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The Writer’s Playground Series – Genre Switch
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is Genre Switch Objective: To explore the conventions of genre by applying them to an unexpected story. How to Play: Take a well-known story, like a fairy tale (“Cinderella”) or
The Writer’s Playground Series – The Emotional Impact Report
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is The Emotional Impact Report Objective: To give feedback on the emotional effect of a story, rather than its technical mechanics. How to Play: A writer reads a piece aloud.
The Writer’s Playground Series – Mystery: The Clue Web
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is Mystery: The Clue Web Objective: To practice creating layered clues and red herrings, the lifeblood of a mystery. How to Play: The facilitator presents a central crime puzzle (e.g.,
The Writer’s Playground Series – Screenwriting: The Silent Scene
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is Screenwriting: The Silent Scene Objective: To practice visual storytelling and conveying emotion and plot through action alone. How to Play: The group is given a simple scenario (e.g., “A
The Writer’s Playground Series – Symbolic Object
Thank you for joining us in The Writer’s Playground series! Here we run through writing games to spark imagination and sharpen your craft. Today’s Exercise is Symbolic Object Objective: To practice imbuing an ordinary object with thematic weight. How to Play: The facilitator provides a universal theme (e.g., “Freedom,” “Betrayal,” “Isolation”). Each writer then chooses
Capacitors, Supercapacitors, and Batteries
Power storage has always been a defining component of electrical products, “defining” meaning the make-or-break for whether the technology is feasible. For many amazing feats of technology found in our favorite science fiction movies and comics, it’s not a question of “How do we make them work?”, it’s “How do we power them?”. Two current