Write Your First Adventure
Fall 2021 Cohort
Write, produce, and publish your first one-shot tabletop roleplaying adventure in this one-month-long, self-paced workshop!
November 1-30, 2021
By the end of this workshop, you'll have written, produced, and published a 3,500-word adventure for your favorite ttRPG game system.
$35.00
Write Your First Adventure | DMs Guild Path | Fall 2021
$35.00
Write Your First Adventure | Call of Cthulhu Path | Fall 2021
$35.00
Write Your First Adventure | Fall 2021
Register now to begin your writing adventure
Sponsored by Chaosium
In partnership with Dungeon Masters Guild
Curious about what is included in each path?
Here's a table to guide your decision-making:
Lesson |
System Agnostic |
Free |
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Getting Organized | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Setting a Project Scope | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Better Brainstorming | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Creating Your Living Document | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Designing for Accessibility | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Studying ttRPG Style Guides |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Exploring Themes and Motifs | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Designing Narrative Choice and Obstacles |
✔️
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✔️
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✔️
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Outlining and Mindmapping |
✔️
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✔️
|
✔️
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How to Go from Outline to Draft |
✔️
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✔️
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✔️
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Writing an Introduction | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Creating NPCs and Quest-Givers | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Creating Villains and BBEGs | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Incorporating Maps/Handouts | ✔️ |
✔️ |
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Writing Great Boxed Text (Sponsored by Dscryb) | ✔️ |
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The Five-Senses Guide to Creating Atmosphere |
✔️
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✔️
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✔️
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Worldbuilding Activity | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Using a Template to Emulate D&D 5e Trade Dress | ✔️ |
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Using a Template to Emulate CoC Trade Dress |
✔️
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Playtesting 101 | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Editing Basics | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Designing an Eye-Catching Cover | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Layout Basics and Best Practices | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Marketing Basics | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
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Being a Good Community Creator | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
Publishing Day Checklist and Course Wrap-Up | ✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
✔️ |
$35.00
Write Your First Adventure | DMs Guild Path | Fall 2021
$35.00
Write Your First Adventure | Call of Cthulhu Path | Fall 2021
$35.00
Write Your First Adventure | Fall 2021
Not sure if the workshop is right for you?
The lessons in this workshop unlock over the course of the month. (Check out the full schedule in the course.) This means that you can log in when you're able to log in and complete the lessons on your own schedule, any time during the month of November!
The workshop takes place from November 1st to November 30th. You do not have to be online at any specific time; we have a global community and scheduled classes are unfeasible. The lessons unlock on UTC time, but you're encouraged to complete them on your own schedule. We provide suggested deadlines to keep you on track.
In this course, all lessons are written (like blog posts/articles). Each lesson in the workshop's four units includes activities to guide your learning.
Right here on this website. On November 1st, just simply pop over here to StorytellingCollective.com and log in. The course will be available in your account!
The Storytelling Collective team and instructors are all prolific, passionate ttRPG creators. This is the 8th time we've hosted this course; more than 8,000 writers have taken our workshops since we started in 2018.
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