Episode 400: Novel Characters How to make characters shiny and new! October 9, 2022October 6, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Space Pineapple
Episode 399: Stranger Things 4 A criminal waste of Winona Ryder. October 2, 2022October 2, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Adam Wik
Episode 398: Creating Fictional Cultures Tragically, Westeros isn't a historical place. September 25, 2022September 22, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Steven
Episode 397: The Sandman For want of a raven, the dream was lost. September 18, 2022September 16, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Emma Riley
Episode 396: Always Be Solving Problems If the hero isn't doing anything, the reader will be bored. September 11, 2022March 13, 2023 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Svend Phillips
Episode 395: Omens and Prophecies Sometimes a crow is just a crow... but it's probably an omen September 4, 2022September 3, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and R. Christian Haining
Episode 394: Death Personified Don't Fear the Reaper-Cast August 28, 2022August 25, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Avery
Episode 393: Airships Zeppelin or Flying Tallship? August 21, 2022August 18, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Steven
Episode 392: Obi-Wan Kenobi But does he say "hello there," as the prophesy foretold? August 14, 2022August 11, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Emma Riley
Episode 391: Murderbot Hacking governor modules across the corporate rim! August 7, 2022August 7, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Alexa Johnson
Episode 390: Annoying Characters When a writer tries for cute and gets something else entirely. July 31, 2022July 28, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and R. Christian Haining
Episode 389: Non-Romantic Relationships Now don't kiss. Stop it! July 24, 2022February 15, 2023 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Avery
Episode 388: Clashing Choices When the heart wants two different things. July 17, 2022July 17, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Svend Phillips
Episode 387: Story Structures What even are story structures? July 10, 2022December 2, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Alexa Johnson
Episode 386: Fantasy Weapons Which is the waviest? July 3, 2022June 30, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Steven
Episode 385: Food in Spec Fic Delicious crunchies and munchies. June 26, 2022June 25, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Emma Riley
Episode 384: Villainous Presentation Does the villain talk like a villain? June 19, 2022July 3, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Episode 383: Unfocused Worldbuilding When the setting gets fuzzy. June 12, 2022June 12, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Svend Phillips
Episode 382: Opening Scenes Convincing readers to buy the book. June 5, 2022July 30, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Avery
Episode 381: Paragraphs You don't even notice it until it's gone. May 29, 2022May 27, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Diane Fisher
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