Welcome back to The Writer’s Locke, a Nuzlocke Reading Project!

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Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana, and The Writer’s Locke likes every third Monday at 6PM EST! That being said, with daylight savings zones around the world working against us, this episode may slide in an hour late. Or early! Who knows?

This episode, we’ll be hearing from:

Our returning host, Rainey!

Raderph, continuing Carousel!

Rainey, hosting a discussion on the topic of Portraying pokemon - Fantasy vs Realism with Aurea, Clockenstein, and returning guest superstar Erberor!

SayleeK, reading Healing Wish

SilverDoe, reading Tightrope

We've prepared a full transcript for your convenience.

If you’ve got some thoughts to throw down about the discussion segment, have at it! As usual, we’ve prepared a couple of relevant questions to refer to if you’re not sure where to start:

If you have an itch you wanna scratch beyond that, there's always the Shop Talk subforum!

Your interest and support has gotten us all this far, and we're incredibly grateful for it. If you have any feedback about the transcript or any other aspect of the podcast, we'd love to hear from you! Feel free to drop a post here, in the main Writer's Locke thread, or to send a message direct via forum PM or Discord DM to a member of our crew!

Welcome back to The Writer’s Locke, a Nuzlocke Reading Project!

We’ve expanded syndication, so you can now listen to us in a bunch of different places. Let us know if your favourite podcast service is missing, and we’ll work to get it added!

Feels like it’s been a hot second, right? We wrapped last October with a Halloween Anthology that was a tonne of fun. (It actually went live on the Nuzwriter’s Lounge, the unofficial writing server, and we had a listen party. HEAPS of fun to watch everyone yell at things grew spookier and more dire!) The team’ve been working since the new year to build on our debut season. I’m proud as punch of the hard yakka put in and I know the team are stoked to bits, too!

But that’s probably enough straya for the second.

This episode, we’ll be hearing from:

Our returning host, Rainey!

Raderph, reading Carousel’s opening chapter and sticking with us throughout the season!

Rainey, hosting a discussion on the topic of The Dreaded Reboot - Should you do it? with SayleeK and Flop disc

SayleeK, reading the opening chapter of Healing Wish

Flop disc, (temporarily) reading Tightrope

As with last season, we've prepared a full transcript for your convenience.

Last season, we used this spot to ask a couple of extra questions arising from discussion. I'd like to bring that back a little! So:

Have you toyed with rebooting an in-progress story? What did you decide to ultimately do, and why?

But there have been changes on the forums between now and this year! So if you have an itch you wanna scratch beyond that, there's now the Shop Talk subforum!

Your interest and support has gotten us all this far, and we're incredibly grateful for it. If you have any feedback about the transcript or any other aspect of the podcast, we'd love to hear from you! Feel free to drop a post here, in the main Writer's Locke thread, or to send a message direct via forum PM or Discord DM to a member of our crew!

Welcome back to The Writer’s Locke, a Nuzlocke Reading Project! This spooky-themed special episode wraps up the podcast’s inaugural season. And, as a sweetener, we’ve included a roundtable with glancesherlock, all about Gracidea!

This episode, we'll be hearing from:

Rainey, our gracious host!

Raderph, reading Night of Stalling Wobbuffets by JavierE64

glancesherlock, discussing the writing of Gracidea with Rainey, Silverdoe, and csidvuL

cjapples, reading The Frozen Temple by Silverdoe

SayleeK / Chuthulhu reading Leer, by Paine

A continuation of the Gracidea interview, where glancesherlock and the team reflect on the season and make mention of things to come!

Rainey, with some special thanks and our very last signoff for the season!

We've prepared a full transcript for your convenience.

Your interest and support has gotten us all this far, and we're incredibly grateful for it. If you have any feedback about the transcript or any other aspect of the podcast, we'd love to hear from you! Feel free to drop a post here, in the main Writer's Locke thread, or to send a message direct via forum PM or Discord DM to a member of our crew!

Here is a bonus episode containing all chapters of Stolen Dreams read out on episodes 5-7 of the podcast!

Welcome back to The Writer’s Locke, a Nuzlocke Reading Project! This is our final episode for the regular season. As such, this rotation of storylockes is wrapping up. We’ll hear from our authors about these! In October, our final episode will air, covering off Gracidea. Lastly, among all these big changes, Rainey and the team dig into worldbuilding!

This episode, we'll be hearing from:

We've prepared a full transcript for your convenience.

We release episodes every three weeks, on Mondays at 6PM EDT. That means upcoming release dates are as follows:

Your interest and support has gotten us all this far, and we're incredibly grateful for it. If you have any feedback about the transcript or any other aspect of the podcast, we'd love to hear from you! Feel free to drop a post here, in the main Writer's Locke thread, or to send a message direct via forum PM or Discord DM to a member of our crew!

Welcome back to The Writer’s Locke, a Nuzlocke Reading Project! As always, we’ve got plenty for you to sink your teeth into. Or fangs, as the case may be, since our discussion topic for the day centres around gijinkas! Today we have Gracidea nearing its climax, the return of All That We Are, and another outstanding selection from Ashes to Ashes.

This episode, we'll be hearing from:

We've prepared a full transcript for your convenience.

