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Storytelling isn't an Escher staircase.

~Dave Morris

Topics: Staircase Storytelling

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Some have said that 'Frankenstein' is a story of a bad parenting giving rise to a troubled child.

~Dave Morris

Topics: Bad Child Frankenstein Giving Parenting Rise Said Some Story Troubled

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Granted, a long book can be as daunting as a hard one. I nearly reached for 'Game of Thrones' until I saw the bookshelf sagging under the burden of those other volumes.

~Dave Morris

Topics: Book Burden Daunting Game Game Of Thrones Granted Hard Long Nearly Other Reached Saw Those Until Volumes

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Now, I admire The Sims as a game, but from a story viewpoint, there are two glaring problems. First, your relationship with those characters is like they're bugs in a jar. There's no empathy. And secondly, you've got this clunky, chemistry-set interface between you and them, with bars to show how tired or angry they are. It's all tell not show.

~Dave Morris

Topics: Admire Angry Bars Between Bugs Characters Empathy First Game Got How Interface Jar Like Now Problems Relationship Secondly Show Story Tell Them Those Tired Two Viewpoint You Your

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A new medium always has a period when it is struggling inside the confining box of an earlier medium. Creators have to unlearn what they knew before they can see the fresh, uncharted vistas stretching before them.

~Dave Morris

Topics: Always Before Box Creators Earlier Fresh Inside Knew Medium New Period See Stretching Struggling Them Uncharted Unlearn

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When I mention that I'm a game designer as well as a writer, someone will nod and say, 'Ah, that's what we like about your script. The videogame feel.'

~Dave Morris

Topics: About Designer Feel Game Like Mention Nod Say Script Someone Well Will Writer Your Ah

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When you're a writer, everything that interests you feeds into your work.

~Dave Morris

Topics: Everything Feeds Interests Work Writer You Your

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Back in the early 1970s, what got me and another 400,000 kids out of bed without needing to be called twice was the latest issue of The Amazing Spider-Man.

~Dave Morris

Topics: Amazing Another Back Bed Early Got Issue Kids Latest Me Needing Out Spider-Man Twice Without 1970S

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When a medium like games or comic books whips up such a rapture of enthusiasm, naturally we look for lessons we should be learning.

~Dave Morris

Topics: Books Comic Comic Books Enthusiasm Games Learning Lessons Like Look Medium Naturally Rapture Should Up

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Readers prefer a world they can relate to.

~Dave Morris

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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