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The storytelling elements:

1. The Contract

In the very beginning, you have to make a promise. Will this be violent? Scary? Fun? Tense? Dramatic?

2. The Pull

Keep it light in the beginning. You don’t want to scare people away by being too dense — you must trust The Contract.

3. The Incident

This is the event that sets everything in motion. Should occur early and keep the story together.

4. The Reveal

Just before the Point Of No Return, the main character learns what the story is really about.

5. Point Of No Return

The forces of good are faced with an impossible decision that concerns fear, safety, love, hate, revenge or despair.

6. Mini-Climax

Sorry, but you must allow the the forces of evil to have an epic win.

7. All-Is-Lost Moment

The moment where all is lost. You must portray the deepest despair for the forces of good.

8. News Of Hope

This is the possibility for one of the side characters to shine. A light that shines into the total darkness of the moment.

9. Climax

The shit hits the fan and the good puts everything at stake and overcomes — despite impossible odds.

10. The End

Public displays of relief and happiness, love and forgiveness. It’s great! We also learn that the hero has evolved.

Color

Simple yet challenging Chinese web game where you have to identify the odd coloured square amongst others in a grid. You have a minute to get as many as you can, and it is easy to get stumped now and again …

Don’t think about it too hard.

The problem with blood loss is that when you hit about 1-1.5 liters lost, your organs start to shut down. This is when you’re in hypovolemic shock. Once you hit this stage, you really need to be in or on your way to a hospital if you want to survive. 

And aside from organ failure, the other huge risk is heart failure because your heart rate increases as a compensatory mechanism. The more blood you lose, the faster your heart beats trying to maintain blood pressure and cardiac output. It will do this until it gives out. (Which is why one of the ways we treat blood loss is to purposefully slow your heart down.)

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