The Canterbury Tales and the Storytelling Architecture That Still Works
Chaucer assembled a portable world in the Canterbury Tales, a frame narrative containing multitudes.
#CanterburyTales #Chaucer #LiteraryAnalysis #NarrativeStructure #ClassicLiterature
Chaucer assembled a portable world in the Canterbury Tales, a frame narrative containing multitudes.
#CanterburyTales #Chaucer #LiteraryAnalysis #NarrativeStructure #ClassicLiterature
November 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
The Canterbury Tales and the Storytelling Architecture That Still Works
Chaucer assembled a portable world in the Canterbury Tales, a frame narrative containing multitudes.
#CanterburyTales #Chaucer #LiteraryAnalysis #NarrativeStructure #ClassicLiterature
Chaucer assembled a portable world in the Canterbury Tales, a frame narrative containing multitudes.
#CanterburyTales #Chaucer #LiteraryAnalysis #NarrativeStructure #ClassicLiterature
On the craft of writing: Kishotenketsu and Twilight Zone Stories: The Art of the Twist Without Conflict #Kishotenketsu #TwilightZone #NarrativeStructure
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November 4, 2026 at 3:01 PM
On the craft of writing: Kishotenketsu and Twilight Zone Stories: The Art of the Twist Without Conflict #Kishotenketsu #TwilightZone #NarrativeStructure
Where does your story need to begin for maximum impact?
#NarrativeStructure #StoryStructure #WritingProcess #WritersOfBluesky
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#NarrativeStructure #StoryStructure #WritingProcess #WritersOfBluesky
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October 31, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Where does your story need to begin for maximum impact?
#NarrativeStructure #StoryStructure #WritingProcess #WritersOfBluesky
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#NarrativeStructure #StoryStructure #WritingProcess #WritersOfBluesky
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On the craft of writing: The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell's Structure and How Writers Actually Use It #HerosJourney #JosephCampbell #NarrativeStructure
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October 26, 2026 at 2:04 PM
On the craft of writing: The Hero's Journey: Joseph Campbell's Structure and How Writers Actually Use It #HerosJourney #JosephCampbell #NarrativeStructure
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October 19, 2026 at 2:06 PM
“T[he rules of writing] require that the episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to develop it.”
#BookSky #Books #SatiricalEssay #NarrativeStructure #LiteraryCriticism
#BookSky #Books #SatiricalEssay #NarrativeStructure #LiteraryCriticism
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September 18, 2026 at 7:07 PM
“T[he rules of writing] require that the episodes in a tale shall be necessary parts of the tale, and shall help to develop it.”
#BookSky #Books #SatiricalEssay #NarrativeStructure #LiteraryCriticism
#BookSky #Books #SatiricalEssay #NarrativeStructure #LiteraryCriticism
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September 17, 2026 at 6:59 PM
The Canterbury Tales and the Storytelling Architecture That Still Works
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Chaucer assembled a frame narrative containing multitudes.
#CanterburyTales #Chaucer #LiteraryAnalysis #NarrativeStructure #ClassicLiterature
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Chaucer assembled a frame narrative containing multitudes.
#CanterburyTales #Chaucer #LiteraryAnalysis #NarrativeStructure #ClassicLiterature
Canterbury Tales and the Way to Thread Similar Patchwork Quilts - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author
If you want to understand The Canterbury Tales as a writer—not as a student with a quiz tomorrow, but as a builder staring at a cathedral’s ribs—start with
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September 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM
The Canterbury Tales and the Storytelling Architecture That Still Works
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Chaucer assembled a frame narrative containing multitudes.
#CanterburyTales #Chaucer #LiteraryAnalysis #NarrativeStructure #ClassicLiterature
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Chaucer assembled a frame narrative containing multitudes.
#CanterburyTales #Chaucer #LiteraryAnalysis #NarrativeStructure #ClassicLiterature
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
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An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/bebfb3bc1
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits and Powerful Story Arcs - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author
In the black-and-white hush of early television, The Outer Limits often stages its stories like sealed laboratories: a corridor, a console, a trembling
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July 28, 2026 at 2:07 PM
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
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An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/bebfb3bc1
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Narrative Structures of Cosmic Horror
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Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
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Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
Narrative Structures of Cosmic Horror - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author
Cosmic horror is not simply horror with larger monsters. It is horror with larger math. It is the dread that comes when the universe does not merely threaten your body, ...
