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Multiclassing in Everything: How to Make the Worst Character in D&D 5E
“What are you playing tonight?” my party asked as I set a bulging tote bag on the table. “A Barbarian,” I said, smiling. “So what’s the...
How to Make a Fantasy Map in GIMP
With NaNoWriMo fast approaching, you may be planning on writing a fantasy or sci-fi story. Congrats! This is one of my favorite genres...
How to Make Minimalist Wallpapers in 7 Steps or Less
Turn any image into a minimalist composition with this seven-step process. Minimalist art relies only on the most basic and distinctive...
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5 ways to waste less time online
Many of the resources you use to create are online, like reference photos or tutorials. But they’re next to a lot of things that distract you, like news feeds or notifications. This can be difficult, because all the time spent on an upvote, stream, or swipe is time...
How to Write Songs in 5 Steps or Less
Last year I took the February Album Writing Month (FAWM) challenge to write songs with a couple of friends. Within a few desparate weeks, we had recorded our first EP as 5% Savvy. We made a lot of good memories - evenings packing a wobbly electric drum set into a...
NaNoWriMo: A Habit of Writing and What’s Next
Editor’s Note: Seth texted me at 1:33 p.m. Mountain Time on November 30 with the good news: “I just hit 50k” This has been an experience I never thought myself capable of, and yet here I am, having written fifty-thousand words in thirty days. In that sense, I’ve...
NaNoWriMo: Kill Your Darlings
If you’ve been a writer for any length of time, you’ve probably heard the adage “kill your darlings.” It means you should never get so attached to things in your story that you aren’t willing to cut them out. But how much of a difference does that really make? Here we...
NaNoWriMo: Show, Don’t Tell
“Show, don’t tell” are possibly the most troublesome three words writers have to deal with. And yet, if done well, those three words will make our NaNoWriMo stories resonate with our readers like nothing else can. We’re halfway through NaNoWriMo with Seth and...
NaNoWriMo: Write What You Know
We writers are often told to “write what we know,” which usually means that we should write based on personal experiences. But how does that work when you’re writing a medieval fantasy story? Or a historical fiction piece set in 1885? Welcome to Week Two of National...
NaNoWriMo: Introducing Seth
My name is Seth, and I’ve been trying to write the same novel for five years. This month, I’m going to finish it. Welcome to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) at Scintilla Studio! My name is Seth, guest writer for Scintilla and your guide throughout the month...
6 Ways Tabletop RPGs Make You a Better Writer
“I don’t think I could ever play Dungeons & Dragons,” I said. “That seems like crossing a line, maybe going a little too far for me.” My party’s Paladin is fond of reminding me I said that. About two years ago I crossed the last nerd threshhold and played my...
Multiclassing in Everything: How to Make the Worst Character in D&D 5E
“What are you playing tonight?” my party asked as I set a bulging tote bag on the table. “A Barbarian,” I said, smiling. “So what’s the ukulele for?” Dungeons & Dragons’ Fifth Edition made multiclassing much easier than previous editions. Too easy, in fact. One...
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