Episode 78: Does Authorial Intent Matter? Is the author dead or have reports of their demise been greatly exaggerated? July 17, 2016August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Dash Buck, and Oren Ashkenazi
Episode 77: Time Travel Technically we’re all time travelers, moving forward at a rate of one second per second. July 3, 2016August 26, 2021 by Mike Hernandez, Chris Winkle, and Oren Ashkenazi
Episode 74: Religion in Spec Fic Religion! That sounds like an easy topic. May 22, 2016June 20, 2022 by Mike Hernandez, Oren Ashkenazi, and Chris Winkle
Five More Illogical Design Choices in Spaceships The workings of these spacecraft models don't add up on a second watch. May 21, 2016July 19, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 72: Escalation It’s a basic rule of storytelling: the stakes get higher as the story goes forward. April 24, 2016August 26, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Mike Hernandez, and Oren Ashkenazi
Episode 70: Unreliable Narrators Can you trust everything you’re told? March 27, 2016August 26, 2021 by Mike Hernandez, Chris Winkle, and Oren Ashkenazi
Episode 69: Law and Trek Mike speaks with returning guest host Jim and new special guest Elise. March 13, 2016August 26, 2021 by Mike Hernandez, Johnathan Preshaw, and Elise Abramson
Episode 68: Deep Worldbuilding Part 2 Mike brings Chris and Oren back for a deeper dive into the depths of deep worldbuilding. February 28, 2016August 26, 2021 by Mike Hernandez, Oren Ashkenazi, and Chris Winkle
Episode 67: Deep Worldbuilding Chris, Mike, and Oren get into the weeds of worldbuilding. February 14, 2016June 20, 2022 by Mike Hernandez, Chris Winkle, and Oren Ashkenazi
Episode 65: Antagonistic and Evil Organizations Mike, Chris, and Oren discuss what makes an antagonistic organization shine in fiction. January 17, 2016June 20, 2022 by Mike Hernandez, Chris Winkle, and Oren Ashkenazi
Seven Bizarre Moral Implications From Popular Stories Don't try to live by what these tales tell you. January 15, 2016July 22, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Analysis
Episode 63: Favorite and Least Favorite Main Characters December 20, 2015August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Mike Hernandez, and Rhys Subitch
Episode 62: Transitions Great and Small Chris, Ariel, and Oren discuss transitions in writing and other media. December 6, 2015September 30, 2021 by Chris Winkle, Ariel Anderson, and Oren Ashkenazi
Episode 61: Stories That Do Diversity Right Oren, Mike, and Rhys rave about stories that handle diversity well. November 22, 2015August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Mike Hernandez, and Rhys Subitch
Episode 60: Making Your Villains Sympathetic Chris, Oren, and Mike discuss how to craft villains that the audience can relate to. November 8, 2015June 20, 2022 by Chris Winkle, Oren Ashkenazi, and Mike Hernandez
Matriarchies, Patriarchies, and Beyond How your writing can do better at gender rep, however your story's society handles it. November 1, 2015July 23, 2021 by Mike Hernandez in Social Justice, Storytelling, Worldbuilding
Episode 58: What We Liked as Kids October 11, 2015August 26, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi, Chris Winkle, Mike Hernandez, and Rhys Subitch
Six Strange Stories From My Gaming Table Only experience will get you absurd tales like these. September 12, 2015July 24, 2021 by Oren Ashkenazi in Roleplaying
Episode 54: Creating and Using Factions Mike, Chris, and Oren offer tips for depicting factions in stories. August 16, 2015August 26, 2021 by Mike Hernandez, Chris Winkle, and Oren Ashkenazi
Three Technologies Dropped for Breaking the Show These devices got out of hand too fast for their writers to manage. August 9, 2015July 26, 2021 by Mike Hernandez in Analysis, Worldbuilding
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