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  1. Helen Bennet-Kröger

    What are you Reading Now?

    Just finished Stefan Zweigs Maria Stuart. Great read, as in general with Stefan Zweig. He has a way to make history come alive but he never tries to give you the impression he's representing you with all the facts. It's always clear you're reading an author that wasn't there and is just trying...
  2. Helen Bennet-Kröger

    Plotting with themes

    I love writing from theme! It's crucial for me to be motivated to write in general. I usually try to pinpoint my theme down before I really get into the gut of the story. Doesn't always happen though, sometimes it works the other way around and the theme comes through eventually. But I have to...
  3. Helen Bennet-Kröger

    Magic can't coexist with technology... like really...

    This was a really useful interesting read. Just wanted to add one thought that I don't think has been said yet: geography. This is a point I generally see people (myself included) forget. When creating a world, we need to think about the real specific geographies in between cultures. So let's...
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    How can I master Show don’t tell?

    I write mostly scripts so "show, don't tell" has been pretty much hammered into my brain from day one. So take this with a grain of salt as scriptwriting is all about visual language. Obviously in prose there's more freedom though I have to say, I usually enjoy visual prose more than long...
  5. Helen Bennet-Kröger

    Sex, Orcs, Dramedy

    Hey fellow writers, I'm Helen from Berlin. I write scripts and lately have been getting back to my first love, prose and fiction. Then I noticed another lover I've lost along the way: fantasy storytelling. As a kid, fantasy was my go-to genre. I devoured any books on the subject. But as I got...
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