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How Storytelling Skills Apply to Game Mastering

On September 29, 2022October 4, 2022 By Travis MillerIn assumption busters, musings, storytelling2 Comments

What can game masters learn from storytelling professionals?

Some Writing Advice is Crap

On July 21, 2022July 21, 2022 By Travis MillerIn musings, storytelling2 Comments

I have a shelf full of books about writing and storytelling. Some of them are written by famous writers. Some are written by people you have never heard and teach the craft of fiction at well regarded university writing programs. They all have something useful in them. They all have varying degrees of bullshit. Here …

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Sword & Sorcery Characters Don’t Change

On June 2, 2022June 2, 2022 By Travis MillerIn fiction, storytelling5 Comments

Sword & Sorcery protagonists don't change and that's just how we like it.

Writing and Storytelling are Not the Same Thing.

On May 12, 2022May 12, 2022 By Travis MillerIn fiction, storytelling1 Comment

Storytelling > Writing

Lindy Games and Stories

On March 3, 2022March 4, 2022 By Travis MillerIn musings, storytelling1 Comment

What if you created games and stories with the intention that they would still be enjoyed in 50 years?

How Do Stories Emerge from Game Play?

On December 2, 2021December 3, 2021 By Travis MillerIn game mastering advice, storytelling7 Comments

When you play the game you get a story that is easier to create and probably better than the one you intended.

A Message to 5E DMs: You Only Have One Ass.

On November 25, 2021January 30, 2023 By Travis MillerIn 5E, assumption busters, game mastering advice, musings, storytelling9 Comments

Are you going to ride the Story Horse or the Game Horse?

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Travis Miller

I write about tabletop role-playing games, sword-and-sorcery fiction, storytelling, and heavy metal. 

The friendships I’ve forged while playing adventure games, listening to heavy music, and sharing stories saved my life and made it worth living.  

I live in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio. America’s most underrated city.

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