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Back to Search16.37: Deep Dive Into “Inquiry”
Season 16 Episode 37
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal Our third M.I.C.E. Quotient episode asks about the "Inquiry" element, a…
4 years, 6 months ago
16.36: Deep Dive into “Milieu”
Season 16 Episode 36
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal The M.I.C.E. Quotient is an organizational tool which categorizes story…
4 years, 6 months ago
16.35: What is the M.I.C.E. Quotient?
Season 16 Episode 35
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, C.L. Polk, Charlotte Forfieh, and Mary Robinette Kowal The next eight episodes are a deep dive into the M.I.C.E. Quotient, so …
4 years, 7 months ago
16.34: Novels Are Layer Cakes
Season 16 Episode 34
Your Hosts: DongWon Song, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler Novels deliver a lot of information, and it's helpful to consider that d…
4 years, 7 months ago
16.33: Tell, Don’t Show
Season 16 Episode 33
Your Hosts: DongWon Song, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler Few pieces of writing advice get repeated as much as that old saw "show,…
4 years, 7 months ago
16.32: First Page Fundamentals—THE KILLING FLOOR, by Lee Childs
Season 16 Episode 32
Your Hosts: DongWon Song, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler In this episode we explore the first page of The Killing Floor, by Lee C…
4 years, 7 months ago
16.31: First Page Fundamentals—MOBY DICK
Season 16 Episode 31
Your Hosts: DongWon Song, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler In this episode we explore the first page of Moby Dick, by Herman Melvil…
4 years, 7 months ago
16.30: First Page Fundamentals—THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
Season 16 Episode 30
Your Hosts: DongWon Song, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler In this episode we explore the first page of The Haunting of Hill House,…
4 years, 8 months ago
16.29: Building Trust
Season 16 Episode 29
Your Hosts: DongWon Song, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler How do we build trust with our readers? What does that even mean? In thi…
4 years, 8 months ago
16.28: Common First-Page Mistakes
Season 16 Episode 28
Your Hosts: DongWon Song, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler Let's have a frank, and possibly painful discussion about the ways in wh…
4 years, 8 months ago