Episode 32 - Multiple Perspectives (Guest: TK17)
Daystar and Alexander are joined by special guest Duncan Sabien (TK17) to discuss multiple perspectives in fiction, including common pitfalls and benefits. 1:30 Archetypes vs Whole Characters 5:34 C...
6 Maj 201740min
Episode 31 - Action Scenes
Daystar and Alexander discuss action scenes and how to ensure they're engaging and meaningful. Timestamps: 1:23 Action Scenes in Different Mediums 5:38 What Makes a Good Action Scene 11:22 Avoidin...
23 Apr 201736min
Episode 30 - Literary Fiction
Daystar and Alexander discuss literary fiction, its values and failure modes, and its similarities and differences from rational fiction. 01:20 What Qualifies as Literary Fiction? 15:06 Pretentiousn...
15 Apr 201750min
Episode 29 - Creative Appropriation, Part 2
Daystar and Alexander discusses the value of new settings opposed to using an established one, and the idea of others using their own stories and ideas. 01:24 Taking Ideas vs Fanfic 7:17 Stealing Me...
8 Apr 201730min
Episode 28 - Creative Appropriation, Part 1
Daystar and Alexander discuss creative appropriation, aka "stealing," and the philosophy and benefits behind it. 01:03 How to not be original 11:10 Adding something new 16:01 Stealing details 22:1...
26 Mars 201733min
Episode 27 - Description
Daystar and Alexander explore the differences between good description and bad description, and analyze examples of descriptions from novels. Timestamps: 01:16 Why is description important? 8:53 Wh...
20 Mars 201747min
Episode 26 - Tabletop RPGs and Writing
Daystar and Alexander explore the differences between GMing a tabletop RPG and writing a story. 01:04 Gaming creds 05:10 Starting a story vs an RPG. 15:50 Railroading 28:36 Players as Characters ...
11 Mars 201743min
Episode 25 - Endings
Daystar and Alexander explore what makes endings satisfying, effective, or just annoying. 2:41 What makes endings satisfying? 15:23 Alternate endings 18:38 Bad endings 25:56 Ambiguity in endings ...
19 Feb 201755min
