Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced format. A weekly podcast about the craft and business of writing.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 21 hours 30 minutes
episode 40: 16.40: Nesting Threads in the M.I.C.E. Quotient
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal - Now that we've drilled down into each of the M.I.C.E. elements (Milieu, Inquiry, Character, and Event) it's time to explore nesting them. This sixth installment in our M.
episode 41: 16.41: Middles and Conflicts with M.I.C.E. Structure
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal - With the M.I.C.E. elements (Milieu, Inquiry, Character, and Event) explained, and the concept of nesting, or braiding the M.I.C.E. threads,
episode 42: 16.42: M.I.C.E. Quotient, After the Fact
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal - Our eighth and final M.I.C.E. Quotient discussion will explore using M.I.C.E. as a diagnostic tool. So... your manuscript is done, but something isn't working.
episode 43: 16.43: The Narrative Holy Trinity of World, Character, and Plot, with Fonda Lee
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler - We're beginning another master class, another deep dive series of episodes, and this time around we'll be led into the realms of good worldbuilding by Fonda Lee.
episode 44: 16.44: World and Character Part 1: All Your Characters Are Biased
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler - The world of your book is most often shown to us through the eyes of the characters who live in that world. In this episode we discuss the fact that those characters have bias...
episode 45: 16.45: World and Character Part 2: Moral Frame
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler - Let's follow up on character biases with an exploration of moral frame. When we say someone is "morally gray" or "morally ambiguous,
episode 46: 16.46: World and Plot: The Only Constant is Change
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler - In our world, the ostensibly "real" one (simulation theory notwithstanding), stuff is changing all the time. Why, then, do we see so many fantasy worlds whose once-upon-a-time...
episode 47: 16.47: Believable Worlds Part 1: The Illusion of Real
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler - Writers are illusionists, and worldbuilding requires no small mastery of that particular magic. In this episode we'll explore the creation of believable illusions through the ...
episode 48: 16.48: Believable Worlds Part 2: Creating Texture
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler - As we do our worldbuilding with similarity, specificity, and selective depth (per the previous episode), we should take care to apply these things throughout our stories.
episode 49: 16.49: Magic and Technology: Two Sides of the Same Coin
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler - Magic and technology are tools that we, as writers, use to tell interesting stories, and they're very, very similar tools. In this episode we'll examine some ways in which bot...