I then realised I was definitely procrastinating by this stage and I should really be focusing on my Solo Traveller Campaign.īack to Incorporating Adventure Creator (August 2015) I then got sidelined into combining the Snowflake Method link and the Beat Sheet into a workflow in a spreadsheet in case I wanted to write non-Traveller based short stories. I removed all the Adventure Creator stuff. So I went back to Story Cubes only, but using 27 (!) of them to inspire the various scenes in line with the Beat Sheet. I thought using the beat sheet structure with Adventure Creator and Story Cubes went too far. Provide (IMO) a satisfying story as well. So now I have a structure, still very flexible, to document anĪdventure scene by scene without having to pre-plan anything and also Incorporated the Saves the Cat strikes back BS2 to the 40 beats Should slide nicely into assisting with beat/scene creation. Prompts for the various scenes/beats, rather than just using the Storyĭice (which I am reserving for the steps). At this stage, I can see it will be very useful to provide
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While for me to figure out how to best incorporate it into my BS2 I like what is in it but it will take a little Until this came out and see how to incorporate into the BS2. Just when I go this far, along comes the Covetous Poet’s The Covetous Poet's Adventure Creator and Solo GM Guidebook on Kickstarter.Īct structure, random tables, Sci-fi included. Poet's Adventure Creator and Solo GM Guidebook (2014 to early 2015) Should have around 10 beats each and how they map onto the 15 steps.
They should take (the BS2 the Blake Snyder Beat Sheet).įact that the 4 stages (Act 1, Act 2 part 1, Act 2 part 2 and act 3) In summary, this provides two things:ġ5 steps all movies follow and roughly where they appear and how long I bought and read a few onlineīooks, looked at some websites and finally hit gold with a book by Blake Snyder – “Save the Cat” (end of 2013 - early 2014)
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Remember a comment from about 10 years ago while watching the DVD extrasįrom “Get Smart” where it was mentioned that they tried to make eachĮpisode of Get Smart be like a little movie, rather than a TV episode. And something suitable for a blog post rather than a novel. That provided structure but also could allow for making up the story as I The complete outline before you start and I was looking for something With various story structures but for a story it really helps to have Interesting and make give that a go sometime. Let inspiration flow as I looked at each die. I was tempted to use theĩQs to provide structure around the story cubes and may look at I did OK on the first mini-adventure as the 9 diceĬonjured up a fairly standard plot I could take the adventure through.Īs to solo mechanisms go, all I really did was roll the story cubes and I needed some sort of structure to frame up anĪdventure blog post rather than ramble through some questions and Rory Story Cube rolling.
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