Shannon Hale joined us at LTUE 2016 to field questions about the Idea elemental genre. Here are the questions:

* How do you keep an elemental idea story from feeling like you’re just waiting for the idea to “unlock.”

* How do you tie your character motivations to the idea?

* How do you know when you’ve satisfactorily explored the idea?

* Are there elemental idea stories that you just need to give up on?

* Is there such a thing as “idea clutter?”

Credits: This episode was recorded live by Daniel Thompson, and mastered by Alex Jackson. 

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