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Telling Someone Else’s Story
August 5, 2021At last, something EVERYONE can relate to … because we all do it, pretty much every day. What you...
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Building a Character
July 7, 2021You can look online and find lots of resources for creating fictional characters. Depending on where you go, there...
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If I Were Emperor of the Universe…
June 11, 2021First thing I would do is accept congratulatory calls from both heads of Zaphod Beeblebrox. Then, it would be...
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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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