We release episodes every three weeks, on Mondays at 6PM EDT. That means upcoming release dates are as follows:

Your interest and support has gotten us all this far, and we're incredibly grateful for it. If you have any feedback about the transcript or any other aspect of the podcast, we'd love to hear from you! Feel free to drop a post here, in the main Writer's Locke thread, or to send a message direct via forum PM or Discord DM to a member of our crew!

Welcome back to The Writer’s Locke, a Nuzlocke Reading Project! We’ve got a bumper episode this time around. We’re bidding a fond farewell to Running Hot, which makes way for Ashes to Ashes. On top of all that is an absolute banger of a discussion segment, covering a perennial favourite topic: protagonists!

This episode, we'll be hearing from:

csidvuL filling in for Rainey!

SilverDoe, reading us Gracidea by glancesherlock

Fullmental, reading us Running Hot by Zephyr_Iphis

A short promotional segment. Tune in to find out which storylocke we mention!

A lively discussion segment on the topic of Protagonists, conducted by Rainey and with Garish Garchomp and Raderph appearing as guests!

Bowser’s Family Vacation, introducing the non-linear Ashes to Ashes and its first selected entry, A Father’s Anguish

Kirilpunk, reading us Ashes to Ashes by Bowser’s Family Vacation

csidvuL, with some special thanks and our signoff

We've prepared a full transcript for your convenience.

We release episodes every three weeks, on Mondays at 6PM EDT. That means upcoming release dates are as follows:

August 31

September 21

October 12 (season finale!)

Your interest and support has gotten us all this far, and we're incredibly grateful for it. If you have any feedback about the transcript or any other aspect of the podcast, we'd love to hear from you! Feel free to drop a post here, in the main Writer's Locke thread, or to send a message direct via forum PM or Discord DM to a member of our crew!

Welcome back to The Writer’s Locke, a Nuzlocke Reading Project! In this episode, we’re concluding our reading of Stolen Dreams with a bonus statement from the author himself!  We’re also putting Running Hot on hold for this week and premiering one of the new runs to be featured in the next batch of episodes! In addition, we have a special, extra-long discussion segment to share with you, featuring not two but three returning guests!

This episode, we'll be hearing from:

csidvuL filling in for Rainey!

SilverDoe, reading us Gracidea by glancesherlock

Plain Yogurt, reading us All That We Are by Erberor

A short promotional segment. Tune in to find out which storylocke we mention!

A lively discussion segment on the topic of Tropes in Nuzlockes, conducted by Rainey and with Metafiction, csidvuL, and Erberor as guests

SayleeK, reading us Stolen Dreams by Rumors

A farewell message from Rumors!

csidvuL, with some special thanks and our signoff

We've prepared a full transcript for your convenience.

We release episodes every three weeks, on Mondays at 6PM EDT. That means upcoming release dates are as follows:

August 10

August 31

September 21

October 12 (season finale!)

Your interest and support has gotten us all this far, and we're incredibly grateful for it. If you have any feedback about the transcript or any other aspect of the podcast, we'd love to hear from you! Feel free to drop a post here, in the main Writer's Locke thread, or to send a message direct via forum PM or Discord DM to a member of our crew!

Welcome back to The Writer’s Locke, a Nuzlocke Reading Project! We’re continuing with our second rotation of reads, and all delighted to be here! 

This episode, we'll be hearing from:

Rainey, our gracious host!

SilverDoe, reading us Gracidea by glancesherlock

Fullmental, reading us Running Hot by Zephyr_Iphis

A short promotional segment. Tune in to find out which storylocke we mention!

A lively discussion segment on the topic of Starting A Story (concluding with part two!), conducted by @Rainey and with @Metafiction and OrdoSkirata as guests

SayleeK, reading us Stolen Dreams by Rumors

Rainey, with some special thanks and our signoff

We've prepared a full transcript for your convenience.

We release episodes every three weeks, on Mondays at 6PM EDT. That means upcoming release dates are as follows:

July 20

August 10

August 31

September 21

October 12 (season finale!)

Your interest and support has gotten us all this far, and we're incredibly grateful for it. If you have any feedback about the transcript or any other aspect of the podcast, we'd love to hear from you! Feel free to drop a post here, in the main Writer's Locke thread, or to send a message direct via forum PM or Discord DM to a member of our crew!

(And along those lines! There were some technical issues with the discussion segment of this episode, and our usual miracle worker was unavailable. Yours truly has done her best in the interim! If you're familiar with DAWs and specifically Fairlight, I'd be delighted if you reached out and we had a brain-picking session sometime.)

Welcome back to The Writer’s Locke, a Nuzlocke Reading Project! This episode is a bit of a changing of the guard. Not only are we starting on two new storylockes, but we’ve decided to bring on two new guests for the discussion segment!

This episode, we'll be hearing from:

We've prepared a full transcript for your convenience.

We release episodes every three weeks, on Mondays at 6PM EDT. That means upcoming release dates are as follows:

Your interest and support has gotten us all this far, and we're incredibly grateful for it. If you have any feedback about the transcript or any other aspect of the podcast, we'd love to hear from you! Feel free to drop a post here, in the main Writer's Locke thread, or to send a message direct via forum PM or Discord DM to a member of our crew!