25 Ways To Fuck With Your Characters. As storyteller, you are god. And to be frank, you’re not a particularly nice god — at least, not if you want your story to resonate with readers. A good storyteller is a crass and callous deity who treats the characters under his watchful eye like a series of troubled butt-puppets. From this essential conflict — storyteller versus character — a story is born. (After all, that’s what a plot truly is: a character who strives to get above all the shit the storyteller dumps on his fool head.)
Put differently, as a storyteller it’s your job to be a dick. It’s your job to fuck endlessly with the characters twisting beneath your thumb. And here’s 25 ways for you to do just that. 1. Gods have avatars, mortal or semi-mortal beings that exist on earth to embody the deity’s agenda. 2. The audience and the character must know the stakes on the table — “If you don’t win this poker game, your grandmother will lose her beloved pet orangutan, Orange Julius.” 3. 4. 5. 6.
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Group Names For Animals. Unusual Words. Unusual Words A by no means exhaustive list of rare, obscure, strange and sometimes funny words and their meanings that only seem to crop up in crosswords and dictionaries. Words that are used so seldom, you wonder who invented them and why. Home ~ The Stories ~ Diversions ~ Links ~ Contact. The Mad Logophile: Commonly Mispronounced Words. The following words are some of the hundreds that are commonly mispronounced (and a few uncommon ones). The preferred pronunciation is from Webster's Dictionary, so take it up with them if you disagree :D ►There is no such thing as an assessory, no matter what the salesperson tells you. Pronounce the double "c" in accessory like "ks. " ►Acumen can be pronounced one of two ways: ak-yu-men or ak-yew-men. The former is the traditional one, however, reflecting its latin origin. ►Aegis, as in sponsorship or auspices, is pronounced ee-jis, not ay-jis.
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