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Myths That Should Be Busted
May 21, 2021While there are several myths floating around social media these days that are harmfully inaccurate and borderline felonious that...
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Worldbuilding
April 5, 2021There are lots of different ways to approach “worldbuilding” – the creation of a larger creative construct or immersive...
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Beyond Immersive Entertainment
March 15, 2021Before we contemplate what lies “Beyond Immersive Entertainment”, let’s review what we mean by “Immersive Entertainment.” Immersive – (1)...
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Storytellers as Thieves
February 1, 2021So, storytellers as thieves … Seems like there are several ways to address this premise. First, of course all...
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Poetry
January 4, 2021There once was a man from Nantucket… OK, so that’s the start of an infamous limerick. Not quite poetry...
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Lessons from Live Performance
December 14, 2020Last month’s IDEAS On blog topic was “Improvisation,” and I shared how once-upon-a-previous-lifetime I embraced improv while writing and...
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Improvisation
November 1, 2020In an early chapter of my life that was several decades ago, I was a writer and performer in...
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Villains
October 26, 2020A good story must have conflict and one way to drive that dramatic tension is having an antagonist play...
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Post COVID-19 Realities for Experience Design
September 14, 2020Once there are medically-proven vaccines readily available and it becomes reasonably safe to mingle and assemble among strangers outside...
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Themed Entertainment’s Obsession with Space Exploration
August 16, 2020Space: the final frontier. These are the visions of themed entertainment. It’s perpetual mission: to generate new revenue, to...
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Enter Yard Projects
May 6, 2020I have been working remotely for IDEAS since the end of 2009 when we moved from Orlando to Greensboro,...
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Start Strong
March 9, 2018Good stories have a well-baited hook in the first few sentences that grab the reader/listener/audiences’ attention and plants a...
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How Do You Approach Life?
December 31, 2017With a fresh batch of New Year’s resolutions on the way, I thought I would share a personal observation...
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Introducing Your Child to Music 101
December 18, 2017My daughter is on the cusp of being a “tweenager” so her musical interests are now influenced by what...
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Theater Parent 101
November 27, 2017Our 11-year old child loves musical theater and has developed a plan for getting on Broadway by the age...
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How to Carve a Turkey
November 22, 2017We have all been there. Either sitting at the table waiting … or worse, watching, as a well-intentioned host...
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How to Smoke a Turkey
November 20, 2017There are lots of ways to smoke a turkey. One is to beat them badly in a race. Another...
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Unsung Heroes
September 13, 2017With Hurricane Irma now hundreds of miles away, most Floridians are breathing a collective sigh of relief. Yes, there...
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Helping Houston Recover from Hurricane Harvey
August 28, 2017Many of us have been following the reports this past weekend of Hurricane Harvey making landfall in the Gulf...
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Making the Most of the Solar Eclipse
August 17, 2017It seems that everyone is gearing up for the solar eclipse on Monday. So here are some tips to...
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