Story from Scratch

In this long-awaited, highly-anticipated episode, Yale and Justin discuss the secret to GOOD ACTION, an element many stories fail to deliver in a compelling way. Justin gives his theory on how to make actions carry weight, something Yale struggles with (so really, he should shut his mouth and listen for once).

The conversation eventually leads to a stroll through the history of good action scenes. Comparisons to anime are inevitably made. Justin's theories turn out to be actually great advice to writers, so tune in to learn more!

The From Scratch segment for the story STRANDED was omitted in favour of more in-depth discussion!

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Those who have been long-time followers will know that we've been on a dreadful hiatus. But, fear not! During this time of global crisis, we will do our part and are looking at a return in the near future. Stay tuned!

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This spooky episode, Yale and Justin discuss their love for the Halloween season and how they came to enjoy it so much. Yale tries to nail down what he thinks is scary. Justin explains his yearly tradition and recommends some truly scary films!

As promised, our co-hosts do a deep-dive into the 2014 film, The Babadook. Is it really scary? What about it is scary? Listen in as they bunker down and analyze the film in great detail.

The From Scratch segment for the story STRANDED will return next week!

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This episode, Yale and Justin discuss the difficulties of writing, especially keeping a consistent vision, maintaining motivation, and how struggling with these difficulties makes writing worthwhile.

Our co-hosts touch on the essence of a story once again, as they try to break down how the process of writing works for each of them. Justin talks about his views on unfinished works.

In the From Scratch segment, our duo recaps what's happened so far and outline what needs to happen in our story before the end of Act 1.

This episode, Yale and Justin do some character work! Yale's favorite. He leads Justin down a path of abstractly defining the roles of each of the characters and together, they stumble upon each of their motivations along the way!

Feeling really productive, our duo even ventures to establish the dynamic of our group of heroes. And the plot also develops.

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This episode, Yale and Justin buckle down and really make a lot of world-building decisions for STRANDED.

In doing so, our co-hosts stumble on some surprisingly appropriate motivations, as well as decide the major beats that the story should have. Yale gets excited about Goodfellas, Justin gets a taste of Yale's story-breaking energy, and the two actually lay down a decent plot.

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This episode, Yale and Justin talk about how to balance writing two different projects at the same time. Yale also asks how he can feel more confident about his story ideas, worried that they might all end up reading like they are the same story. Justin gives legitimately good advice and talks about his foray into writing horror.

A minisode for this week due to time constraints, but STRANDED will be back next week.

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This episode, Justin and Yale discuss the subject of 'Mary Sue' characters, or characters that meet some criteria of being a 'Mary Sue'. They begin by defining what the term means and examine just what is so bad about Mary Sue characters.

In true Story from Scratch fashion, our co-hosts even try to defend some aspects of Mary Sue characters so as to truly understand what the 'Mary Sue' label means.

We'll return to STRANDED, our continuing journey next episode.

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This episode, Yale and Justin discuss the merits of prologues (or lack thereof). Yale has never liked prologues, but Justin remains adamant that they are sometimes necessary. Our co-hosts end up on a tangent about deluxe editions and speculate on business decisions.

In STRANDED: from Scratch, our crew finally set off to the mysterious planet and discover that it's strange - or is it? A lot of world-building has still yet been finalized, but our heroes will definitely probably meet obstacles on their quest to find the elusive DNA. Tune in as we find out what those obstacles might be.

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This episode, Yale and Justin discuss the necessity of using weak verbs and why it's okay to not kill your darlings. Justin explains 'resting' words. Yale celebrates. There are lots of digressions.

In STRANDED: from Scratch, after our Manny and Gabby had carefully selected their crew, a stranger coerces our heroes into joining the team. And first impressions are shaky at best as we're introduced to the Admiral and Shady/Shift.e.

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No Story from Scratch segment this week! We promise we'll return to STRANDED (from Scratch) next Monday. In the meantime, while we replenish our creative juices, Justin regales us with some new discoveries he's made while looking back at his previous writing.

And, in a new segment, Yale's Questions, our cohosts discuss character archetypes and how to borrow from other subgenres.

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