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I finished Kamen Rider Ghost

It was still better than Omniverse

Anyways, the Tech 10 Renovation Project is not officially back on, but I have been doing a couple things for it lately. I'm not committing to anything, but I am considering writing to at least the end of Ultimatrix Unleashed. I'd ask how many of you would be interested in me actually continuing it, but I know it would be like one person at best.

I can't really blame anyone too much since even with the rewrite the first ten entries of UU are boring as sin. There's relatively little actual conflict and 99% of what happens is just setup for later. I will say the second arc gets a lot better, but I don't have a whole ton of that rewritten yet.

The results for the Omniverse Awards are out, and while I don't agree with all of the results, I have to say that most of the winners were pretty well-deserv-

>OV Chromastone won Best Canon Redesign

At any rate, congratulations to the winners, and may god have mercy on your souls.

(On a side note, any winners interested in displaying their awards can use this template on their pages.)

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but seriously OV CHROMASTONE WHO THOUGHT THIS WAS A GOOD-

I'd officially move the Gazette's release to Tuesday but I'd probably end up putting it off until Wednesday.

Lesson 17: Writing Longer Stories

A few different people on the Discord requested this one, and I have to say while this lesson might be useful for them, there's simply not a terrible amount to be said on the topic. I already talked at length about putting details into your writing, and beyond doing that, there's only one way to legitimately extend your stories with repeating yourself:

ADD STUFF

There's no magic trick to it, you just kind of have to take the stuff you have and shove more stuff onto it to make it bigger. For some examples of what you could add:
 * More Characters
 * More characters = more people you have to have do things in the story = a bigger story. Note that this is generally not the best route to go unless you're fairly confident in your ability to comfortably juggle writing multiple character arcs.
 * More Events
 * Did your episode about things happening end up too short? Add more things happening! Adding more action or character scenes or what not is a decent way to extend a story, but try to keep everything focused around advancing towards the end point of the episode instead of just stalling the plot for the sake of filler.
 * More Plot
 * Do you have a plot? Does that plot not take up as much physical space as you want it to? Just add another one! And another one! And another one!
 * Okay that much is obviously exaggeration, but it doesn't hurt to have subplots if you feel your main story is lacking in content potential. Just make sure to keep the main focus of the story on the main plot so you don't end up annoying the audience by meandering around with diversions. A solution I personally like using is the A Plot/B Plot formula, which basically means you have two "main stories" per episode. These stories should be related to each other in some way, but there is a decent amount of wiggle room as far as that goes.

Of course, aside from all that, there is always another option to consider when deciding how to add extra stuff to your story: Sometimes your story is short, and that's all there is to it. You don't always need to make something longer just for the sake of making it longer; if the story you want to tell is best told short, then by all means, keep it short. The integrity of your storytelling should always be your first priority.



Art Corner

Tech= Tech - Combalien Evolution Redesign

By ChromastoneandTabby

The Renovation Project for my old stuff may be abandoned but I still wanted to make an updated design for this guy.

Not too long after the end of Ultimatrix Unleashed, where Tech swears off fighting, he gets dragged back into the fight regardless of his personal opinion due to the sudden appearance of a new enemy known as Dethrouge. Dethrouge aims to reach the mythical Gateway of Reality, which will grant whoever passes through it their heart's greatest desires, no matter how destructive these desires might be. After getting utterly trashed by Dethrouge in their first battle, Tech travels to Egypt to find the source of Dethrouge's power, and ends up receiving the BIOME Suit, an ancient piece of alien technology that acts as a counterpart to Dethrouge's own armor.

The BIOME Suit is stored as a blue gauntlet (the thing on Tech's left arm) and is activated by pulling the handle on the device. Once activated, the rest of the suit will generate around the user's body. It leaves the Ultimatrix Dial free, allowing Tech to transform into aliens while using it, but covers up the module slots, making it impossible for Tech to combine or evolve his aliens while the suit is in use. Igneoux= Igneoux Redesign

By ChromastoneandTabby

A redesign for Igneoux, the timeline-hopping bounty hunter whose claim to fame is being goddamn invincible.

This becomes a bit of a problem when he sets his sights on the bounty on Tech's head. Dethrouge= Dethrouge Redesign

By ChromastoneandTabby

An ancient Pharaoh whose grief drove him to ignore the warnings given to him and abuse the power of the Underworld Suit until it drove him mad. The suit grants him the ability to distort and destroy life, allowing him to create twisted creatures that serve his will and cause those who oppose him to wither away into nothingness.

Dethrouge seeks to uncover the Gateway of Reality and reshape the universe in his image. Though it is impossible to truly know what image a madman would create, it is near certain that the resulting twisted world would be a living hell.

A promotional event called "Alien of the Week" (trailer here) is set to begin airing in the states in a couple of weeks. Part of the event is evidently the series of "Alien Worlds" shorts, two of which have already been released...in Norwegian.

The Alien Worlds shorts goes into the lore of each reboot alien's species and their home world. The two episodes released thus far are about Khoros and Petropia, which are much different (and dare I say better) in the reboot's universe. An English version of the Khoros short has been found, but the Petropia short is only in Norwegian so far. Thankfully, the visuals of the latter are usually enough to get the point across, and I would recommend giving it a watch anyways if you're interested.



SUBTERRANEAN DIAMOND KAIJU

Well, that's it for today, folks. I hope you enjoyed the sixty-third issue of The CaT Gazette! Feedback and support are appreciated!