Five Stories With Strong Ensemble Casts
These characters travel in packs for added safety.
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Who Wins: Severance, Andor, or Interview With the Vampire?
It's time to get dark. Darker. Even darker than that.
The Willow TV Show Is a Terrible Sequel
Giving Willow the grimdark treatment is an extremely weird choice.
Five Stories That Crawl Along
If a snail could move faster, it's time for an intervention.
Lessons From the Writing of Elantris
How well does Brandon Sanderson's debut novel hold up?
What Legends and Lattes Teaches Us About Light Stories
Brew a cup of wish fulfillment!
Episode 407: Wings of Fire
There are a lot of these books, but do they drag on?
Building Wings of Fire: How Sutherland Propped Up Her Plot
In this world of dragons, there's no problem that magic can't solve!
Episode 406: Stories About Building Something
That's a fine cup of coffee.
Five Stories That Fail at Human Resources
Someone remind these characters to ask for help!
Lessons From the Entitled Writing of Yarnsworld
The floor is down, bears are real, and women are not possessions.
Five Stories Undermined by Their Epilogue
An epilogue should complement the story, not contradict it.
Who Wins: Three Parts Dead, House of Earth and Blood, or A Master of Djinn?
Three urban fantasies with rich worlds enter the arena.
Episode 399: Stranger Things 4
A criminal waste of Winona Ryder.
Five Overshadowed Characters in Popular Stories
If you promise that a character is important, you'd better follow through.
Six Stories With Cheap Cop-Outs
What happens when we don't keep our promises.
Episode 397: The Sandman
For want of a raven, the dream was lost.
Who Has the ANTS: Hawkeye, Moon Knight, or Ms. Marvel?
Arrows, moons, and marvels oh my!
Lessons From the Cursed Writing of Vicious
Don't let a novel opening go to waste.
Building Hyperion: How Simmons Scattered His World
Six backstories and a guy made of knives.
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