Ever spent hours plotting the perfect heist only to watch your players adopt a merchant NPC and open a cheese shop instead? Discover why these 'derailed' moments aren't campaign catastrophes but narrative gold. A guide to nurturing player creativity and growing stories that surprise even the Game Master.

I open my story journal, fountain pen in hand, to share how narratives find their own paths. In "Find the Form of a Story," I explore the intimate process of letting each tale choose its final form - whether that's a game, novel, or film.