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Back to Search16.47: Believable Worlds Part 1: The Illusion of Real
Season 16 Episode 47
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler Writers are illusionists, and worldbuilding requires no small mastery of th…
4 years, 4 months ago
16.46: World and Plot: The Only Constant is Change
Season 16 Episode 46
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler In our world, the ostensibly "real" one (simulation theory notwithstanding)…
4 years, 4 months ago
16.45: World and Character Part 2: Moral Frame
Season 16 Episode 45
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler Let's follow up on character biases with an exploration of moral frame. Whe…
4 years, 4 months ago
16.44: World and Character Part 1: All Your Characters Are Biased
Season 16 Episode 44
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler The world of your book is most often shown to us through the eyes of the ch…
4 years, 4 months ago
16.43: The Narrative Holy Trinity of World, Character, and Plot, with Fonda Lee
Season 16 Episode 43
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Fonda Lee, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler We're beginning another master class, another deep dive series of episodes,…
4 years, 5 months ago
16.42: M.I.C.E. Quotient, After the Fact
Season 16 Episode 42
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal Our eighth and final M.I.C.E. Quotient discussion will explore using M.…
4 years, 5 months ago
16.41: Middles and Conflicts with M.I.C.E. Structure
Season 16 Episode 41
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal With the M.I.C.E. elements (Milieu, Inquiry, Character, and Event) expl…
4 years, 5 months ago
16.40: Nesting Threads in the M.I.C.E. Quotient
Season 16 Episode 40
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal Now that we've drilled down into each of the M.I.C.E. elements (Milieu,…
4 years, 5 months ago
16.39: Deep Dive into “Event”
Season 16 Episode 39
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal Our fifth M.I.C.E. Quotient episode focuses on the “Event” element, and…
4 years, 6 months ago
16.38: Deep Dive into “Character”
Season 16 Episode 38
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal Our fourth M.I.C.E. Quotient episode explores the “Character” element, …
4 years, 6 months ago