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328 – Our Favorite Tropes

Uh oh, you wanted to have your characters go to a school for magic or discover the meaning of...

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327 – What Are Wizards?

This week, we’re talking about wizards. Or at least, we were going to, but then we asked what...

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326 – Parents in Fiction

Parents: Most people have them, but they really get in the way when your underaged hero wants...

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325 – Ending Lines

Last week, we discussed the line that opens your story. Now, we’re talking about the line that...

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324 – Opening Lines

Due to the linear nature of spacetime, stories have to start somewhere. The first line is, by...

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323 – Plot Twists

You thought this episode would have a topic other than plot twists, but, twist, the topic is...

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322 – Urban Fantasy… Again

Werewolves with smartphones, vampires on motorcycles, mages with school in the morning, and...

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321 – Why You Shouldn’t Include Prejudice

Prejudice and bigotry are inescapable aspects of real life, but they don’t have to be in...

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320 – Exploitation and Appropriation

It’s increasingly understood that some stories are not everyone’s to tell, but how can you know...

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319 – Monsters of Fire and Flame

Things are heating up this week on the Mythcreant Podcast, because we’re talking about monsters...

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318 – Lost Knowledge

We all lose things, but what about losing knowledge? How is knowledge lost, and what effect does...

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317 – Plot and Character Are Not Enemies

Plot and character, the eternal enemies. Everyone knows that if your story has a plot, it means...

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316 – Prescriptivism

The term “prescriptivism” gets thrown around a lot, often to describe some pretty bad behavior,...

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315 – Flat Characters

We’ve all called a character flat before, usually when we didn’t like them. “Ugh, this villain is...

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314 – Levels of Editing

Most writers will seek out editing at some point in their careers, but what kind of editing...

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313 – Cutting Clutter

Behold, an introduction, a beginning if you will, that is the place where the paragraph starts...

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312 – Bias Free Language

We use words every day, but we’re not always aware of what they mean. A phrase that sounds...

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311 – Delivering Information in Stories

Readers need to know things to understand your story. They need to know a whole bunch of things....

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310 – Productivity in Writing

How to put words on paper? Should you write every day, or just when you’re feeling inspired? Is...

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309 – Adaptations… Again!

Sometimes a story is created as one thing, but you want to make it into another thing. Books to...

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