Write Your First Adventure | Summer 2020
Create, write, produce, and publish a one-shot adventure — in just one month! July 1-31, 2020.
The Workshop Begins on July 1, 2020!
FREE PREVIEWLesson Overview and Schedule
FREE PREVIEWGet to Know the Storytelling Collective
On RPGs and Where to Publish | Travis Legge
FREE PREVIEWDMs Guild Path: Maps by Marco Bernardini
DMs Guild Art Scholarship
FREE PREVIEWChangelog: July 7, 2020
FREE PREVIEWSample Trello Board
FREE PREVIEWRPG Writer Workshop Logos
FREE PREVIEWA Hundred Thousand Words | A Pep Talk from Sadie Lowry
FREE PREVIEWThe Big Freeze | A Pep Talk from Makenzie De Armas
FREE PREVIEWOvercoming Creative Obstacles | A Pep Talk by Ashley Warren
FREE PREVIEWYour Own Map of Success | A Pep Talk from Kristina Sisto Kindel
FREE PREVIEWDo It for You | A Pep Talk from James Introcaso
FREE PREVIEWYou Can Make Things Better | A Pep Talk by Joshua Mendenhall
FREE PREVIEWLesson 1: Getting Organized
Lesson 1: Activity
FREE PREVIEWLesson 2: Creating Your Living Document
FREE PREVIEWLesson 2: Activity
FREE PREVIEWLesson 3: Designing for Accessibility
FREE PREVIEWLesson 3: Activity
FREE PREVIEWLesson 3: Downloadable Files
FREE PREVIEWLesson 4: Brainstorming and Ideating
Lesson 4: Activity and Worksheet
FREE PREVIEWMini-Lesson: Moodboards & Playlists as Author Resources
FREE PREVIEWLesson 5: Helpful Hooks and Succinct Synopses
Lesson 5: Activity and Worksheet
FREE PREVIEWLesson 6: Mind Mapping and Outlining
Lesson 6: Activity
FREE PREVIEWLesson 7: How to Go from Outline to Draft
Lesson 7: Activity and Worksheet
FREE PREVIEWLesson 8: Creating an NPC Quest-Giver
Lesson 8: Activity and Worksheet
FREE PREVIEWLesson 9: Designing Narrative Obstacles and Challenges
Lesson 9: Activity and Worksheet
FREE PREVIEWLesson 10: Villains and BBEGs
Lesson 10: Activity and Worksheet
FREE PREVIEWLesson 11: Biomes and Environments
Lesson 11: Activity and Worksheet
FREE PREVIEWLesson 12: Incorporating Maps
Lesson 12: Activity
FREE PREVIEWLesson 13: The Five Senses Guide to Creating Atmosphere
Lesson 13: Activity and Worksheet
FREE PREVIEWLesson 14: The Three Pillars
Lesson 14: Activity and Worksheet
FREE PREVIEWLesson 15: Worldbuilding Exercise
Lesson 15: Activity and Worksheet
FREE PREVIEWLesson 16: Primer to Playtesting
Lesson 16: Activity and Downloadable Files
FREE PREVIEWLesson 17: Cover Design Best Practices
Lesson 17: Activity
FREE PREVIEWLesson 18: Conveying Mood Through Design
Lesson 18: Activity and Downloadable Files
FREE PREVIEWLesson 19: Editing and Proofreading
Lesson 19: Activity and Downloadable Files
FREE PREVIEWLesson 20: Marketing 101
Lesson 20: Activity
FREE PREVIEWLesson 21: Being a Good Community Creator
Pre-Publishing Checklist
FREE PREVIEWPublishing Day and Course Wrap-Up
FREE PREVIEWDownloadable PDF