Listen to the podcast On December 20, 2025, Kasie and Rex took on Anti-Heroes. Here are the show notes: Topic: Anti-Heroes Agenda: Quick catch up What is an anti-hero Types and qualities Why they’re used Why are there so many of them these days? How to write one Segment 1 What is an anti-hero? This…
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Episode 328: Fools, Clowns, Comic Relief
Listen to the Podcast On December 13, 2025, Kasie and Rex revisited the comic relief character. Here are the show notes: Topic: Comic Relief Agenda: Quick catch up Define the Clown Uses for the Clown How to use the Clown Segment 1 It’s been a while since we covered the dozen uses for the Fool…
Episode 326: Catalysts and Decision Makers
Listen to the Podcast October 25, 2025 Theme for the day Characters Need Agency Agenda Quick catch-up What is agency? How do you make sure the characters have it? Segment 1 The last time we did this topic was way back in 2021 here’s the link to Episode 130. We think maybe we’ve learned something…
Episode 322: Searching for Inspiration
Listen to the podcast On August 16, 2025, Kasie and Rex were feeling uninspired. Here’s the show notes for what they did about it. Theme for the day Searching for Inspiration Agenda Quick catch-up What does it mean to be inspired? Where can we find inspiration? Some go-to strategies Segment 1 We’re in the dog…
Episode 321: Writing Unlikeable Characters
August 9, 2025 Theme for the day Unlikeable Characters Agenda Quick catch-up Character roles Why you should like them How to write a character you don’t like 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….
