On June 21, 2025 Kasie and Rex took on the “idiot” plot. Rex did the notes, Kasie just copy/pasted them. Here they are: Theme for the day The Idiot Plot Agenda Segment 1 The Idiot Plot is less a literary technique and more a narrative hazard—where artificial stupidity drives the story. A clever writer either…
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Episode 313: Revisiting Sequels
Episode 312 was May 31, 2025 and included Rex interviewing teen writer Lexi. Unfortunately, he didn’t prepare any show notes. When the podcast is ready, the link will be found here. On June 6, 2025, Kasie and Rex were reunited to respond to Karate Kid: Legends and other sequels which seem to be Hollywood’s go…
Episode 311: Brawls, Races, and Blizzards – Action Scenes
On May 23, 2025, Kasie and Rex took on the mechanics of action scenes. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Action scenes Agenda Segment 1 On occasion, we all write an action scene. Even the most even-keeled character-driven literary novel has action. In this episode, we’re focusing on the kind of high-action…
Episode 308: Story Modalities and How to Choose
Listen to the podcast On May 3, 2025, Kasie welcomed Kristen Tiede back into the studio for a discussion on types of books and reasons to select them. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Storytelling Modalities Agenda Segment 1 Rex is on his grand tour of the East Coast so today I’ve…
Episode 307: Fake Religions
Listen to the podcast On April 19, 2025, Kasie and Rex took on the task of creating a religious system in your novel. Here are the show notes: Theme for the day Building a Faith System in Fiction Agenda Segment 1 The center throughline for my (Kasie) vampire story is the faith system that ties…
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