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July 10, 2026 at 8:03 PM
The Narrative Structures of Cosmic Horror
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Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
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Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
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An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/b5c0718e4
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits and Powerful Story Arcs - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author
In the black-and-white hush of early television, The Outer Limits often stages its stories like sealed laboratories: a corridor, a console, a trembling
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June 16, 2026 at 2:11 PM
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
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An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/b5c0718e4
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Narrative Structures of Cosmic Horror
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Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
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Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
Narrative Structures of Cosmic Horror - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author
Cosmic horror is not simply horror with larger monsters. It is horror with larger math. It is the dread that comes when the universe does not merely threaten your body, ...
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June 3, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The Narrative Structures of Cosmic Horror
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Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
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Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
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An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/bae1662
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits and Powerful Story Arcs - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author
In the black-and-white hush of early television, The Outer Limits often stages its stories like sealed laboratories: a corridor, a console, a trembling
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May 26, 2026 at 8:15 PM
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
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An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/bae1662
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Narrative Structures of Cosmic Horror
https://www.rfr.bz/bd7addf
Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
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Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
Narrative Structures of Cosmic Horror - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author
Cosmic horror is not simply horror with larger monsters. It is horror with larger math. It is the dread that comes when the universe does not merely threaten your body, ...
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May 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
The Narrative Structures of Cosmic Horror
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Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/bd7addf
Cosmic horror does not frighten through what the monster does but frightens through what the monster's existence implies.
#CosmicHorror #Lovecraft #HorrorFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
https://www.rfr.bz/b2df251
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/b2df251
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits and Powerful Story Arcs - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author
In the black-and-white hush of early television, The Outer Limits often stages its stories like sealed laboratories: a corridor, a console, a trembling
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May 7, 2026 at 2:08 PM
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
https://www.rfr.bz/b2df251
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/b2df251
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
https://www.rfr.bz/bc094a9
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/bc094a9
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits and Powerful Story Arcs - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author
In the black-and-white hush of early television, The Outer Limits often stages its stories like sealed laboratories: a corridor, a console, a trembling
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April 14, 2026 at 3:33 PM
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
https://www.rfr.bz/bc094a9
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/bc094a9
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
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An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/b7158cf
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
The Outer Limits and Powerful Story Arcs - David Somerfleck | Science Fiction Author
In the black-and-white hush of early television, The Outer Limits often stages its stories like sealed laboratories: a corridor, a console, a trembling
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April 7, 2026 at 2:31 PM
The Outer Limits Story Arcs: What the Anthology Genre's Forgotten Classic Still Teaches
https://www.rfr.bz/b7158cf
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
https://www.rfr.bz/b7158cf
An author's guide to the series that still resonates today.
#OuterLimits #AnthologyTV #ScienceFiction #NarrativeStructure #SpeculativeFiction
Not a snowball (or bell, as I mistyped) but more like an earthquake, growing tension underneath that eventually explodes. Thinking about Jane Allison's Meander, Spiral, Explode and how fantastic it is when a book finds its structure within its content. #writing #narrativestructure #books
The structure of the book is like a growing snowbell of that picks up speed and is overwhelmingly clear: smelters giving off lead/other metals poisoned so many people, causing impulsive violent behavior, and companies evaded and refused to change behavior: the companies are serial killers, too.
I've written bits about growing up in PNW +my intuitions about menace/danger. (My track team ran at Lk Sammamish Park in 1974; Green River Killer was on my paper route). Some of it is in Heart Problems in A Public Space. But I just read Murderland by @calfraser.bsky.social and it's blown my mind.
July 15, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Not a snowball (or bell, as I mistyped) but more like an earthquake, growing tension underneath that eventually explodes. Thinking about Jane Allison's Meander, Spiral, Explode and how fantastic it is when a book finds its structure within its content. #writing #narrativestructure #books
Corkboards & Curiosities: "How to craft Unforgettable NPCs - the Bones Rule ( D&D / TTRPG )" | #DMtips #CharacterDevelopment #BonesAndFlesh #Purpose #NarrativeStructure #Immersion #TargetCharacters #Rival #Mirrors #Heels #ReasonsToFight #PlayfulInteraction
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How to craft Unforgettable NPCs - the Bones Rule ( D&D / TTRPG )
YouTube video by Corkboards & Curiosities
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May 25, 2026 at 2:19 AM
Corkboards & Curiosities: "How to craft Unforgettable NPCs - the Bones Rule ( D&D / TTRPG )" | #DMtips #CharacterDevelopment #BonesAndFlesh #Purpose #NarrativeStructure #Immersion #TargetCharacters #Rival #Mirrors #Heels #ReasonsToFight #PlayfulInteraction
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NEW EPISODE: bit.ly/lucas-loredo - @lucasloredo.bsky.social talks about throwing curveballs into a game's narrative.
