Final Boss Editing

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Editing breakdowns, storytelling craft, game-design notes, and the occasional radio drama — 36 posts and counting.

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'March of Giants' MOBA key art: a scowling bearded man's face flanked by armored mech warriors over fiery orange
Tutorials

Game Design tips from "March of Giants" a new MOBA with a unique take!

September 9, 2025·4 min read

'Time Climb' game art: a backpacked figure climbs cookie stepping-stones toward a full moon, with a lamp and mugs
General

Frustration games, and why we love them

September 6, 2025·4 min read

Row of video-game cards with play buttons: Graveyard Keeper, Birth, A Short Hike, Rust, Crab Game, Unpacking
General

Ludocene Game Finder is worth swiping right on.

February 25, 2025·2 min read

'Fiction Editor vs AI Gen Story' thumbnail: a man bites a book beside a VS burst and the ChatGPT logo
Edits

Will AI replace Novelists? A fiction editor tells all.

January 11, 2025·5 min read

Sci-fi Project Ethos scene: a woman with an afro and sunglasses by an orange flame-logo banner and white pod
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Project Ethos: A game design review of the new extraction shooter

October 21, 2024·4 min read

Dark Guayota game scene: a hooded, cloaked figure holds a glowing blue flame; small editor webcam in the corner
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Narrative Design Tips from Guayota - Game Review

August 31, 2024·1 min read

TikTok: unboxing the Jubensha 'The Dark Council'
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Unboxing "The Dark Council" Jubensha murder mystery game

March 11, 2024·1 min read

Seven boxed Chinese jubensha murder-mystery game sets fanned across a table, in black-and-white tones
General

Jubensha -- what I've learned so far.

January 30, 2024·4 min read

The novel Tomoe open in Google Docs with highlighted prose and a Final Boss margin comment; editor on webcam
Edits

Editing Insights from: Tomoe Cliffs of Despair

November 14, 2023·2 min read

TikTok: keeping a character's (or the antagonist's) fear present in every scene
General

Crafting Effective Characters: Conveying Fears through Visual Cues

November 8, 2023·1 min read

Book cover of 'The Fantasy Fiction Formula' by Deborah Chester, a green potion bottle emitting smoky figures
General

My top 5 writing book recommendations (and why)

March 25, 2023·3 min read

Video: the lens of the Toy (Jesse Schell) applied to our Worldseekers game
Tutorials

One of the most handy Game Design Tips I've learned

February 8, 2023·1 min read

Dark idle-game UI: a row of locked icons above the line 'I'll add it to the queue and get back to you on that'
Tutorials

How to add narrative to an idle game's design

July 12, 2022·2 min read

Two-column manuscript and editor-notes screen share with a small editor webcam inset
Tutorials

Who needs showing when you can tell well?

March 18, 2020·4 min read

Phone choose-your-own-adventure game chat over a sepia typewriter background reading 'Once upon a Time'
General

Check out my new CYOA game! (Beta)

October 26, 2019·1 min read

Page 10 of a Christopher Moore novel heavily marked in pink, blue, orange and yellow highlighter with notes
Tutorials

How to save your writing with a pack of highlighters

September 27, 2019·3 min read

Screenplay excerpt with placeholder 'Blah blah' dialogue between Joe and Mable in a living-room scene
Tutorials

Three ways to avoid "Talking Wallpaper" Dialogue.

December 23, 2018·4 min read

Antique apothecary shop interior with a carved wood counter and shelves of labeled medicine bottles and jars
Radio Drama

Check out the first episode of our radio drama: The Last Alchemist!

December 18, 2018·1 min read

Split view of a screenplay and editor notes with a 'Want edits?' banner and the editor on webcam
Edits

New Edit! How to tell if your story needs more conflict.

December 11, 2018·4 min read

Manuscript page being edited on screen with a bearded editor on webcam and a 'Want edits?' prompt
Edits

How to make your story's opening scenes shine! Live edit of Sopho and Demaka Complex.

July 20, 2018·2 min read

Screenplay open in an editor with a notes panel and the editor on webcam during a live script edit
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Edited Scriptshadow's amateur offerings Notorious and Helldorado

March 11, 2018·3 min read

Did a podcast with FictionMyDiction about Worldbuilding
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Did a podcast with FictionMyDiction about Worldbuilding

January 31, 2018·1 min read

Screenplay with characters Peppermint and Tip open in an editor, with the Final Boss 'Tips' logo and editor webcam
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Edit of Stitches and Ozma of Oz

April 21, 2017·1 min read

Manuscript with a highlighted line open in an editor, with the Final Boss 'Tips' logo and the editor on webcam
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Edit of the World of Sopho and Dead Star

January 28, 2017·2 min read

Screenplay open in an editor with a notes panel and the editor on webcam in the lower corner
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Edit of Ozma and Stuck in Silence

December 30, 2016·2 min read

Book cover of 'A Visit from the Goon Squad' by Jennifer Egan, with blurred multicolored figures in motion
Tutorials

Understanding Polyphony in Writing in Visit from the Goon Squad

December 16, 2016·7 min read

Book cover of 'Mrs. Dalloway' by Virginia Woolf, a sepia 1920s photo of women in wide-brimmed hats
Tutorials

Using interiority to express a character's thoughts

October 7, 2016·6 min read

Manuscript shared on screen during a live edit with two editors on webcam and a 'Want edits?' banner
Edits

Children's book and short story edits

August 14, 2016·1 min read

Slide titled 'The Four Essentials' listing Hero's Need, Goal, Antagonist and Inciting Incident with a diagram
Tutorials

Learn how to develop resonant characters with this Final Boss Tutorial!

July 10, 2016·1 min read

I wanted to share an example of a paid edit
Edits

I wanted to share an example of a paid edit

July 3, 2016·1 min read

Screenplay text beside dark editor notes with a 'Want edits?' banner and the editor on webcam
Edits

We Edited Demon Priestess and ProLOGue

June 30, 2016·4 min read

Manuscript open in an editor beside a notes sidebar, with the editor on webcam in the corner
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Editing the novel "The Life Interstellar"

May 22, 2016·4 min read

Screenplay open in an editor with the editor on webcam during a live Twitch edit
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Editing "I Shall be Released" and "42 Days"

May 14, 2016·3 min read

Screenplay titled 'Laser Sloth' open in an editor with a notes panel and two editors on webcam
Edits

Editing the Laser Sloth

May 9, 2016·3 min read

Final Boss editor smiling in a webcam inset beside a manuscript open in a text editor for a Scriptshadow review
Edits

Amateur Offering Scriptshadow Review

May 2, 2016·3 min read

Folk-art painting of a bearded man and a fox-eared blonde woman holding a pen, banners reading 'Final Boss Editing'
Tutorials

What is Final Boss?

April 25, 2016·1 min read

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