Writing For Solo Journaling & Epistolary RPGs

THIS IS A QUICK GUIDE to help you make the most of your time with solo journaling/epistolary RPGs, including those from AdventureByMail.

These aren't intended to be hard and fast rules, but simply to give you the tools and techniques story tellers of every level use to create and populate their worlds. They are also somewhat simplified to better apply to story-driven RPGs. Once you have a handle on these systems, you can better understand how to use them and when to break them 

As humans, we are natural story tellers. Before we built houses and harvested grain, we were telling stories. It's in our bones.

It's in your bones.

Credits:

The Story Grid Shawn Coyne

The Anatomy of Story John Truby

Lessons from the Screenplay Michael Tucker

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What Other's Have Said About AdventureByMail: 

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-Johnny Chiodini, Dicebreaker Podcast, Episode 26

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-Sally Tamarkin, Oh I LIke That, Episode 3

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