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The video-game business dwarfs movies and television in revenues and is now beginning to catch up as a storytelling medium. Slay the Dragon will help you understand the challenges and offer creative solutions to writing for a medium where the audience demands not only to watch the story but to be part of it. Bryant and Giglio step you through such topics as: the no-act structure of video games; writing great game characters; making gameplay emotionally meaningful; and bringing you a game world t

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