Five Stories With Strong Ensemble Casts These characters travel in packs for added safety. January 21, 2023January 19, 2023 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Who Wins: Severance, Andor, or Interview With the Vampire? It's time to get dark. Darker. Even darker than that. January 14, 2023January 12, 2023 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
The Willow TV Show Is a Terrible Sequel Giving Willow the grimdark treatment is an extremely weird choice. January 7, 2023January 5, 2023 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Stories That Crawl Along If a snail could move faster, it's time for an intervention. January 6, 2023January 5, 2023 by Chris Winkle in Analysis
Lessons From the Writing of Elantris How well does Brandon Sanderson's debut novel hold up? December 23, 2022December 29, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
What Legends and Lattes Teaches Us About Light Stories Brew a cup of wish fulfillment! December 3, 2022December 1, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 407: Wings of Fire There are a lot of these books, but do they drag on? November 27, 2022November 24, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Space Pineapple
Building Wings of Fire: How Sutherland Propped Up Her Plot In this world of dragons, there's no problem that magic can't solve! November 26, 2022November 24, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
Episode 406: Stories About Building Something That's a fine cup of coffee. November 20, 2022November 17, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Emma Riley
Five Stories That Fail at Human Resources Someone remind these characters to ask for help! October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Lessons From the Entitled Writing of Yarnsworld The floor is down, bears are real, and women are not possessions. October 28, 2022October 27, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Social Justice, Writing
Five Stories Undermined by Their Epilogue An epilogue should complement the story, not contradict it. October 15, 2022October 21, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Who Wins: Three Parts Dead, House of Earth and Blood, or A Master of Djinn? Three urban fantasies with rich worlds enter the arena. October 8, 2022October 6, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
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
Five Overshadowed Characters in Popular Stories If you promise that a character is important, you'd better follow through. October 1, 2022September 29, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Six Stories With Cheap Cop-Outs What happens when we don't keep our promises. September 24, 2022September 22, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
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
Who Has the ANTS: Hawkeye, Moon Knight, or Ms. Marvel? Arrows, moons, and marvels oh my! September 17, 2022September 27, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Lessons From the Cursed Writing of Vicious Don't let a novel opening go to waste. September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
Building Hyperion: How Simmons Scattered His World Six backstories and a guy made of knives. September 3, 2022September 3, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis, Worldbuilding
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