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Published in Just Like New

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A Complete Choose-Your-Own Story

Right here on Medium. And in bite-sized installments! — There’s no shortage of great short stories and flash fiction here on Medium. Less common are ‘choose your own adventure’ stories — yeah, like the ones you read as a kid, where each chapter ends with a choice. Still, some writers have been giving it a go. …

Fiction

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A Complete Choose-Your-Own Story
A Complete Choose-Your-Own Story
Fiction

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Published in The Community Building Movement

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What is this Mysterious Story-Slash-Roleplaying Game on Medium?

How a group of authors (and, let’s face it, D&D nerds) use Medium to tell stories, do world-building, and play games — In a previous article for this publication, I wrote about how a group of Medium creative writers have collaborated to produce a vast comic-fantasy epic, all written in 100-word drabbles: A Unique Collaborative Writing Experience on Medium How a group of authors came together to create a unique humor-horror adventure story, all written in 100-word chaptersmedium.com

The Cb Movement

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What is this Mysterious Story-Slash-Roleplaying Game on Medium?
What is this Mysterious Story-Slash-Roleplaying Game on Medium?
The Cb Movement

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Published in Creative Writing 101

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About Me–J.F. Danskin

Fantasy author, and person who is interested in writing… — Bio I’m a creative writer of fantasy, and have been writing novels and web-novels for a number of years. My first series was The Druid Stones Saga, a historical fantasy set in medieval Scotland and based around Celtic myths and legends. …

Writing

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About Me–J.F. Danskin
About Me–J.F. Danskin
Writing

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Published in Creative Writing 101

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Sorcerer — A Web-novel by J.F. Danskin

A reading guide and contents page — Dear readers: this is a guide to my web-novel, “Sorcerer, Level 1”. It is a fantasy gamelit web-novel, with a Dungeons & Dragons flavor! Contents page below. What is the novel about? It follows Alcar, a young man in a mythic fantasy city, and his dreams of becoming an adventurer. Despite an absence of any…

Web Novel

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Sorcerer — A Web-novel by J.F. Danskin
Sorcerer — A Web-novel by J.F. Danskin
Web Novel

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Here’s How To Find My Best Stories

Easy access to all of J.F. Danskin’s articles and resources — I’m a creative writer of LitRPG and historical fantasy. My articles are about the craft and process of creative writing, in particular, writing fantasy. It’s easy to lose track of 250+ blog posts… even when you wrote them yourself! I’ve been blogging here on Medium roughly once a day, and…

About Me

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Here’s How To Find My Best Stories
Here’s How To Find My Best Stories
About Me

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Published in Choose Your Own Adventure — Collaboration

·9 hours ago

CYOA — New Story Arcs

News and an update from the editors — Dear readers and authors — hello! It’s a while since we’ve made any major changes to the author guide for Choose Your Own Adventure — Collaboration, and the main reason is that we haven’t really needed to. Things have been progressing nicely, with lots of fun new stories, and awesome…

Creative Writing

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CYOA — New Story Arcs
CYOA — New Story Arcs
Creative Writing

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Published in The Kraken Lore

·21 hours ago

A Monstrous Story

Looking back at a hefty gamelit fantasy story… — As part of The Kraken Lore’s throwback Thursday, I’m reflecting back on one of the first stories I sent to them: “Meanwhile, the NPCs…” It’s a humorous fantasy-gamelit story set in my Shadow Kingdoms world. It’s also a bit of a monster, at 15,000 words! Hence, it’s divided into three…

Throwback

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A Monstrous Story
A Monstrous Story
Throwback

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Published in Creative Writing 101

·1 day ago

Sorcerer, Chapter 56: The Welcome of the Elves

A fantasy gamelit web-novel — This is part of a fantasy gamelit web-novel, with a Dungeons & Dragons flavor. The full title is “Sorcerer, Level 1”. Click here to begin at Chapter 1, or click here for the contents page! Ten minutes later, Alcar and Leppie were standing just behind Remiz, surrounded by a group…

Web Novel

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Sorcerer, Chapter 56: The Welcome of the Elves
Sorcerer, Chapter 56: The Welcome of the Elves
Web Novel

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Published in Choose Your Own Adventure — Collaboration

·2 days ago

A Doomed Village

A chapter of a Primatria quest — This is part of a story that works as an interactive game. You’ll need to have dice and a notepad at the ready! Click here for the beginning of the Medium Adventurers League, here for the beginning of this quest, or here to return to Rebel Bar. Looking for the…

Fiction

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A Doomed Village
A Doomed Village
Fiction

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Published in Choose Your Own Adventure — Collaboration

·3 days ago

Seek & Avenge: Come and Write

Inviting you to join the ongoing ‘Choose your own’ story. —

Fiction

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Seek & Avenge: Come and Write
Seek & Avenge: Come and Write
Fiction

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