Five Conflicts With Weak Turning Points, and How to Fix Them
When good conflicts turn bad.
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Episode 370: Good Adaptations
Hot Take: Sometimes the movie is better than the book.
How The Book of Boba Fett Could Have Been Good
Fixing a Star Wars train wreck.
Episode 369: Bad Adaptations
More The Hobbit than Lord of The Rings.
Five Common Weapon Mistakes in Speculative Fiction
Most writers aren't weapons experts, but we can still get better at depicting fights.
Five Stories That Spoil Their Own Mystery
No need to speculate on the mystery if the story just tells you!
Episode 364: The Wheel of Time Show
Is it better than the books? Yes, but better how, exactly?
Who Wins on Engagement: Buffy, Supernatural, or Teen Wolf?
It's an urban fantasy showdown!
Building Roshar: How Sanderson Bungled Culture
The world of The Way of Kings has intriguing storms and bizarre gender roles.
Five Ways Arcane Could Be Better
Even a show that blows us out of the water has room to improve.
Way of Kings Shows Us the Damage Meta Mysteries Can Do
Don't make readers puzzle out what the protagonist already knows.
Five Unnecessary World Additions in Popular Stories
It would have been so easy to take these out, and yet here we are.
Five Movies Audiences Loved but Critics Hated
Snobby film nerds versus uneducated rabble, round two!
Lessons From the Vague Writing of The Remnant Chronicles
Marketing buzzwords vs the story: the battle begins.
Building the Raksura: How Martha Wells Fell Into Toxic Tropes
Good intent won't erase the harm of baking bigotry into your worldbuilding.
Which Show Is Most Engaging: Voltron, The Dragon Prince, or She-Ra?
Let's find out if these popular cartoons can get more ANTS than Marvel's big hits.
Building Three Parts Dead: How Gladstone Writes Magic Law
Anyone familiar with D&D’s Eberron setting will immediately recognize Alt Coulumb.
Star Trek’s Best Movie Villains
Just no clones or alternate timelines, that’s all we ask!
Star Trek’s Worst Movie Villains
“Hi, Christopher, I'm Nero.”
Why Herbert’s Dune Fails as a Subversion
Frank Herbert is not a guy I would go to for political commentary.
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