Podcast Episodes

11.27: The Elemental Thriller

Season 11 Episode 27

Let's get this out of the way up front: in the syntax of elemental genres, the phrase "the element of thriller" is clunky. But we'll say it anyway. W…

9 years, 8 months ago

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11.26: Elemental Mystery Q&A

Season 11 Episode 26

In this episode we field some questions about elemental mystery. Here they are! How do you balance between two mysteries in the same story? What type…

9 years, 9 months ago

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11.25: Elemental Mystery is Everywhere

Season 11 Episode 25

Per our Elemental Genre theme, this week we further explore elemental mystery. Elemental mystery can be found in any work in which our curiosity is w…

9 years, 9 months ago

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11.24: Stakes!

Season 11 Episode 24

We talk a lot about "raising the stakes" in our writing. When we say "stakes," we're referring to the things that keep our characters involved in the…

9 years, 9 months ago

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11.23: The Element of Mystery

Season 11 Episode 23

Mystery may well be the most common element in use, at least in some form or another, across the many bookshelf genres comprising "fiction." We discu…

9 years, 9 months ago

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11.22: Examining Unconscious Biases, with Shannon Hale

Season 11 Episode 22

Shannon Hale joins us at LTUE for a live-audience session in which we explore gender biases, and extrapolate from there to our many other unconscious…

9 years, 10 months ago

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11.21: Q&A on Elemental Horror, with Steve Diamond

Season 11 Episode 21

Steve Diamond joins us for our third and final Elemental Horror episode as we field your questions about this particular building block. Here are the…

9 years, 10 months ago

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11.20: Horror as a Subgenre

Season 11 Episode 20

Steve Diamond joins us again to talk horror, this time about using elemental horror as part of our stories' elemental ensemble. We discuss how the se…

9 years, 10 months ago

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11.19: Fashion for Writers, with Rebecca McKinney

Season 11 Episode 19

How do we go about describing the clothing our characters are wearing? How do we use that to add depth to our story? What are the common mistakes tha…

9 years, 10 months ago

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11.18: Elemental Horror

Season 11 Episode 18

Steve Diamond joins us to kick off our month on the elemental genre of horror. We explore the emotional components that readers seek from horror, and…

9 years, 11 months ago

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