{"id":19109,"date":"2024-12-19T08:53:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T08:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/twist-tales.com\/?p=19109"},"modified":"2025-02-23T10:53:33","modified_gmt":"2025-02-23T10:53:33","slug":"5-tips-on-writing-with-cj-oheany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/twist-tales.com\/de\/5-tips-on-writing-with-cj-oheany\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Tips on Writing: With CJ O’Heany"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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5 Tips on Writing: With CJ O'Heany<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Hi!\u00a0 Thanks for stopping by!\u00a0 My name is CJ O’Heany, and I’m a Canadian Game & Narrative designer currently working as the lead game designer for the House of Titans NFT Project on the Cardano blockchain.<\/span><\/p>

I have been writing stories ever since I was young.\u00a0 I have been the ‘Forever-Dungeon-Master’ for various TTRPG groups since I was in high-school and have spearheaded many game projects’ narratives.\u00a0 Additionally, I produce long-form video essays on my YouTube channel discussing my thoughts on design topics for many popular games.\u00a0 If you’re at all interested, check me out:<\/span> Here<\/span><\/a><\/p>

I am a big advocate of games as the ultimate form of storytelling, and I think I have some interesting thoughts on the process!\u00a0 So, thank you again for reading!\u00a0 I hope my answers give you something to ponder!<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Hooking Your Audience<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The most important part of a hook is not the hook itself, it’s the bait you put on it.\u00a0 If a hook refers to the inciting plot event that kicks off the story, the bait is all the foundation that makes that inciting event feel significant.<\/span><\/p>

The early minutes of a story have a lot of heavy lifting to do.\u00a0 They need to introduce the characters, world, setting, goals, relationships, & conflict, all in a relatively short amount of time.\u00a0 These aspects of the plot are the bait that makes the hook really sink in.<\/span><\/p>

Your bait does not need to be representative of the quote-unquote ‘truths of the world’. They just need to be enough of a foundation for the reader to ground themselves & the characters they will be following.\u00a0 Too many stories just front-load intrapersonal elements of the plot early on and entirely neglect the setting they exist within.<\/span><\/p>

Ideally, your bait should have a unique spin on one of these foundational elements.\u00a0 What makes your setting unique?\u00a0 What makes your characters the right solution to the problem at hand?\u00a0 These are the types of questions to ask yourself when developing this bait.\u00a0 The hook thereafter should be the incident that forces the characters to go out and solve those problems by confronting the challenges in the setting or between each other.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Mastering Plot Development<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Simplicity is not a bad thing.\u00a0 I find a lot of stories try their best to add multiple factions, subterfuge, and machinations without building the groundwork for me to even care or know why these revelations should be so important.<\/span><\/p>

Sometimes a reader, viewer, or player just wants the plot that was marketed towards them.\u00a0 Haphazardly tossing half-baked obstacles in the way of the plot leads to derailment from the goal at hand.\u00a0 If you are building towards some high-level revelation that entirely recontextualizes all prior events, make sure that the groundwork for such an event is built.\u00a0 There needs to be room for adequate character building throughout the newly introduced plot elements.\u00a0 This context should also not bring into question the motives or behaviors of affected characters in prior scenes.<\/span><\/p>

When adding these extra layers of plot complexity, it’s good to be simple and up front about it.\u00a0 Don’t shy away from on-the-nose naming conventions, or relatively explicit tropes to get the point across.\u00a0 Furthermore, make sure to base this revelation from the point of view of the characters.\u00a0 This new addition should be something the characters did not know, or chose not to believe.\u00a0 Ideally, something the reader wouldn’t have expected either.<\/span><\/p>

In short: Make your plot structure simple.\u00a0 If you’re adding complexity, do that from the planning stage, and simplify where you can.\u00a0 Be sparing with details, and make sure the information you do share is in the context of the characters receiving that information.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Effective World-Building Strategies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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An often neglected part of world-building is the infrastructure of a setting.\u00a0 If your world even remotely resembles earth; trade & commerce are likely essential components to your new society.\u00a0 You can ask yourself questions like: ‘What is this nation’s main export product?’, ‘How does this nation grow & gather food?’, ‘What is the governance of the nation?’, ‘Where does the nation get clean water?’, and ‘Does this city have a sewage system’?<\/span><\/p>

Despite the somewhat unsavory concepts to tackle, they can single-handedly be the conduit for entirely new and multifaceted plot lines.\u00a0 Something simple like a water supply system can be built into a story about corrupt oligarchs poisoning the populous to quell an uprising stemming from the lower-classed society.<\/span><\/p>

Remember, the setting is a character unto itself.\u00a0 It deserves development and should be affected by the events of the plot along with the characters.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Techniques for Character Development<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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You never know what a person’s true colors are until they are put under immense pressure.\u00a0 You need to know your characters inside and out to build a satisfying character arc.\u00a0 People can say and do things entirely out of their nature, but the real purity test is to challenge them with choices that have stakes and consequences.<\/span><\/p>

These pressures should be tailored to the character you’re working to develop.\u00a0 Each character arc should follow a plot structure focused on a specific trait you wish to challenge.\u00a0 Establish the character as they are.\u00a0 Make them question their own beliefs in increasingly difficult situations. Then culminate this growth by having them confront the trait in question.\u00a0 Oftentimes this is done with a foil or climactic moment.<\/span><\/p>

