Q&A: Can I Have Multiple Antagonists Without Fragmenting the Story?
Submitted by Cathryn,
answered
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Episode 372: Foreshadowing
Could you have predicted this podcast topic?
Who Wins: Name of the Wind, Fifth Season, or Way of Kings?
Three books go head to head in a high fantasy battle royale!
Episode 371: Character Arcs
Have you heard the Klingon proverb that revenge is a dish best served cold?
Five Conflicts With Weak Turning Points, and How to Fix Them
When good conflicts turn bad.
Six Types of Downward Turning Points
Downward turning points make failure feel satisfying.
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.
How to Create an Unhappy Ending
In a truly tragic story, the hero fails because they made the wrong choice.
Q&A: Why Are Disingenuous Reveals So Common?
Submitted by Kel,
answered
Episode 367: Raising the Stakes
The story is tense, but could it be... *more* tense?
Five Stories That Spoil Their Own Mystery
No need to speculate on the mystery if the story just tells you!
Episode 365: Time Travel Revisited
We have to go back!
Who Wins on Engagement: Buffy, Supernatural, or Teen Wolf?
It's an urban fantasy showdown!
Outline a Short Story in Seven Steps
The second edition of this story formula has more tips, more options, and further reading.
Episode 362: Meta Mysteries
Our main advice on meta mysteries is: don’t.
Five Ways Arcane Could Be Better
Even a show that blows us out of the water has room to improve.
Q&A: How Do I Start My Plot?
Submitted by Murphie,
answered
Five Movies Audiences Loved but Critics Hated
Snobby film nerds versus uneducated rabble, round two!
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