Episode 328: Fools, Clowns, Comic Relief

On December 13, 2025, Kasie and Rex revisited the comic relief character. Here are the show notes: Topic: Comic Relief Agenda: Segment 1 It’s been a while since we covered the dozen uses for the Fool (Episode 181) so there are some new notes and updated links for it but the concept remains. Per Gemini…

Episode 321: Writing Unlikeable Characters

August 9, 2025 Theme for the day Unlikeable Characters Agenda Segment 1 We did Despicable characters discussion on Episode 27 but that was way, way back in 2019 and so it’s time we took another look at them. We went to the AI for a few discussable topics on this: Along with the “no character…

Episode 318: Novel Writing From Someone Else’s Perspective

On July 19, 2025, Kasie and Rex took the lead from another blogger and explored novel writing from an intent, purpose, and process perspective. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Novel Toolkit Agenda Segment 1 & 2 Whilst scrolling through the #writing community hashtag on X (formerly twitter) I found this post…

Episode 317: Effective Use of Dialogue

On July 12, 2025, Kasie and Rex finally did an episode dedicated to dialogue. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Dialogue Agenda Segment 1 We have kind of edged around dialogue, talking about its role in implacture (episode 314) and exposition but we haven’t focused on Dialogue since before Rex joined the…