Category: podcast
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Here’s Why Rushing the Ending Would Save Gilmore Girls
As one fan put it to me recently, “I thought you would like to hear of the extremes that people love this show.” She then […]
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My Interview at The Writing Show
Paula B. at The Writing Show a couple weeks ago interviewed me about storytelling in video games. Here’s the podcast audio, and please check out […]
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Setting the Mood With Conflict
In a story, starting a fight is an easy way to make the mood tense. But conflict can do more than just make a story […]
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So Much Time And So Little To Do!
No wait— Reverse that. Pamela Slim at Escape from Cubicle Nation understands what it’s like to have too much to do and too little time. […]
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Spotlight: The Notebook (the movie) (Review)
Review of The Notebook, directed by Nick Cassavetes, based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. An elderly woman (Gena Rowlands) stands, looking out of the […]
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Setting the Mood With Milieu
This is the second part of a series, after Setting the Mood With Expectations. Another mood-generating device authors use is milieu.
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Setting the Mood With Expectations
How do you write moody stories? How do you imbue your prose with overwhelming emotion? It’s all about manipulating the feelings of the audience. Over […]
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The Storyteller and the Wordsmith
This week, something a little different, a dichotomy Kate Wilhelm mentioned in her book Storyteller. It has been mentioned on at least one other podcast. […]
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Spotlight: Smilla’s Sense of Snow (the movie) (Review)
A review of Smilla’s Sense of Snow, the movie. I first encountered this underappreciated sci-fi mystery flick when Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert gave it […]
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