In essence, the framework is to pressure your characters.\u00a0 Make them squirm.\u00a0 Expose their ugly truths.\u00a0 Then, and only then, let them earn success on their own merits. You would be surprised where the narrative can go if your characters take the wheel.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The prompt answers itself; make your choices meaningful.\u00a0 The question being: ‘What is a meaningful choice?’.<\/span><\/p>

Meaningful choices are user-selected options that give a measurably different outcomes to another available option.\u00a0 These are often the branches for non-linear plot structures, NPC attitudes, or optional quests.\u00a0 However, a meaningful choice is not limited to just be a dialogue option.\u00a0 Gameplay choices like interacting with NPCs, or engaging in time-sensitive activities can also be meaningful if they provide an additional function to the plot.<\/span><\/p>

However, don’t overuse meaningful choices.\u00a0 It’s equally frustrating for multiple dialogue options to result in the same outcome, as it is for seemingly innocuous decisions to have cataclysmic repercussions.\u00a0 There is a time and place for plot-changing choices, but those should be signified appropriately.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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What are your strengths in writing and narrative design?<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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I am often drawn to world-building and character-writing.\u00a0 I find the idea of exploring how characters with vastly different backgrounds, living in entirely unique settings, would behave on a day-to-day basis.\u00a0 My background in game design in both digital and TTRPGs has given me a great foundation for crafting worlds and characters specifically for interactive fiction.\u00a0 Many writing frameworks for books and\/or film just don’t translate well into a player-focused narrative structure.\u00a0 Especially if that narrative is non-linear, or there are multiple branching side-quests that take attention away from a more structured plot line.<\/span><\/p>

I also love tying gameplay to tone, theme, and mood.\u00a0 Nothing can compare to when the mechanics, audio, and narrative are working harmoniously, creating an unforgettable moment of resonance.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Hands down, my favorite piece of fiction is NieR: Automata.\u00a0 I think the game is as close to perfection as you could possibly ask for.\u00a0 It justifies itself as a game and uses its, albeit, on-the-nose philosophical references to talk about the meaning of life, nihilism, and existentialism.\u00a0 I have tried for ages to condense my thoughts on the game down to a bite-sized chunk, but it proved almost impossible.\u00a0 This culminated in my producing a video-essay called ‘NieR: Automata is [A] game that\u2026’ which tried, and failed to finish the titular sentence.<\/span><\/p>

In as short as I can be; NieR: Automata was one of those games that hit me at the right time, with the right themes, and opened my eyes to how unique and engaging game narratives can be.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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With my history of running TTRPG games in various systems, I have a good amount of experience in both on-the-fly character writing and immersive world-building.\u00a0 One of my favorite stories was prior to <\/span>Riot Games’<\/span><\/i> Arcane <\/span><\/i>series releasing, I had been working on a Runeterra (The League of Legends’ Setting) D&D Campaign set in Piltover & Zaun.\u00a0 I had poured through countless forums, wikis, and character lore to piece together the best interpretation of the setting as I could at the time.\u00a0 Then, when <\/span>Arcane<\/span><\/i> did release, my players were surprised how accurately my campaign mapped onto the canon events of the show.<\/span><\/p>

Furthermore, during my capstone year of the <\/span>Honors Bachelor of Game Design<\/span><\/i> program at <\/span>Sheridan College, <\/span><\/i>I spearheaded the creative direction and writing of our project called: \u201cThe Nine Tales\u201d.\u00a0 The game follows the story of a Fox granted immortality on the condition that it could understand the human heart.\u00a0 The game was meant to have 9 chapters, each relating to a specific method of dealing with grief and loss that the Fox would learn from.\u00a0 However, the project only managed to produce a single chapter, which received a perfect narrative score from Toronto’s Level Up Expo’s panel of industry judges.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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While I think it does a phenomenal job on its own merits, Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice is a game that could have such an amazing impact in an audio-only environment.\u00a0 The protagonist, Senua has traumatic schizophrenia and is constantly bombarded by the many, <\/span>many<\/span><\/i> voices in her head.\u00a0 These voices, called <\/span>furies<\/span><\/i>, edge her forward, cast doubt upon her actions, or give conflicting and contradictory advice.\u00a0 They’re not a reliable guide, but are a great measure of the feelings Senua may be having at the moment.\u00a0 The audio design Ninja Theory implemented even has the furies’ audio circling the player, emanating from all angles.<\/span><\/p>

The original game was a descent into madness, with the plot shown through Senua’s perspective.\u00a0 Her mental illness makes her an unreliable narrator, which can only be exaggerated and improved by focusing purely on the audio design. \u00a0 An audio story for this game could follow a very similar trajectory to the product we have today.\u00a0 I imagine it would have a narrator explaining the literal events of what Senua perceives and the goal she has in mind.\u00a0 Then, the furies would interject, providing additional details that may or may not be true.\u00a0 It would be up to the player to then determine the course of action based on the information at hand and their own intuition.\u00a0 This would cut out the combat challenges present in the base game, but I always felt that these mechanics were ill-suited for the narrative Hellblade was trying to convey.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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5 Tips on Writing: With CJ O’Heany Hi!\u00a0 Thanks for stopping by!\u00a0 My name is CJ O’Heany, and I’m a Canadian Game & Narrative designer currently working as the lead game designer for the House of Titans NFT Project on the Cardano blockchain. I have been writing stories ever since I was young.\u00a0 I have 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