Subscribe Here! Vega asks: “What is transparent worldbuilding, and how does it work?” Resources mentioned: Dune by Frank Herbert The Menace From Earth by Robert A. Heinlein Stories From The Twilight Zone by Rod Serling One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
Subscribe Here! Today, Ed points out that I missed a good technique for opening stories when discussing first stentences, while Cheyenne reveals an ingenious method for cataloging notes, ideas, and thoughts for future use. This episode sponsored by BundleRabbit
Subscribe Here! Vega asks: “What kinds of unreliable narrators are there?” Resources mentioned: The Usual Suspects How to Cheat at Everything by Simon Lovell Social Engineering: The Art of Human Hacking by Christopher Hadnagy and Paul Wilson Psychological Subtleties, vol 1 by Banachek Lolita by Vladimir Nabakov
Subscribe Here! In this eleventh installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “What storytelling techniques (such as hyperbole) are, in your opinion, tragically underused?” This episode sponsored by Bundle Rabbit
Subscribe Here! In this third installment in our miniseries on teaching students how to write, Rob asks: “How can I respect subculture grammar while teaching best practices in word choice and writing?”
Subscribe Here! Dan asks: “What’s the deal with semicolons and em-dashes?”
Subscribe Here! Cain asks: “What do you call it when a scene starts in the middle of the action, and backfilling happens along the way?”
Subscribe Here! Charles asks: “What’s a good short story length for F/SF? How do you I make my short stories feel complete?”
Subscribe Here! Joseph Asks: “Following up Questions 152 about epics: How do you create the BIG feel of epics, and how do granularity and scope play into it?”
Subscribe Here! Tim asks: “In what ways is studying film useful for prose writers?” Referenced: Five Brilliant Moments of Action