All Things To All People
When the pursuit of comfort takes over your entire life, and your entire worldview, your art suffers, and maybe society does too. In this episode, we’re talking about why speculative fiction shouldn’t get too comfortable.
The transcript of our recent episode with Qualia Redux about poverty in science fiction and fantasy stories.
There are many writing advice columns that won’t help you write good—that will actually encourage you to write bad, or at best mediocre.
Sci-fi/fantasy author Karlo Yeager Rodríguez joins us to talk about the relationship between storyteller and in-universe audience.
In this episode, writer and stuntwoman SL Huang joins us to talk about writing that fully explores the physicality of its characters.
Much of speculative literature focuses on superheroes and Chosen Ones. But what about ordinary people or flawed people who don’t save the world? Do they matter?
Tons of stories feature guns, but they’re usually portrayed in a wildly unrealistic way. Nate Bethea of “What a Hell of a Way to Die” was kind enough to stop by to talk to us about what writers get wrong about firearms.
In this episode, learn a simple exercise that will help you cultivate your inner witness. It might even help with your anxiety, too.