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Sorry for the lack of an anything!

I’m over here now and have some cool story posts queued up: https://joshpowlison.tumblr.com/

If you’re interested in more of that, it’ll help me know if you go over there! If not... that’s helpful for me to know too!

I got into the whole “HEY I HAVE A BUSINESS NAME I SHOULD HAVE A SEPARATE ACCOUNT FOR EVERYTHING” and I hated it, so that’s what’s up with that.

Hope you’re doing well, and thank you all for the shares and reposts! I’m excited I was able to help so many writers! :D

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Want more stuff on writing?

Starting Saturday I’m posting new writing advice weekly on joshpowlison.tumblr.com! Follow me over there for a new perspective on writing that will improve the quality of all of your stories!

If you want some of that NAOW though, you can check out my blog at joshpowlison.neocities.org. It might be broken at times though and make you want to punch yourself in the face. Don’t do that. Your face is beautiful.

This page will no longer post writing advice as the mission statement for the company has shifted to “provide the best suite for hosting digital stories”. Follow this page if you’re interested in that for your serial novel or webcomic.

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Character dev note again!!

As noted before, due to rewards that readers got (like giving me sentences I have to fit into the story), some stuff changed. Really, because of the flexible nature of the story, I keep the characters flexible (as long as they’re consistent with who’ve they’ve been in the story up until that point, I can change direction from the original notes!).

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Corliss Joshua Powlison 4-6-15

Corliss loves meeting people. She loves puppies, making friends, and eating out.

She's carefree, which is why the secretary is important [for the Student Council]. She makes everything an adventure and flows great with unexpected things.

She's very persuasive, because she makes everything sound easy & fun.

She never worries & always charges ahead.

(Maybe she'd be a better advisor or VP?)

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Read Dream High School here!!

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A dev note for Dream High School. One of the readers won the ability to name a school that could show up and chose Worchestersire Academy, so I had to find a way to make it fit! Here’s some of my development notes for figuring out how it fit. You can read more about what happened with it here.

Worchestershire Academy

Joshua Powlison 3-24-16

Nara dreams of owning an orphanage someday.

She used to want a school named Worchestershire Academy "because Worchestershire Sauce is delicious and an Academy is better than a school." She was 4.

Later with her siblings & learning that school wasn't just being with people all day she decided she'd rather own an orphanage.

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Seeds: Book One of The Heterogen Chronicles - Kindle edition by Stephen Bolt. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Seeds: Book One of The Heterogen Chronicles.

My friend Stephen Bolt just released his first sci-fi novel on Kindle! Here’s a chunk from the description:

“Their world is ruled by ruthless Petroleum Barons. Strict social order is kept in the streets by brutal Enforcers. Unbridled Scientists have been commissioned to take genetic modification to Frankensteinian levels. And the frequent attacks of pillaging Outlaws keep citizens beholden to an exploitive system...”

Check it out!

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This is where things start to get more real.

https://storieslc.com/0000-is-ma-faffritt-colour-of-teh-alfabeht/#3

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Another character development note from Dream High School!

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Nara Joshua Powlison 6-15-15

Nara is a leader and motherly figure. She doesn't like anyone feeling hurt and often is willing to pacify people w/out directly approaching confict- she's all about peace.

She was the one who held you back from fights as a kid, but oddly you became best friends after you punched her in the face one time & finally talked out your problems. She toughened up a bit & became a bit of a defender-pacifist.

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Uah, ignore the contradiction in that last line, I knew what I meant.

Read Dream High School

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You can now name story parts and see their names as you’re choosing a part number! Also, speed improvements.

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open-stories - A lightweight CMS for serial novels and comics that preloads pages for a seamless reading experience.

Open Stories now has page flipping as an option! Pages are pre-loaded, so you can get a seamless reading experience for webcomics and web serial novels whether you’re going with page flip or infinite scroll. No Wordpress site required, minimal HTML knowledge required! Check it out!

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Updated site code!

Check out Open Stories here, and my website here.

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Another backstory note, this time for Gavin from Dream High School.

I don’t really count anything as cannon until I officially say it in the primary story. I’m mainly looking at that last line.

It reads:

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Gavin Joshua Powlison 4-20-15

means "little hawk"

a sophomore gotten into the Student Council by his step-sister Corliss, who adores him.

Gavin is quiet but firm, cocky to hide his insecurity. He's very organized and hates disorder. He's annoyed by Corliss. He's a bit of a germaphobe & awkward around girls.

He's the treasurer and secretary. He gets good grades. Often seems bored. His mom & Corliss' dad married when he was 3 and she was 5. They have a shared baby brother/sister twin set.

Gavin is laser-focused & hates distractions. He's a year ahead. He is the quiet one in his group of friends, who are a somewhat negative influence.

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One of my character development pages for Jay Harlington Esquire in Dream High School.

It reads:

Jay Harlington, Esq. (Joshua Powlison 3-3-16)

Jay means "swift" or refers to victory.

Pushy, forces his way into things, rude.

He's a second-year student, 12 years older than the next sibling. He has twins, then a sister, then another brother, then another sister. He's kinda treated them as his own personal army.

He has a soft spot for them though, and doesn't care how others respond to him pampering & caring for his little brothers and sisters.

He's a senior @ his school, 2nd year DHS.

He's 19, failed two years he was looking after his family (4th grade & 11th grade). After he failed he was invited into Dream High School to help move his studies along.

He makes his little siblings call him Esquire, after his dad teased him, telling his twin brothers to call him that. He warmed up to it and now demands everyone call him that.

He enjoys attention, largely because it helps him get things done.

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Check out Jay’s entrance to Dream High School here~

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Adding page flip to the site! No, the comic shown is not The Adventures of Bob and Susie... that’s just a test page! You can read Little Nemo in Slumberland (the comic pictures) here.

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The most unprofessional professional artists’ vlog, The Almost-Daily Minute, is back!

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Let’s determine how the character will respond in Part 53 of Dream High School! Do we want her to explode? Shrink in fear? Overlook animosity? Something in-between?

Put in your input at https://storieslc.com/dream-high-school/!

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Dave is the only one who can save all of the unstable multiverses on the verge of exploding!

Part 2 of 0000 is live!