Games Writers Play
Every week, I take one scene apart and find the psychological mechanism that makes it work. Then I show you how to steal it. (Plus cat photos, because there's only so much nerd one newsletter can hold.)
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Each week: a breakdown of one powerful scene, and the psychological and dramatic devices that make it work — so you can use them in your own writing. (Plus cat photos, because otherwise this would be unbearably nerdy.)
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