Prose and Cons

One of the very best ways to improve your own writing is to read the classics - those works of literature that, despite being written decades (or even hundreds of years) ago are still read, resonant, and selling copies in the 21st century.
In this episode of Prose and Cons, we give you our personal favourite classic works: books that have both stood the test of time and taught us to write better.

STEPHEN KING REFERENCE COUNTER: 1 TODAY, 82 TOTAL

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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.

Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.

The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic

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For those of you who haven't been listening for long, this is a rerun of one of our classic episodes. Ally's pick for a rerun is our House of the Dragon episode. Here we take a look at the first episode of the HBO adaption of George R. R. Martin's Fire and Blood. Some of us know a lot about it and are keen to share that knowledge, some of us are just along for the ride. If you've never heard us before, this is a good place to start and if you have, here's a little time capsule back six months. Enjoy!

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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.

Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.

The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic

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Hey all you Potter Heads and Naruto fans. Hi to the Trekkies and Star Wars . . . the people who love Star Wars. Today we’re diving deep into the dense, dense jungle of Fan Fiction.

Ally, Phoenix, and Matan explore the beauties and pitfalls of this widely enjoyed and audience-specific practice, touching on things like:

• Writing to tropes vs. writing to genre.
• Leaning on cameos and nostalgia.
• The shared problems between Fan Fiction and mass production of sequels.
• What IF Naruto was hyper-intelligent?

Special shout to Like Stories of Old on YouTube and their video essay “The Marvelization of Cinema.” It's an excellent place to continue this conversation if you would like.

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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.

Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.

The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic

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As everyone here at Prose and Cons is busily bustling around Santa's workshop style—picture Paddy running with some ribbon, James checking off some comically long list, and Matan doing something with one of those old wooden mallets that seem to be staples of elf workshops—we will be skipping our regularly programmed episode for this week in favor of doing our busy things.

We will, however, be back at you with a new episode next week.

Happy Holidays!

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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.

Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.

The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic

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For those of you who have been listening for a bit, you may have heard this one already, but for those of you who are new, this episode is a great place to start.

Yes, this is a rerun. We’re going to be investing some time in the expansion and improvement of Prose and Cons as well as Precipice Fiction as a whole. In order to give ourselves more space to do this, we’ll have a new release schedule.

For the next few months, we’ll be alternating between new episodes and a specially chosen episode that we feel would be a great place for someone to start in order to get the most out of this show and the collection of information we have here.
 
 After a few months, we’ll be back to our regular, weekly release schedule.

With all that said, kick back and enjoy this amazing interview with horror extraordinaire, Kealan Patrick Burke. 

STEPHEN KING REFERENCE COUNTER: 5 in this episode, still 81 OVERALL

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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.

Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.

The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic

• Website: precipicefiction.com
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Could the book be better than the movie? Paddy, Alex, Matan and Phoenix discuss the value and issues inherent in adapting an IP from one source to another. We go deep on classics like Bladerunner, the Shining, Annihilation and Apocalypse Now and compare them to their literary progenitors.

- Should a movie adaptation  be completely faithful?
- What is entailed in keeping the "spirit" of a work?
- Our most loved and love-to-hate adaptions.
-Plus: birdseed and what constitutes too much

STEPHEN KING REFERENCE COUNTER: 5 TODAY, 81 TOTAL

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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.

Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.

The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic

• Website: precipicefiction.com
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Hail and well met my good traveler! I must say I am pleased to see that the dragon of Ar’kanék has not bested you and that you were able to come and hear my tale.

Dear traveler, sit and enjoy as I tell you the story of four young, handsome magi who talked about High Fantasy for a bit over an hour.
 
 That’s right! In this episode of Prose and Cons, Paddy leads Phoenix, Matan, and Alex through the realms of High Fantasy. They delve deep into genre staples, what may or may not be High Fantasy, and some suspicious activity between Tolkien and a fantasy writer who came before him (Matan and Phoenix will never be the same).

STEPHEN KING REFERENCE COUNTER: 1 TODAY, 76 TOTAL

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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.

Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.

The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic

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Today Phoenix, Paddy and Alex delve down into the fascinating rabbit hole of the ludo-narrative! That's right, we're talking videogames and how they relate to storytelling. We're looking at our favourite games and how they use the medium in interesting ways to tell fascinating stories through the interplay of gameplay mechanics and narrative intrigue. 

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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.

Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.

The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic

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• YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction
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It's just Alex and Paddy today, going deep on bicameral minds, Jordan Peele, what horror and comedy have in common, paving the road to hell with adverbs, and Alex's new short horror story: Eggboy.

(This one's a bonus episode; if you're after a more - ahem - structured podcast experience, maybe check out one of our more recent episodes instead.)

STEPHEN KING REFERENCE COUNTER: 5 TODAY, 75 TOTAL

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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.

Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.

The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic

• Website: precipicefiction.com
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Show don’t tell—how many times have you heard that one? 
Chances are we’ve all received this note at one point or another in our writing journies, but what exactly does it mean? Also, what about telling? When should we tell rather than show?

This week on Prose and Cons, Paddy, Phoenix, and Alex dig into this writing note of notes and delve into the inverse as well—when to tell instead of show.

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This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons.

Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy.

The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic

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