11.Bonus-01: Characterization and Differentiation, with Robin Hobb
Robin Hobb joined us at GenCon Indy for a discussion of characterization and differentiation. And by "discussion," what we really mean is "we ask Robin all the questions." We learn about Robin's proce...
13 Okt 201620min
11.41: The Editor’s Wish List, with Navah Wolfe
Navah Wolfe, an editor at Saga Press, joined us to talk about the manuscripts she would really like to see. Ordinarily we don't encourage people to write to the market, but Navah asked specifically fo...
9 Okt 201620min
11.40: Elemental Drama
The word "drama" gets thrown around a lot. What do we mean when we use "drama" as an elemental genre? For us, Elemental Drama focuses on one character's transformation, and how that transformation aff...
2 Okt 201616min
11.39: Elemental Relationship Q&A, with Greg van Eekhout
Greg van Eekhout joined us at Phoenix Comic Con for a live-audience Q&A session about Elemental Relationship writing. Here are the questions: * What is your favorite way to establish relationships?...
25 Sep 201619min
11.38: The Elemental Relationship as a Sub-Genre
We find the elemental relationship in all kinds of stories that are not fundamentally about relationships. The intimate interaction between characters is part of how we define the characters, how we u...
18 Sep 201619min
11.37: Casting Your Book, with Gama Martinez
Live from Phoenix Comic Con, Gama Martinez joins us for a discussion of casting your book. This is the process by which you create a cast of characters for your story ahead of creating the story itsel...
11 Sep 201617min
11.36: The Elemental Relationship
In elemental relationship stories the primary page-turning driver is the relationship between two or three characters ¹. In this episode we discuss ways in which we can write character relationships—p...
4 Sep 201617min
11.35: Elemental Humor Q&A with Victoria Schwab
For our third Elemental Humor episode Victoria Schwab joins us as we field questions taken from our audience at Phoenix Comic-Con. Here are the questions: * How do you add humor to a serious story ...
28 Aug 201622min
