Writing About Dragons and Shit
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This is the official podcast feed for Writing About Dragons and Shit - a podcast about writing with a focus on fantasy and sci-fi. Each week B Dave Walters (A Darkened Wish, Idle Champions Presents), Erin M. Evans (Brimstone Angels, Dungeon Scrawlers), and Treavor Bettis (Difficulty Class, Champions of Psychology). New Episodes go live every Friday.
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Ep. 203: Treavor’s WIP
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Jul 10, 2026 |
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Ep. 202: The RPG Musical
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Jul 03, 2026 |
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Ep. 201: The One After 200
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Episode 200 LIVE!
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Ep. 199: Weird Sexy Narnia with Sarah Rees Brenan
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May 22, 2026 |
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Ep. 198: The Sauce is in the Pants
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May 15, 2026 |
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Ep. 197: The Webbing of a Novel
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May 01, 2026 |
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Ep. 196: Weird Cities with Premee Mohamed
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Apr 28, 2026 |
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Ep. 195: Now Kiss
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Ep. 194: A Tricky Back Issue with Celeste Bonaventure
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Apr 10, 2026 |
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Ep. 193: Finding Characters Revisited
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Apr 04, 2026 |
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Ep. 192: Endings with Corry L. Lee
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Ep. 191: Writing Retreats
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Ep. 190: Bullying Time Zones
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Mar 13, 2026 |
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Ep. 189: “I’m Not Sticking My Finger in Some Guy’s Bullet Hole” with Jeremy Szal
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Ep. 188: A Supportive Trisep
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Ep. 187: Zoom Zoom Zoom
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Episode 186: F*ck Them Heroes
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Ep. 185: Don’t Risk Finding Out
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Ep. 184: A Snotty Little Shimmy
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Ep. 183: Structure Revisited
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Ep. 182: Anything is Massagable
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Bonus Episode: Tangents Ep. 12: These Characters F**k ...in a Taco Bell
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Jan 02, 2026 |
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Bonus Episode: Tangents Ep. 5: Say Hi to Your Milky 6 For Me
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Ep. 181: Magic & Factions
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 180: Worldbuilding Revisited Part 3
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Ep. 179: Worldbuilding Revisited Part 2
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Ep. 178: Worldbuilding Revisited Part 1
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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Ep. 177: Schrödinger’s Brilliance with Amanda Cherry
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 176: “I Got a Big Spaceship and I Need a Plot” with Rhiannon Held
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Nov 04, 2025 |
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Ep. 175: Gothic Horror with Beth the Bard
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Ep. 174: Taking on Too Much with Brandon Crilly
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Ep. 173: Monster Behavior with Keith Ammann
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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Ep. 172: Plot Twists 2: What a Twist!
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 171: Finding Your Arc
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Sep 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 170: Drunken First Draft
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Sep 14, 2025 |
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Ep. 169: Back in the Day
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Ep. 168: Spice to Plot Ration
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Ep. 167: What’s My Hook?
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Ep. 166: Are My Heroes Villains?
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Ep. 165: Writing Failure
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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Ep. 164: An Amish Paradise
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Ep. 163: Does an MFA Help?
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Jul 18, 2025 |
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Ep. 162: What We Love About Writing
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Jul 11, 2025 |
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Ep. 161: Sometimes It’s Just Spartacus
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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What’s Up With Your Output?
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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Ep. 160: Burnout with Dr. Ben J. Searle
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Jun 20, 2025 |
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Ep. 159: Unlikable Characters & Foreshadowing Timing
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Jun 07, 2025 |
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Ep. 158: Spilling the Tea with Ben Riggs
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May 30, 2025 |
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Ep. 157: Tie-in with Delilah S. Dawson
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May 23, 2025 |
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Ep. 156: Literary Agents with Bridget Smith
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May 16, 2025 |
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Ep. 155: Trusting Yourself with Coral Moore
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May 09, 2025 |
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Ep. 154: The Toe Ring of Finger Growing
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May 02, 2025 |
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Ep. 153: Genre Promises
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Ep. 152: Assemble the Team
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Apr 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 151: An Integral Train
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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Episode 150!
