Episodes

  • Episode 22 – “Wizards are Experimental Scientists!”

    Episode 22 – “Wizards are Experimental Scientists!”
    Mar 7 2023
    This week Jim and Dustin talk about how hard it might be to learn magic and be a wizard in a fantasy setting.

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    13 mins
  • Episode 21 – “Overlapping Time”

    Episode 21 – “Overlapping Time”
    Feb 27 2023
    This week Jim and Dustin pitch a story idea about one location that is affected by several points of time concurrently, and Jim pulls out another comic book reference.

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    18 mins
  • Episode 20 – “OMG, am I NOT the main character?”

    Episode 20 – “OMG, am I NOT the main character?”
    Feb 17 2023
    This week Dustin and Jim talk about writing a story composed entirely of side characters from other published stories.

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    24 mins
  • Episode 19 – “Underwater Alien Civilizations”

    Episode 19 – “Underwater Alien Civilizations”
    Feb 9 2023
    Once again, special guest David Kirchner comes on the show to talk about the idea that intelligent aliens exist, but only live underwater.

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    17 mins
  • Episode 18 – “The Wishing Machine”

    Episode 18 – “The Wishing Machine”
    Feb 2 2023
    This week we have special guest David Kirchner who pitches an idea for a story about an alien artifact that grants wishes by influencing good and bad luck, and what happens when we make it angry.

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    25 mins
  • Episode 17 –“A pet’s perspective”

    Episode 17 –“A pet’s perspective”
    Jan 20 2023
    This week Dustin and Jim talk about writing from the perspective of a pet and what it would be like to “belong” to an alien.

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    13 mins
  • Episode 16 - "Planet of the Guinea Pigs"

    Episode 16 - "Planet of the Guinea Pigs"
    Jan 15 2023
    Today Dustin and Jim discuss the idea of immortality in science fiction and what might happen if a “live forever” drug is tested on a guinea pig.

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    22 mins
  • Episode 15 – “Believe it or not, characters are an important part of the story”

    Episode 15 – “Believe it or not, characters are an important part of the story”
    Jan 12 2023
    Jim and Dustin talk about writing believable characters and staying true to the rules writers create for their own stories.

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    25 mins