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It’s Okay to Know Where the Story Is Going

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Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) stand together during the final scene of Rogue One: A Star Aars Story
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It’s Okay to Know Where the Story Is Going

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Tell Me a Differently Shaped Story: SFF That Plays With Form

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Two close-up images of Christopher Reeve in Superman and Keanu Reeves in The Matrix
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The Essential Storytelling Device That Fuels Superman and The Matrix

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The Lesson That Superhero TV Shows Keep Learning

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A labyrinth
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Five Labyrinthian SFF Books

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Narrative Sleight-of-Hand: The Trick of Writing Multiple POVs

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Eight Incredible Examples of Epistolary Horror

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Promising Young Woman Is the Gritty Superhero Movie I Always Wanted

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Turns Out Hunting Down a Story Can Be Very Satisfying: On the Rise of Lore

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Twelve SFF Stories Told From Second-Person Perspective
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12 SFF Stories Told From Second-Person Perspective

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Aerith in Final Fantasy 7 Remake opening movie
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Saving Aerith: Life and Death in Final Fantasy VII

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Rider of Rohan in The Return of the King
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At Dawn, Look to the East: The Riders of Rohan’s Timely Arrival and Other Tear-Inducing Moments in SFF

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“You want stories?" Thom Merrilin declaimed. "I have stories, and I will give them to you. I will make them come alive before your eyes.”

Robert Jordan, The Eye Of The World

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