

My Real Memoir By the time I was 12, my focus had shifted from drawing to storytelling. Although, in truth, even my art had been visual storytelling; I loved movies, after all, and what were movies but visual stories? The … Continue reading →

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Tips for Writers: Always Tell the Truth, Even When You’re Lying

Posted on June 26, 2021 by mitchteemley

Photo by Thom Milkovic Most of us are familiar with the Blind Men and the Elephant story. Its point is twofold: No one has a complete picture, even if they were “there in person,” but… Everyone knows what they think … Continue reading →

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