It's no secret that I love choose-your-own-adventure games. Detroit: Become Human is my favorite game second only to my dearly beloved Red Dead Redemption II , with Until Dawn and The Quarry pretty much tied for third place. Not too long ago, I posted about a character from the Danganronpa games that felt underused from a storytelling perspective, and that got me thinking about another character who got the short end of the stick in the writer's room: Christa from Tellta

Character names can be tricky things. For some writers, it comes with a pressure on the level of naming children! We might spend hours or even days deliberating and change our characters' names multiple times before finding the perfect one. When choosing character names, there are plenty of things to consider. Because it's on the page, you may feel like it has to not only sound good but look good. You don't want to have too many characters with similar names readers get them

*Ding Dong, Bing Bong* Ahem... Hope's Peak Academy School Trip Executive Committee has an announcement to make... This post contains MASSIVE spoilers for all of the Danganronpa games. There will also be mention of violence and death. ♡ Please proceed with caution and take care of yourselves! ♡ via Wikipedia Danganronpa is something I might call one of my guilty pleasure games. It's not perfect, and portions of it haven't aged well, but there is plenty I like about its writin

By some keystroke of luck, I got my hands on the popular typewriter keyboard from Five Below. I came across this keyboard in a Yahoo article that popped up in my recommendations and the timing couldn't have been better. I was thinking about replacing the Bluetooth keyboard I'd been using for about six years, as the batteries weren't lasting as long and it would sometimes disconnect from my computer or duplicate keystrokes in abundance; it's not exactly easy to write when yo

With Thanksgiving happening on Thursday if you're in the States, there's a heightened focus on family connections as we gather together and head into the holiday season. But for some, family isn't defined by blood or genetics. Rather, it's the loved ones we choose. That's why Friendsgiving has become such a popular event in recent years! This especially deep and special friendship is celebrated in fiction as the Found Family trope. The exploration of the ways different bonds

The ending of your book is arguably one of the most important things to get right. It's the last moments your reader has with the characters before they part ways. The last impression you get to make. How often have you been disappointed by the conclusion of a story that was going strong until the last chapters? Whether it came out of left field or was simply a letdown that didn't sit right with you, a bad ending has the potential to ruin an otherwise good reading experience.