S47E9 – Adding Foreshadowing During Editing
There may come a time, especially if you’re a pantser or a flexible plotter, that you’ll find yourself needing to add foreshadowing during your editing process. It is easy to accidentally put in too m...
30 Okt 202311min
S47 Bonus – How Not to Foreshadow
Foreshadowing is a delicate matter when it comes to storytelling, which means there are many ways to do it wrong. In this episode, we talk about the more common mistakes people make when trying to for...
28 Okt 202328min
S47E8 – Foreshadowing a Descent into Villainy
True villainy is about the choices a character makes. If you want to write a story where your main character descends to become the villain, you need to foreshadow it through the choices they make. Li...
26 Okt 202311min
S47E7 – How to Foreshadow Enemies to Lovers
Enemies to Lovers is one of BookTok’s favorite tropes, yet it so often executed incorrectly. To create a relationship progression that doesn’t feel forced, you must foreshadow each step of their relat...
23 Okt 202311min
S47E6 – Foreshadowing Through a Character’s Descent into Madness
One of the ways you can foreshadow is through the use of an unreliable narrator, specifically one who is descending into madness. Throughout the first part of the story, anything odd can be explained ...
19 Okt 202311min
S47E5 – Symbolic Foreshadowing
Symbolism is a great tool to hint at what it is to come in your story. This is the kind of element your school teachers might have pointed to in classic novels regarding the weather or color of the cu...
16 Okt 202311min
S47E4 – Prophecies and Omniscience as Foreshadowing
There are many ways to have prophecies in your story act as foreshadowing, even if they aren’t mystical and blatant events. It could be as simple as a character joking about an outcome, or as subtle a...
12 Okt 202311min
S47E3 – Foreshadowing Through Dialogue
Dialogue can be a powerful way to foreshadow what is to come, whether intentional to the character or not. It can be anything from a joking comment to an active prophecy. In this episode, our hosts ta...
9 Okt 202311min
