Five Stories With Clashing Choices Like a tug of war in the plot. July 16, 2022July 13, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
How You Can Tell Kamala Khan Has ADHD A tale of coding so blatant that calling it coding is questionable. July 15, 2022July 21, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Social Justice
Six Sloppy Character Arcs in Popular Stories What lessons are we supposed to learn here? July 9, 2022July 9, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Who Wins: The Martian, Artemis, or Project Hail Mary? One author enters, one author leaves. June 18, 2022September 27, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Six Important Story Elements Introduced Too Late Would have been nice to know about this in advance. June 11, 2022June 11, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Lessons From the Summary Writing of Illuminae Does this novel redefine the form, or does it have bad form? May 20, 2022May 27, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Writing
Who Wins: Antz, A Bug’s Life, or Ant-Man? Uh-oh, there are ants all over this post. April 30, 2022September 27, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Inexplicable Planets in Star Trek They’re super weird with no explanation at all. April 16, 2022April 14, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Underwhelming Reveals in Speculative Fiction What happens when storytellers make mountains out of molehills. April 9, 2022April 7, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Mediocre White Men From Big-Budget Stories Why root for a heroic protagonist when you can root for a mediocre white dude instead? April 8, 2022April 7, 2022 by Chris Winkle in Analysis, Social Justice
Episode 373: Speculative Westerns It can be horses or space ships, so long as someone has a duster. April 3, 2022July 30, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Avery
Who Wins: Name of the Wind, Fifth Season, or Way of Kings? Three books go head to head in a high fantasy battle royale! March 26, 2022September 27, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Conflicts With Weak Turning Points, and How to Fix Them When good conflicts turn bad. March 19, 2022March 17, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 370: Good Adaptations Hot Take: Sometimes the movie is better than the book. March 13, 2022March 11, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Diane Fisher
How The Book of Boba Fett Could Have Been Good Fixing a Star Wars train wreck. March 12, 2022March 10, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 369: Bad Adaptations More The Hobbit than Lord of The Rings. March 6, 2022March 4, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, and Wes Matlock
Five Common Weapon Mistakes in Speculative Fiction Most writers aren't weapons experts, but we can still get better at depicting fights. February 26, 2022February 24, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Five Stories That Spoil Their Own Mystery No need to speculate on the mystery if the story just tells you! February 12, 2022February 10, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 364: The Wheel of Time Show Is it better than the books? Yes, but better how, exactly? January 30, 2022July 30, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Wes Matlock, and Avery
Who Wins on Engagement: Buffy, Supernatural, or Teen Wolf? It's an urban fantasy showdown! January 29, 2022September 27, 2022 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
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