Dark Kingdom Arts

In this episode we cover:

• Why spectacle & nostalgia are not safe storytelling choices, and how they're used against you
• The importance of character choices and consequences in the plot
• If characters rely on luck and the stupidity of their enemies, then there's no heart or emotional draw to the adventure
• How to do a temptation narrative (in audio play)
• Gray Jedi Audio Play
• me ranting

Our first feedback episode! A voice actor reads Chapter One of a (polished) work-in-progress and I give my honest thoughts about its strengths and weaknesses. Today, we hear from author Ron Roth about Ethan, a disillusioned man in an urban fantasy, hunted by the FBI, who can provoke the nightmares of others...

Where you spend your initial scenes or chapters is the foundation of your world, upon which the scaffolding of your story is built. We'll discuss how to get it right, and why your characters are stuck at the start of their narrative. In this episode, we will define: the significance of opening scenes, the definition of the ordinary world, what makes a prologue work (if you're using one), and world-building/exposition as they relate to the start of your story. Protip: readers don't like information overload at the start!

An introduction to the podcast's host, her background and successes as a science fiction and fantasy writer, and her goals for the show going forward.