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Prepping for Episode 150
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Ep. 149: We Have an Announcement…
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 148: Exporting the Pain
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Ep. 147: Inspiring Books, Burnout, & Changing POVs
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Ep. 146: Short Stories, Writing Gods, & Limited Omniscient
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Ep. 145: Tribbling
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Ep. 144: Editing, Politics, & Gig Work
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Ep. 143: Questions from the Discord
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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Ep. 142: Next Projects with Jasmine Silvera
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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Ep. 141: Writing vs. TTRPGs with Erik Scott de Bie
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Ep. 140: Motha$&#%in’ War and Peace
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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EoE Book Club: Episode 8
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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Ep. 139: Chapters, Submitting a Series, & Serials
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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EoE Book Club: Episode 7
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Jan 03, 2025 |
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Ep. 138: Narrative Tension with Corry L. Lee
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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EoE Book Club: Episode 6
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Dec 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 137: Ensemble Casts & Success
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 136: Stalking the Plot
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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EoE Book Club: Episode 5
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Dec 12, 2024 |
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EoE Book Club: Episode 4
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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Ep. 135: Where to Start
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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EoE Book Club: Episode 3
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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EoE Book Club: Episode 2
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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EoE Book Club: Episode 1
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Ep. 134: Booktube & Self Publishing with J. A. Collignon
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 133: Trust Fund “Rod”
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Ep. 132: Pantsed Through the Heart!
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 131: Lulls in Stange Places
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Oct 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 130: Mystery Stories
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Ep. 129: Owning a Bookshop with Stacy Whitman
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Ep. 128: The Very Tired Episode
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Ep. 127: Broadcast from the Void
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Ep. 126: Editing with Richelle Braswell
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 125: Villain Plans with Chancellor Shmalpatine
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Aug 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 124: Thoaunted
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Ep. 123: Cozy Fantasy with Sarah Beth Durst
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Ep. 122: Trends & Beta Readers
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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Ep. 121: Comics with Jim Zub
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 120: Time Loops with Django Wexler
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 15-17
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Ep. 119: Midlister Survival Guide with James L. Sutter
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 13-14
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 118: Trilogies, Multi-POV, & What is a Story Anyways?
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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Ep. 117: Word Count, Second Books, & Emotional Journeys
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May 29, 2024 |
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Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 11-12
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May 29, 2024 |
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Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 9-10
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May 23, 2024 |
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Ep. 116: Neurodivergent Characters with Peter V. Brett
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May 22, 2024 |
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Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 7-8
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May 15, 2024 |
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Ep. 115: Listener Questions with Shanna Germain
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May 15, 2024 |
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Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 3-4
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May 09, 2024 |
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Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 5-6
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May 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 114: Killing Point of Views, Character Mental Health, & Irredeemable Actions
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May 09, 2024 |
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Ep. 113: MGMF Ep. 2 with Summer England & Listener Questions (Starts at 35:13)
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May 02, 2024 |
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Ep. 112: Staying Motivated, Past/Present, & Tragic Heroes
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Morning Glory Book Club: Chapters 1-2
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Apr 25, 2024 |
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Ep. 111: Getting Words Out, Pacing, Developing Antagonists, and Writing with ADHD.
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Ep. 110: Connected Series, Feedback, No Villains, and First Lines
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Ep. 109: Inspiration from Research with Allison Epstein
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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Ep. 108: Long Range Foot
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Ep. 107: Horror Comedy, Mystery, & Conflict
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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Ep. 106: Himbo McDecimator
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Ep. 105: Historical, First Book, & Villain Stories
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Ep. 104: Suddenly, Writing Full-Time, Pronouns, & Timelines
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Ep. 103: Love Triangles, Kernel Scenes, & Point of View
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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Ep. 102: Anti-Heroes, Love Triangles, Kernel Scenes, & Point of View
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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Ep. 101: Return of the Listener Questions!
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Episode 100
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Ep. 99: A Year of Tangents
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Interview: Bethany Jacobs
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 98: Sequels with Bethany Jacobs
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Ep. 97: Mid-Book Blues
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Ep. 96: NaNoWriMo: Questions
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 95: NaNoWriMo: Structure
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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Ep. 94: NaNoWriMo: Worldbuilding
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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Ep. 93: NaNoWriMo: Be Excited About Poop
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 92: The Snowflake Method
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Sep 29, 2023 |
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Ep. 91: 20%, Writer Voice, & Pacing
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Sep 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 90: Swearing, Theme, Point of View, & More!
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Sep 07, 2023 |
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Ep. 89: Calendars, Prologues, Pantsing vs. Outlining
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Aug 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 88: Self Promotion, Loveable Characters, & Story Formats
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 87: Buddy Cop, Foreshadowing, & Research
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Aug 18, 2023 |
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Ep. 86: Questions & Redemption Arcs (or A Judicious Use of Portals)
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Ep. 85: Return of the Tangerinos
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Ep. 84: Flaws
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Ep. 83: Critique
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Jul 06, 2023 |
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Ep. 82: Listener Topics
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Ep. 81: Too Many Ideas!
