Beyond The Trope

This fourth installment of our craft series is where we talk about the importance of a strong beginning.

Mentioned in this episode:

THE HOBBIT by J.R.R. Tolkien

A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE by George R.R. Martin

THE SILMARILLION by J.R.R. Tolkien

THE CODEX ALERA (Book Series) by Jim Butcher

Star Wars

C.S.I (TV Show)

THE DRESDEN FILE (Book Series) by Jim Butcher

HARRY POTTER (Book Series) by J.K. Rowling

RMFW Colorado Gold Conference

In this week's installment of our craft series, we're tackling themes.

Mentioned in this episode:

Stephen King

SAGA (Comic Book Series)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien

A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE by George R.R. Martin

South Park (TV Show)

Star Trek

THE LION, THE WITCH, AND THE WARDROBE by C.S. Lewis

This week we're tackling another aspect of Writing Craft: Dialogue and Description.

Mentioned in this episode:

Star Wars

PRUDENCE by Gail Carriger

J.R.R. Tolkien

HARRY POTTER (Book Series) by J.K. Rowling

The Big Bang Theory (TV Show)

Star Trek

DEAR AMERICA (Book Series) by Ann Turner

ROYAL DIARIES (Book Series) by Various Authors

This week we're kicking off a short series of episodes that focus on writing craft, and we're starting with heroes and villains.

Mentioned in this episode:

Superman

Bella Swan (from TWILIGHT by Stephanie Meyer)

Smallville (TV Show)

Captain America

Marvel Studios

Luther (TV Show)

Durarara!! (TV Show)

Daredevil

Deadpool

Dexter (TV Show)

Batman

Edmond Dantès (from THE COUNT OF MONTE CRISTO by Alexander Dumas

Sherlock Holmes

Jim Butcher

Tamora Pierce

Dr. Horrible

Captain Hammer

Kingpin (from Daredevil)

Joker

Long John Silver (from TREASURE ISLAND by Rober Louis Stevenson)

Lord Vetinari (from the Discworld series by Terry Pratchett)

Captain Barbosa from Pirates of the Caribbean (Movie)

THE COLOR OF MAGIC by Terry Pratchett

MAKING MONEY by Terry Pratchett

Spike (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer TV Show)

Joss Whedon

Agents of SHIELD (TV Show)

Moriarty (as portrayed by Andrew Scott in BBC's Sherlock)

Star Trek

In this episode we took our Tropes 101 workshop and applied the principals we discussed to create a new story.

Mentioned in this episode:

Anomaly Con

RMFW Colorado Gold Conference

Ali Golightly joined us in the studio to talk about the United Authors Association.

Mentioned in this episode:

Pop Culture Classroom

Thomas A. Fowler

J.T. Evans

Pikes Peak Writers

RMFW

Gail Carriger

Field of Dreams (Movie)

Ernest Hemingway

Wordfire Press

Kevin J. Anderson

Rebecca Moesta

James A. Owen

Diana Gabaldon

Star Fest

Vin Browder

Gigi Edgley

Jim Butcher

Neil Gaiman

Harrison Ford

Amanda Palmer

theuaa.org

Johnny Depp

The Secret Window (Movie)

A closer look at adaptations is where we went with this episode. We focus on books that got turned into movies, then jump into a trunk novel sent in by Veronica R. Calisto.

Mentioned in this episode:

ENDER'S GAME by Orson Scott Card

ERAGON by Christopher Paolini

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON by Cressida Cowell

SHREK! by William Steig

AMERICAN GODS by Neil Gaiman

STARDUST by Neil Gaiman

DIVERGENT by Veronica Roth

THE HUNGER GAMES by Suzanne Collins

THE FAULT IN OUR STARS by John Green

HIGH FIDELITY by Nick Hornby

ABOUT A BOY by Nick Hornby

THE HITCHHIKER'S GUIDE TO THE GALAXY by Douglas Adams

THE RESTAURANT AT THE END OF THE UNIVERSE by Douglas Adams

Buffy the Vampire Slayer (TV Show)

This week we're discussing Amazon's new Kindle Unlimited self-published author payment policy.

Mentioned in this episode:

WAR AND PEACE by Leo Tolstoy

Riffle

Smashwords

Facebook

Amazon

kdp.amazon.com

Tor.com

Susan Spann

Walmart

Target

Best Buy

Kohl's

RMFW Colorado Gold Conference

Mile High Con

Aaron Michael Ritchey fills in for Emily one final time to talk about writing feedback.

Mentioned on this episode:

Peter J. Wacks

POST TRAUMATIC STRESS COMMANDER by Aaron Michael Ritchey and Peter J. Wacks

FORTUNE'S HORIZON by Andrea K. Stein

Jim Butcher

Quincy J. Allen

Breaking Bad (TV Show)

ELIZABETH'S MIDNIGHT by Aaron Michael Ritchey

Jean C. Stein

Mario Acevedo

Warren Hammond

Angie Hodapp

Travis Heermann

Lou J. Berger

Liliana Hart

THE HANDMAID'S TALE by Margaret Atwood

Audible.com

The Roundtable Podcast

Charles Bukowski

E.L. James

TWILIGHT by Stephanie Meyer

THE LORD OF THE RINGS by J.R.R. Tolkien

Shakespeare

U2

Led Zeppelin

Battlestar Galactica (TV Show 2000s)

Ronald D. Moore

HARRY POTTER by J.K. Rowling

Charlaine Harris

Bernard Cornwell

Black Widow

Avengers 2 (Movie)

Aaron Michael Ritchey is still filling in for Emily, and he did a gave us a great perspective on cons.

Mentioned in this episode:

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn (Movie)

Emerald City Comic Con

Mile High Con

Anomaly Con

Denver Comic Con

Wordfire Press

The Matrix (Movie)

Pop Culture Classroom

Ellie Ann Soderstrom

Steven L. Sears

Kevin J. Anderson

Jim Lee (X-Men Artist)

Spawn (Comic Book)

THE LITTLE MERMAID by Hans Christian Anderson

THE JUNIPER WARS by Aaron Michael Ritchey

ELIZABETH'S MIDNIGHT by Aaron Michael Ritchey

Sword Art Online (Anime)

Peter J. Wacks

Holly Black

Quincy J. Allen

HARRY POTTER (Book Series) by J.K. Rowling

CLOCKWORK LIVES by Kevin J. Anderson and Neil Peart

Levar Burton

Tyler Jolley

Sherry Ficklin

Supernatural (TV Show)

Daredevil (TV Show)

Agents of Shield (TV Show)

Arrow (TV Show)

Spiderman

Black Widow

Avengers 2 (Movie)

Iron Man

The Incredible Hulk

Final Fantasy

Batman

Batgirl

Ian T. Healy

Star Fest

CHARISMA PLUS 1 by Jessica Brawner