On March 11, 2023, Kasie and Rex took on sports stories and their natural drama as devices for your fiction. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Built-in Stakes: Sports in Fiction Agenda Link to the podcast. Last week we worked on legal thrillers, legal courtroom dramas, the kinds of stories that have…
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Episode 220: The Appeal of a Legal Thriller
On February 25, 2023, Kasie and Rex jumped in on the #MurduaghMurderMania with their take on legal thrillers. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day The Appeal of the Legal Thriller Agenda Link to the podcast. South Carolina is embroiled in a dramatic legal thriller right now. The Murdaugh trial, if you’re living…
Episode 219: The 3 Act Structure
On February 18, Kasie and Rex took on the classic 3-act structure (from Aristotle!). Here are the show notes: Theme for the day The Three-Act Plot Agenda Link to the podcast. So we did a run of plot-structure shows in December – man-in-the-hole plot, Freytag’s pyramid, and more Freytag albeit the earlier climax, and finally…
Episode 218: The Last Flaw
On February 11th, Kasie and Rex stuck with the flaws conversation for one more round. Here are the show notes: Agenda: Character flaws: minor, major, and fatal How they manifest in the story Tips and tricks for not making them trite So what are actual flaws? These are limitations or weaknesses that the character might…
Episode 217: More Flaws than you can shake a stick at
On February 4th, Kasie and Rex continued their conversation on character flaws. Here are the show notes: Topic: Character Flaws continued Agenda: Update on SlaughterShark and Being Blue Character Flaws revisited How to write a good flaws character Link to the podcast. We’re building off this link from Writers Write on Character Flaws. So what…
