13.30: Project in Depth, THE CALCULATING STARS, with Kjell Lindgren
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, and Dan, with Kjell Lindgren Spoiler Alert! If you haven't yet read The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel, by Mary Robinette Kowal, you may wish to rectify that pri...
29 Juli 201831min
13.29: Iconic Heroes
Your Hosts: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard The term "iconic hero" allows us to differentiate between different kinds of heroes who appear in series. Nancy Drew and Conan the Barbarian are iconic, ...
22 Juli 201818min
13.28: What Writers Get Wrong, with Wildstyle
At GenCon Indy 2017 we were joined by Wildstyle (@MrWildstyle on Twitter), who wears many hats, and many of the hats he wears are donned in service of producing hip-hop. One of the most interesting r...
15 Juli 201817min
13.27: Characters as Foils
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Amal, and Maurice A foil is a character who serves as a contrast to another character. The foil might be a sidekick, an antagonist, a romantic interest, or really any other...
8 Juli 201818min
13.26: Character Relationships
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard Our characters become far more interesting when they begin interacting with each other. These interactions—these relationships—are often how our stories get...
1 Juli 201821min
13.25: Our Journey With Character
Your Hosts: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard Brandon wanted to ask us how our perspectives on character have changed since the very beginning of our writing. It's a difficult question to answer, and...
24 Juni 201818min
13.24: What Writers Get Wrong, with Piper, Aliette, and Wesley, with special guest Ken Liu
Your Hosts: Piper Drake, Aliette de Bodard, and Wesley Chu, with special guest Ken Liu Our hosts for this episode are experts in a great many different things. One thing that they have in common is t...
17 Juni 201822min
13.23: Internal Conflicts
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Amal, and Maurice Internal conflicts, simply put, are problems your characters have with themselves. In this episode we address the ways in which writers can build stories ...
10 Juni 201826min
