Tag: plot

TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!

| April 29, 2016
TPG Week 279: Choose Your Own LoD!

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds. Once again, this is one of the last ones. (I know most of you don’t come back regularly.) I’m closing up shop on 5/13/2016, so there are only two more after this. Enjoy it while it lasts. Related Posts:TPG Week 276: Interesting Bits […]

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TPG Week 230: What Happens When You Don’t Study

| May 22, 2015
TPG Week 230: What Happens When You Don’t Study

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Brian Sanford. We also have Liam Hayes losing his mind in blue, I’m the guy gibbering in the corner in red, and all get to see what I’m talking about as Brian takes us to Related Posts:TPG […]

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TPG Week 224: Padding and the ‘Splode

| April 10, 2015
TPG Week 224: Padding and the ‘Splode

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Galen Schultz. We have Liam Hayes in blue, and I’m the one losing their mind in red, and we’re all going to see how Galen does as he treads High Water Related Posts:TPG Week 247: Another Waste […]

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TPG Week 219: Writing Challenge Entry 4

| March 7, 2015
TPG Week 219: Writing Challenge Entry 4

Hello, one and all, and welcome back to another installment of The Proving Grounds! We’re still in the writing challenge that I ran over at Digital Webbing, and this week’s entry comes from someone who’s no stranger here: Schuyler Van Gunten!   Related Posts:TPG Week 215: Muddled StorytellingTPG Week 230: What Happens When You Don’t […]

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TPG Week 215: Muddled Storytelling

| February 7, 2015
TPG Week 215: Muddled Storytelling

Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have another submission from Fabian Andres. We also have Samantha LeBas in the calming purple, and I’m the jerk being mellow in red. Let’s see what Fabian has with Related Posts:TPG Week 218: Writing Challenge Entry 3TPG Week 190: Artist […]

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TPG Week 207: Oscillations

| December 12, 2014
TPG Week 207: Oscillations

  Welcome back, one and all, to another installment of The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in James Palmer. He’s doing something we don’t see to often here at TPG—he’s using a licensed character. We’ve got Samantha LeBas in the svelte purple, I’m in the fattening red, and we see […]

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TPG Week 191: Trite Is Not True

| August 22, 2014
TPG Week 191: Trite Is Not True

Welcome, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Joshua Crowther. Related Posts:TPG Week 207: Oscillations TPG Week 190: Artist Turned…Writer? (Only the Shadow Knows!)TPG Week 256: Same Problems, Different ScriptTPG Week 219: Writing Challenge Entry 4TPG Week 218: Writing Challenge Entry 3

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TPG Week 175: Inciting Incident Needed

| May 2, 2014
TPG Week 175: Inciting Incident Needed

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we’ve got a Brave One who is no stranger to these parts: novelist Ronnie Massie! We have something we don’t often see around here: a resubmission! We’ve also got Samantha LeBas in purposeful purple, I’m wearing the rarin’ red, and let’s see how Ronnie […]

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TPG Week 169: Write For The Gap

| March 22, 2014
TPG Week 169: Write For The Gap

Hello, one and all, and welcome back to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a returning Brave One in Schuyler Van Gunten! We also have Samantha LeBas in purple, and I’m in the fiery red. Sam is a bit under the weather, so she did what she could. Let’s see what we have when […]

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TPG Week 164: You Need To Add Story To Your Premise

| February 15, 2014
TPG Week 164: You Need To Add Story To Your Premise

Hello, one and all, and welcome back to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Calvin Gimpelevich. Also, while I know you’re looking forward to having Steve Colle in blue, this week it’s just me. Steve should be back on his next rotation. So sit back, relax, and let’s see […]

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TPG Week 161: Don’t Keep Writing When The Story Is Senseless

| January 24, 2014
TPG Week 161: Don’t Keep Writing When The Story Is Senseless

Welcome back, one and all, to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in John Heidt. As always, we have Sam LeBas in Prince purple, I’m in the Hall and Oates red (I’m a Man Eater), and we see what John does with Related Posts:TPG Week 72: Starting Late Will Annoy […]

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TPG Week 160: Deep Problems

| January 17, 2014
TPG Week 160: Deep Problems

Hello, and welcome back to The Proving Grounds! This week, we have a new Brave One in Christopher Knox, who brings us a very strange setup for a tale. It isn’t good, folks. You’ve been warned. We’ve got Steve Colle in blue, I’m forever in red, and let’s see what Christopher did to Related Posts:TPG […]

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