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 Real-Life Legal Drama: The Murdaugh Murders The Rise of the Legal Thriller What’s Real and What’s So.Not.Real. How to _______ your…
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 Origins of the 3-act-plot Benefits of the 3-act-plot How you know you’re writing a 3-act-plot Helpful tools for 3-act-plot structuring Link to the podcast. So we did a…
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…
Episode 216: Adding Dimension to the Story with Character Flaws
On Jan 21, our Fears & Flaws episode got so side tracked by fears, we decided to table the “flaws” half to next week. So here are the show notes for our Jan 28th episode. Agenda Why a character needs flaws Realistic examples of flaws How to not beat us over the head with flaws…
