Prose and Cons
This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons. Brought to you by Precipice Fiction: Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy. Intro and outro delivery by Nathan Gothard. https://linktr.ee/precipicefiction Our first anthology is available now! "The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection". Find it in ebook or paperback: https://mybook.to/TheNewMythic Reach out to us at: https://www.precipicefiction.com/contactpage/
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And then, at the end of all things, James, Ally, and Matan . . . WERE DINOSAURS THE WHOLE TIME! I simply cannot believe it. That’s just a little taste of what you can expect in this twisty, curvy, blind-siding episode of Prose and Cons, where James, Ally, and Matan talk all things twists:What makes them a satisfying
Annnnnnnd we"re back! Tune in to see the 2nd part of the Sanderson festivities--this time centered around Ally Burnham"s terrific (and chaotic) Cosmere Universal Tournmanet Arc, in which Matan"s partial knowlege of the Cosmere and James"s non-knowledge come together to try and decide the winners of these would-be clash
Of course we couldn"t do a Sanderson episode without making it a SERIES! This one ended up ballooning, rightfully so, as Ally, Matan and James discuss not only Sanderson"s incredible list of works, but also delve into recommended reading lists, Sanderson"s supposed position in Fantasy heirarchy and also, interestingly,
Wait, wait, wait - there"s a DIFFERENCE between plot and story? Yes there is, and it"s an important distinction to make! Let Alex, James and Paddy take you through the key differences between these two important, related, yet rather different concepts. STEPHEN KING REFERENCE COUNTER: 2 TODAY, 115 TOTAL Send us a messag
Death . . . what is it good for? Lots of things! Need to fundamentally alter the way your story functions and your characters interact? A character death might be right for you. In this episode of Prose and Cons, Ally, James and Phoenix analyse various character deaths across a number of stories that got it right. They
Writing is a marathon. Unless you"re Alex Eldridge, and then writing is a sprint in which you write 20,000 words in one hit--sorta. Jokes aside, listen to the gang discuss their rising (and sometimes falling) motivation, and how they maintain momentum, specifically across large projects. Ally, Matan and Alex discuss a