Daystar and Alexander discuss some of the major problems with prophecies in stories, and ways to potentially avoid the major pitfalls.

Timestamps:

1:22 Prophecy as a way of Spoiling Tension

5:56 Creating Conflict

10:35 Developing Characters

11:45 Prophecy Tension

16:45 Predictable Attempts to avoid Prophecy

19:00 Shallow Intrigue

22:10 How to make prophecy work

30:55 Tricking Prophecies

37:03 Conditional Prophecies

39:20 Prophecy in the Real World

47:23 Being Clever in Subversion

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Episode 13 - Prophecies

Webserial authors Daystar Eld and Alexander Wales talk about the craft of writing stories that make sense, and examine writing tropes and media through the lens of the Rational and Rationalist genres.

Intro and Outro music is G.A.T.O. Must Be Respected, by Tim Yarbrough

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Short episode where Daystar and Alexander speak with Velorien, one of the writers of Marked for Death⁠, to discuss the impact of reader feedback in serial fiction.

Hosted by ⁠⁠Daystar Eld⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Alexander Wales⁠⁠.

With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, ⁠⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected

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Episode 63 - Reader Feedback II (Guest: Velorien)

Daystar and Alexander discuss the role of money and class in fiction, and how it can affect, or fail to affect, their decisions and interactions.

Hosted by ⁠Daystar Eld⁠ and ⁠Alexander Wales⁠

With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, ⁠G.A.T.O Must Be Respected





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Episode 62 - Money in Fiction

Alex and I attended a writing retreat with some other authors in the rationality community, and while there decided to host an impromptu episode on subverting expectations, joined (primarily) by our Nebula nominated friend, Jamie Wahls. All I had to record with was my laptop, so apologies for the sound quality!



Co-hosted by Alexander Wales
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected
Links:
http://jamiewahls.com/

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Episode 61 - Subverting Expectations (Guest: Jamie Wahls)

Today we're joined once again by Duncan Sabien, aka TK17, to discuss his incredible rationalfic, Animorphs: The Reckoning. It was recorded shortly after the story finished and includes questions on not just his writing process, but the various decisions that went into changes made from canon, so spoilers ahead!



Co-hosted by Alexander Wales
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected
Links:
Duncan's "How the MTG Color Wheel Explains Humanity"
Animorphs: The Reckoning AMA
Duncan's Previous Guest Appearance

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Episode 60 - Animorphs: The Reckoning (Guest: TK17/Duncan Sabien)

Today we discuss Alexander's original serial fiction, Worth the Candle, and the various decisions and aspects of the story that came up throughout the writing process.



Co-hosted by Alexander Wales
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected

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Episode 13 - Prophecies

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