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/
Show episodes
Deus Ex Machina. God from the machine. Writing tool? Or something we should avoid? Paddy, James, and Phoenix dive into this very topic in this episode of Prose and Cons. Like with most genres and writing “rules,” it helps to do your research so you can properly be in conversation with the thing you’re trying to talk ab
Jimmy was walking to school one day when he tripped over a rock and fell. With a jolt, Jimmy woke up from the dream only to remember that he never walks to school. What does this passage mean?!?! Does Jimmy represent the US empire falling only to wake up and realise the empire was all just a dream? An illusion of power
Between all the writing, it is sometimes easy to forget just how much we love to read. Jump in for a cozy and fascinating conversation between James and Phoenix as they discuss their current reading list--what works, what doesn"t, and how about George R.R Martin "cheating" with Fire and Blood and still making it still
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,