Heroes Are Fine, but Tim Wants Messy, Morally-Ambiguous Characters

Today, our podcasters talk about how to make characters that are both compelling and objectively good folks.

As a writer, slip a little “Woodman’s Son” moment into your narrative for comic effect (or a fireplace tragedy)!

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "Deflated!"

It’s all about expectations—too high, and the crash is coming. And, oh, it’s going to be glorious.

Tim and LeeAnna talk about when everything unexpectedly goes pear-shaped, and the gawkable spectacle of embarrassed deflation.

Welcome to Action Park: Where Fiction Writers Find Wickedly Flawed Characters

Welcome to today’s podcast therapy session—sorry, I meant episode.

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "Emotions, Emotions Everywhere"

Today, our podcasters explore emotions, and how they are both complex and unpredictable.

“Shake It Off”: A Snarky Writer’s Guide to Rejections, Bad Reviews, and Agent Preferences for Dragons

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "Twists and Turns"

Our podcasters dive into the absurdly complicated world of memory, identity, and writing.

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "Quantum Entanglement"

“Not My Circus, Not My Monkeys”: The All-Too-Convenient Art of Not Caring

The idea that we can only control so much resonates deeply with the concept of plot twists.

Quantum Entanglement—because nothing says 'good times' like spooky science that makes your brain want to explode.

Fiction becomes “alive” when it reflects universal truths about the human condition.

We dive into the idea that life is like a pinball machine. Sure, we can control the flippers...

Writer's Prompts for the podcast "Memory and Self-Identity"