Aug 31, 2020
This week, we answers questions sent in by you, the fans. We touch on how to ensure internal consistency when baking pancakes--er, make that when writing a novel; how to write characters who go beyond the basic archetypes; and how to integrate a message into your story without being too anvillicious. If you have any...
Aug 24, 2020
This episode, our friend K. M. McKenzie joins us to discuss and dissect the 2016 movie Star Trek Beyond. We gripe about soulless Hollywood blockbusters, over-reliance on CGI, and, of course, J. J. Abrams.
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Aug 17, 2020
In this episode, we discuss a previously hotly contested topic: the prologue. Our good friend K. M. McKenzie joins us and gives her strong opinion on the matter, and we debate over whether or not prologues have any merit to them whatsoever.
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Aug 11, 2020
In this episode, we once again build a story from scratch, this time riffing off stories that feature mysterious settings like Lost, Cube, and The Maze Runner.
We explore coming up with the question part of a mystery first rather than the answer, analyze the process of coming up with a compelling mystery, and come away...
Aug 3, 2020
This episode, our lovely friend and wonderful writer K. M. McKenzie joins us to talk about her career and how we came to know each other. We also talk about her involvement with our partners, TdotSpec!
We dive into the history of our circle of speculative fiction writing groups in Toronto and discuss the woes of...