#LucasLoredo #NarrativeDesigner #NarrativeStructure #KillingMainCharacters #DigitalGameDesign #WritingAdvice #StorytellingInGames #TheCornerOfStoryAndGame
#LucasLoredo #NarrativeDesigner #NarrativeStructure #KillingMainCharacters #DigitalGameDesign #WritingAdvice #StorytellingInGames #TheCornerOfStoryAndGame
July 20, 2024 at 4:50 PM
NEW EPISODE: bit.ly/lucas-loredo - @lucasloredo.bsky.social talks about throwing curveballs into a game's narrative.
#LucasLoredo #NarrativeDesigner #NarrativeStructure #KillingMainCharacters #DigitalGameDesign #WritingAdvice #StorytellingInGames #TheCornerOfStoryAndGame
#LucasLoredo #NarrativeDesigner #NarrativeStructure #KillingMainCharacters #DigitalGameDesign #WritingAdvice #StorytellingInGames #TheCornerOfStoryAndGame
Who the fk needs a damn palantir when there are guys like Mark Lombardi?
#NarrativeStructure
#NarrativeStructure
January 15, 2026 at 12:39 AM
Who the fk needs a damn palantir when there are guys like Mark Lombardi?
#NarrativeStructure
#NarrativeStructure
Who the hell needs a fkin palantir when there is Mark Lombardi?
#NarrativeStructure
#NarrativeStructure
Mark Lombardi -- Kunst und Konspiration (Dokumentation)
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June 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Who the hell needs a fkin palantir when there is Mark Lombardi?
#NarrativeStructure
#NarrativeStructure
Main quest: “The world is ending.”
Side quest: “Help me find my missing cat.”
Player: “The cat comes first.”
Me: “Correct.” 😌🐈
#NarrativeDesign #QuestDesign #NarrativeStructure #GameWriting #GameDev
Side quest: “Help me find my missing cat.”
Player: “The cat comes first.”
Me: “Correct.” 😌🐈
#NarrativeDesign #QuestDesign #NarrativeStructure #GameWriting #GameDev
February 19, 2026 at 4:20 PM
Main quest: “The world is ending.”
Side quest: “Help me find my missing cat.”
Player: “The cat comes first.”
Me: “Correct.” 😌🐈
#NarrativeDesign #QuestDesign #NarrativeStructure #GameWriting #GameDev
Side quest: “Help me find my missing cat.”
Player: “The cat comes first.”
Me: “Correct.” 😌🐈
#NarrativeDesign #QuestDesign #NarrativeStructure #GameWriting #GameDev
Quest: “Collect 5 herbs.”
Me: “But what if this is about grief.”
Herbs: “We did not sign up for this.” 😭🌿
#NarrativeDesign #QuestDesign #GameWriting #NarrativeStructure #GameDev
Me: “But what if this is about grief.”
Herbs: “We did not sign up for this.” 😭🌿
#NarrativeDesign #QuestDesign #GameWriting #NarrativeStructure #GameDev
February 16, 2026 at 5:29 PM
Quest: “Collect 5 herbs.”
Me: “But what if this is about grief.”
Herbs: “We did not sign up for this.” 😭🌿
#NarrativeDesign #QuestDesign #GameWriting #NarrativeStructure #GameDev
Me: “But what if this is about grief.”
Herbs: “We did not sign up for this.” 😭🌿
#NarrativeDesign #QuestDesign #GameWriting #NarrativeStructure #GameDev
Hugely enjoying spending Sunday with the windows and door thrown open, reading Jane Alison’s ‘Meander, Spiral, Explode’.
#narratology #narrativestructure #writing #fictionwriting
#narratology #narrativestructure #writing #fictionwriting
July 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Hugely enjoying spending Sunday with the windows and door thrown open, reading Jane Alison’s ‘Meander, Spiral, Explode’.
#narratology #narrativestructure #writing #fictionwriting
#narratology #narrativestructure #writing #fictionwriting