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BUILDING WORLDS

Greg Ruth

[caption id="attachment_81366" align="aligncenter" width="400"] Unused spread from THE MONKEY by Osgood Perkins/NEON[/caption] World Building's one of the most underrated essentials of storytelling, and if you do it right,  one of the most invisible. In my personal opinion the holy trinity of storytelling World Building and Character Development are top tier with Plot as the tiny lagging puppy running keep up. Character and World Building are what draws you in to a story, and want to…

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English Muffin Theory- Hyper Accents- It’s all about the buttery nooks and crannies!

Scott Fischer

July 1, 2025 - "Hit those accents like the buttery nooks and crannies of an English Muffin." you will often hear me say in SmArt School and in my videos for Muddy Colors. I guess my brain likes having simplified ways of remembering things. But I thought I'd take this post to dig in a bit deeper. Basically what I am saying is... you know when you butter an English Muffin... how the craters are random, and some fill up with little pools of butter, while some of the raised areas- no butter, or at the most a micro-thin coat of melted goodness to give it a bit of shine? (Sorry my vegan and gluten-free friends!) Those craters and raised areas are buttery accents of deliciousness. Sometimes you even plan your first bite on where they are located! In…

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