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Auther Toolbox: Gaming for Writers

17 Tuesday Apr 2018

Posted by Katherine Barclay in Life(style), Writing

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I spent most of yesterday playing video games. For work.

In honor of this – and to reassure myself that I wasn’t actually slacking – I thought that this month I’d share two games that help me outsource some of my creative heavy lifting. I’m not suggesting that anyone go out and buy them just for the sake of writing tools. Both of these games can get expensive, especially when you start taking bonus packs and DLC into account. But if you already have them, or something like them, it might be worth playing around and seeing if you find them helpful.

So, without further ado, I present:

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