Episode 206: What’s Not Being Said and other kinds of tension

On November 12, 2022, Kasie and Rex took on the topic of tension in the book and the scene. Types, reasons, and how to. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day How to Create Tension in Scenes Agenda First, just as a head’s up, next week we’re going to do “writing isn’t easy…

Episode 204: The Real Reason We’re Here

On October 22, 2022 we played a show recorded 10/18/2022 all about jobs and networking and a little side-debate about education. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Agenda In my new favorite podcast, Intentionally Blank, sci fi / fantasy writers Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells talk about becoming professional (paid) writers from…

Episode 203: Killing Time on the Radio

On October 15, 2022, Rex was back in the studio and Kasie was recovering from Fall Break so they didn’t prep the show as usual. Instead, they took to the internet for a Grab Bag episode. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Internet Grab Bag Agenda Rex was in Buffalo last week,…

Episode 199: Closet Monsters

On September 10, 2022, Rex was out and Dr. Thaddeus Jones, filmmaker and screenwriter joined Kasie in the studio to talk about monsters. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Monsters in the Closet Agenda Segment 1 I was intrigued by a segment on a podcast called The TED Interview with sitcom writers…

Episode 197: Gotta have some conflict

On August 20, 2022, Kasie and Rex took on conflict in the story. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Conflict Agenda What is conflict and why do you need it? SCWA’s Annual Conference and Virtual Conference are open for registration How to put conflict in your scenes Segment 1 We did an…