Six survivors, one traitor, and a memory that warps reality.
The Last Supper Before the Storm is free to read on our feed this week!
It is a practical look at the Frame Tale Plot Pattern using the PlotWeaver: Cards of Creation system.
Learn how to bridge an Outer Frame with an Inner Story in three 15-minute Acts.
#WritingCommunity #IndieGames #amWriting #shorts @fiction

https://open.substack.com/pub/plotweaver/p/the-last-supper-before-the-storm?r=7jc8t1&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Strategic storytelling often requires a Frame to make complex ideas feel personal.
From news features to board reports, framing a personal story within a larger event is how we create resonance.
We are making Part Two of our Plot Patterns series free this week.
Discover the 3-Act anatomy that establishes a Current Reality, develops an Inner Lesson, and returns with a Strategic Resolution.

#Storytelling #Writing #Education #Substack

https://open.substack.com/pub/plotweaver/p/the-story-within-the-frame-tale-plot?r=7jc8t1&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

The Chronos Spicule is free this week with new artwork.
A sci-fi story about research funding, forbidden relics, and the kind of ex-wife who confirms the artifact is real before she asks exactly how you got it.
Written by Dina during a 2025 Play & Ponder session.

#Substack #Shorts #Writing #Scifi #amwriting #Romance

https://open.substack.com/pub/plotweaver/p/the-chronos-spicule?r=7jc8t1&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Heading into the weekend with a bit of #scifi #mystery. Check out Above the Veil, a short piece about a glitched city propaganda tower and a rogue engineer who loves to laugh.

It was built entirely from random card prompts during our Beta video shoot a year ago. Drop by our feed to read it for free and see how we play with story layouts.

#Substack #Shorts #writer #sciencefiction #dystopia #amwriting

https://open.substack.com/pub/plotweaver/p/above-the-veil?r=7jc8t1&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

Heading into the weekend with a bit of sci-fi fun! Check out The Night the Sky Misbehaved, a short piece about an alien who makes the mistake of eating Earth sugar for the very first time.

It was built entirely from random card prompts under a fifteen-minute clock. Drop by our feed to read it for free and see how we play with story layouts.

#Substack #Shorts #writer #sciencefiction #comedy #ufo

https://open.substack.com/pub/plotweaver/p/the-night-the-sky-misbehaved?r=7jc8t1&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=post%20viewer

We are officially launching our brand-new podcast, Play & Ponder with PlotWeaver: Cards of Creation.
For our first episode, we are sharing a December 2024 recording where Marty Handfield and Scott DeJong used our system to build two completely different stories with the same Pattern.
Check it out and if you want to get on the participant list send me a direct message and I will secure your spot.

#Podcast #Substack #Writers #Improv

https://plotweaver.substack.com/p/episode-001-the-fine-line-between?r=7jc8t1

Space Pickles is unlocked. We have made this wonderfully funny guest piece by Marty Handfield free for the week with a fresh visual layout.

#ThrowbackThursday #substack #stories #scifi

https://open.substack.com/pub/plotweaver/p/space-cowboys?r=7jc8t1&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

A marble fountain that drips sparkling water. A stone statue that suddenly speaks. A daydream that turns to razor-sharp ice against your skin.

Solitude by Scott DeJong is free for the week with a new visual look. This haunting story is the central focus of our debut podcast episode dropping tomorrow.

#storytelling #systemsthinking
#Story #substack

https://open.substack.com/pub/plotweaver/p/solitude?r=7jc8t1&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

A good narrative framework deserves striking presentation.

We’re giving our public story archives a major design upgrade to show developing authors what’s possible when you map your ideas visually first.

Tap our profile to see the fresh look we just dropped for The Cost of Paradise.

#amwriting #substack #writingtips

https://open.substack.com/pub/plotweaver/p/liability-of-a-hero?r=7jc8t1&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

A neon marketplace. A fatal countdown. A hero looking into a mirror. 'Liability of a Hero' is live with the original 2024 storyboards!

#substack #amwriting #writing #shortstory

https://plotweaver.substack.com/p/liability-of-a-hero?r=23gb5m