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Ep. 80: YA and Tie-Ins with James L. Sutter
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Ep. 79: You Always Wake Up Spooning
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May 31, 2023 |
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Ep. 78: Trilogies
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May 10, 2023 |
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Ep. 77: Writing When You Don’t Feel Like It
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May 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 76: A Modicum of %$&#ery
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Ep. 75: What’s Stopping You?
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Ep. 74: Worldbuilding Gods
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Ep. 73: Name This Dragon!
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Mar 16, 2023 |
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Ep. 72: Ideas
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Mar 02, 2023 |
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Ep. 71: Listener Questions 2: The Second One
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Ep. 70: Writing Strengths
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Ep. 69: Revisiting Prologues and Info Dumps
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Ep. 68: And Another Tangent (or The Anti-Hero Episode)
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Ep. 67: Purposefully Improving
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Jan 19, 2023 |
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Ep. 66: Comic Writing
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Ep. 65: Forming a Writing Habit
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Ep. 64: Journey of the Tangerinos
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Dec 15, 2022 |
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Ep. 63: Naming Stuff
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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Ep. 62: You Wrote a Book! Now What?
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 61: New Book Glow
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Ep. 60: Empire of Exiles
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Ep. 59: Empire of Exiles Worldbuilding
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 58: NaNoWrMo Questions
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Special: Welcome to Dragon Talk
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Ep. 57: Return of the Tangent
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 56: Cursing with Shanna Germain (or Judicious F-Bomb)
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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Ep. 55: Thoughts on Sci-Fi World Building with Rich Larson
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Ep. 54: Quick Fire Topics with Ed McDonald
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Aug 31, 2022 |
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Ep. 53: Dialogue 2: The Second One
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Ep.52: Film Scripts
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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Ep. 51: Time Travel with Ren Hutchings
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 50: Not Writing About Dragons and Shit
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 49: Listener Questions (or Impactful Um)
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Ep. 48: Worldbuilding Revisited
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Ep. 47: Lesbian Werewolf Crimefighters
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Ep. 46: Multiple Points of View
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May 25, 2022 |
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Ep. 45: Outlines
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May 04, 2022 |
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Ep. 44: Free Writing and Subplots (or Load-Bearing “Just”)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Ep. 43: Oops All Questions
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Ep. 42: Our First Projects
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Ep. 41: Monster Tangents
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 40: Magic (or Magic Bananas)
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Ep. 39: TTRPG Writing with Richard August
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Ep. 38: Descriptions
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Ep. 37: Sex Scenes (or Fictional Nipples)
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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Ep. 36: Real World Culture in World Building
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Ep. 35: First and Last Lines
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Ep. 34: Co-Writing and Character Flaws
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Ep. 33: Killing Characters
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Ep. 32: Year in Review
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Ep. 31: Prologues
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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Ep. 30: Fancy Chocolate & Strange Liquor
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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Ep. 29: Realism and Plot Holes
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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Ep. 28: Dawn Voyage of the Tangerinos
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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Ep. 27: NaNoWriMo Pep Talk
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Ep. 26: Magic in Your Setting with Keith Baker
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Ep. 25: Making Heroes
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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Ep. 24: Oops All Tangents
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Ep. 23: The Business (or Bitter, Fat Washed, and Nutty)
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Ep. 22: Character Chemistry with Rhiannon Held
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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Ep. 21: Getting the Most Out of Reading
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Ep. 20: Sequels & Series Potential
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Sep 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 19: Dialogue
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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Ep.18: Villains
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Aug 26, 2021 |
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Ep. 17: Endings and 2nd Drafts
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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Ep. 16: Writing Process
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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Ep. 15: Pacing & Tension
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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Ep. 14: Breaking In
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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Ep. 13: Info Dumps
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Ep. 12: Structure
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Ep. 11: World Building Overview
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Ep. 10: World Building: Governments with Ed Greenwood
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Ep. 9: World Building with Patrick Rothfuss
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Ep. 8: Trauma with Dr. Janina Scarlet
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Ep. 7: POV and Symbolism
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Ep. 6: Finding Characters
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May 26, 2021 |
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Ep. 5: Inspiration
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May 19, 2021 |
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Ep. 4: Writer's Block
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May 12, 2021 |
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Ep. 1: First Drafts
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May 05, 2021 |
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Ep. 2: Character Arcs
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May 05, 2021 |
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Ep. 3: Writing in Established Worlds with Jim Zub
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May 05, 2021 |
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Ep. 0: Where to Start
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Mar 23, 2021 |