Stories Heard, Read, Seen and Played

I watch videos, television and movies. I read books and comic books. I play tabletop and video games. I enjoy the fiction of these things.

Movies are short stories, even if based on novels. They are too long otherwise. A show is either a short story or a chapter of a longer story. Everything must be visually interesting, whether appealing or horrifying.

A novel dwells on its themes. It tells more than it shows. It can elaborate on the unseen, describing it as connotations or feelings.

A comic book shows what it tells. It must look interesting to be interesting. The story is supplementary, to give the pictures context and depth.

A tabletop game is interactive. As a role-playing game, the game master is the author but the players are the characters with wills of their own.

A video game is like a show or movie but you play the main character. Sometimes you create the character.

I write books and illustrate the covers. I create the title fonts. My work is with shows, movies, books, comic books, tabletop games and video games in mind. The best fiction lends itself to all of them.

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