A forgotten canvas bag. A fortune in cash. An old compass leading back home.
'At the Edge of the Lane' is free to read this week on Substack. It's our oldest surviving short story from 2024, written exactly as it emerged from our very first paper-cut prototype deck.
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Tracking multiple character arcs at the same time without losing your story's pacing is incredibly tough. That’s where the Parallel Plot Pattern comes in.
In Matt Gardner's story 'Notice of Reassessment', he uses it to follow a farmer, a market vendor, and a child until their separate storylines come together at a tense town hall meeting.
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https://open.substack.com/pub/plotweaver/p/notice-of-reassessment
A washed-up space captain. A humid bistro. A line of dialogue that changed everything.
False Idols is live on Substack! A new #FrameTale by Matt Gardner about meeting your heroes and finding a hungry ghost.
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In the story 'Master Craftsman', Aditya Mohan Dewal uses a physical object, a bent chisel, as the pivot point for his entire resolution.
Written using the Inverted Plot Pattern, this story shows how starting with the "Result" (the theft) and working backward to the "Reason" (the clash of values) creates immediate engagement.
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Learn how PlotWeaver: Cards of Creation works, and then try it for yourself.
https://www.plotweavergame.com/
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