Fable & The Verbivore

Notes: We referenced several previous episodes during this conversation. They are: - Episode 171: Look out 2023 - Episode 180: Creating when life is hard - Episode 206: Publishing and Finding Your Joy Music from:https://filmmusic.io ‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) Licence: CC BY ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )

Notes: We referenced several articles for this conversation. Here they are: - MasterClass.com Article Understanding Tone: 18 Examples of Tone Words in Writing - VCEstudyguide.com Article 195 Language Analysis Tones - LumenLearning.com Article Language & Tone Music from:https://filmmusic.io ‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) Licence: CC BY ( https://creativecommons.org/...

Notes: Fable opens by talking about Kurt Vonnegut’s Shape of Stories lecture. Youtube has two versions and they are: - YouTube Video “Kurt Vonnegut on the Shapes of Stories”   - YouTube Video “Kurt Vonnegut, Shape of Stories Feb. 2004”   We referenced several articles for this conversation. Here they are: - BigThink.com article Kurt Vonnegut on the 8 “shapes” of stories - Medium.com arti...

Notes: Fable opens by sharing a quote from neuroscientist Michael Gazzaniga that’s included in Lisa Cron’s Wired for Story. That quote is:  “The brain never does anything it doesn’t have to do. The fact that there seems to be a reward system that allows us to enjoy good fiction implies that there’s a benefit to the fictional experience.” The Verbivore referenced two Ted Talks in this conversa...

Notes: Books Mentioned: Power Up Your Fiction: 125 Tips and Techniques for Next-Level Writing (Bell on Writing) by James Scott Bell Music from:https://filmmusic.io ‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) Licence: CC BY ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ )

Notes: We mention several different musicals, songs, and moments throughout this episode. Here are a few: Wicked - I’m Not That Girl / I’m Not That Girl (Reprise) “Notes/Twisted Every Way” songs from Phantom of the Opera YouTube Video of Last 1:25 of Hamilton on Disney Plus The Verbivore mentions the leitmotifs that come together in Hamilton’s “Who Lives, Who Dies, Who Tells the Story”. Leitmotifs...

Notes: The Verbivore mentions a song from the musical tick, tick…Boom! by Jonathan Larson. Here are the videos she references: - YouTube Raúl Esparza - Come To Your Senses (tick, tick…BOOM!) MISCAST22 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rRHPXmGZ8A - YouTube tick, tick… BOOM! | “Come To Your Senses” Official Song Clip | Netflix - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6hlTdLsgSMQ   - YouTube 'The Schu...

Notes: The Verbivore talks about how Ali Hazelwood was discovered after she wrote a draft of what ended up becoming The Love Hypothesis on a fanfiction site. That site was Archive of Our Own (AO3). The Verbivore mentions the character known as Hot Priest from the TV series Fleabag. Here is the video she references here actor Andrew Scott unpacks the iconic kneel scene: - Andrew Scott relives Fleab...

Notes: Books and Films Mentioned: - This Might Get Awkward by by Kara McDowell - Better Than the Movies by Lynn Painter - Caraval by Stephanie Garber - Once Upon a Broken Heart by Stephanie Garber - The Ballad of Never After by Stephanie Garber - Finale by Stephanie Garber - Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse - Directed Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey  - Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - Dir...

Notes: The Verbivore the Van Gogh episode of the podcast. That episode is: - Episode 203: The Van Gogh episode of Dr. Who Books and Films Mentioned: - Once Upon a Time Season 1 - Some Mistakes Were Made by Kristin Dwyer - Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series - Episode 10 “Vincent and the Doctor” Music from: https://filmmusic.io ‘Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod ( https://incompetech.com ) Licence:...

Moriah is an active and supportive member of the Instagram writing community. We connected with her on social media, due to her hilarious reels about the writing life and beautiful aesthetics. Her short story “ Tail of Hope ” has been featured by Havok Publishing and several short stories have been selected to be published within Twenty Hills anthologies. Her debut novel Heart of the Sea (HOTS) wa...

Notes: The Verbivore talked a bit about Issa Rae and her work, but slightly misnamed both of her series. Her webseries is The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl and her HBO series is called Insecure . In our original MasterClass conversation, the Verbivore mentions that we’ve referenced some of Masterclasses free articles in preparation for some of our podcast episodes and that they can be a grea...

Notes: The Verbivore mentions episode titles Midnight, Blink, and The Girl and the Library. That last episode should title have been The Girl in the Fireplace . Books and Films Mentioned: - Doctor Who: The Complete Fifth Series - Four Weddings and a Funeral - Directed by Mike Newell - Love, Actually - Directed by Richard Curtis - Knotting Hill - Directed by Roger Mitchell - Bridget Jones’s Diary -...

Notes: Here are a few articles and videos we referenced for this conversation: - Ted Ed Video “How to write descriptively - Nalo Hopkinson “ - MasterClass Article “What’s the Difference Between Metaphor, Simile, and Analogy?” - MasterClass Article “How to Write Deep POV: 8 Tips for Using an Immersive Point of View” - MasterClass Article “How to Write Descriptive Sentences” - Pen and the Pad Articl...

Notes: Books and Films Mentioned: - Happy Place by Emily Henry  - Book Lovers by Emily Henry - Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood  - Funny You Should Ask by Elissa Sussman - The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood - Love on the Brain by Ali Hazelwood - Flawless by Elsie Silver   - Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert - Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibber - Get a Life, Chloe B...

Notes: In this episode, we reference back to several podcast interviews and/or panel episodes and personal episodes that we did this year that were a particular pleasure. Here are a few: - Episode 168: Interview with Mae Wagner - Episode 173: Why read romance novels? - Episode 175: Writing sex scenes w/ C.L. Walters and Kieran (Kate) Lamoureux - Episode 180: Creating when life is hard - Episode 18...

Notes: The Verbivore opens by sharing a definition for the term derivative. Here is that definition as well as the source: - “(Typically of an artist or work of art) imitative of the work of another person, and usually disapproved of for that reason” The Verbivore mentions a page on author Rick Riordan’s website that discusses his influences and whether or not his Percy Jackson series was influenc...

Notes: In this episode, the Verbivore references several TED-Ed videos in this conversation. They are: - TED-Ed The Norse myth that inspired “The Lord of the Rings” - Iseult Gillespie - TED-Ed Plato's allegory of the ring - Alex Gendler   - TED-Ed The myth of Arachne - Iseult Gillespie - TED-Ed The myth of Hercules: 12 labors in 8-bits - Alex Gendler - TED-Ed - The myth of Cupid and Psyche -...

Notes: Stephanie is an author of fantastical and thoughtful stories and poems. Her independently published fantasy debut YA novel A Land of Light and Shadow was released in May ‘20 and a collection of fairytale retelling short stories were published under the title Flower and Cloak in January ‘22. Stephanie also published a collection of fairytale inspired poems on February 1, 2023 under the title...

Notes: The Verbivore references several quotes from this series. They are: - “Fool of a Took! Throw yourself in next time and rid us of your stupidity!" - The Fellowship of the Ring film - “ You cannot pass," he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. "I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go...

Notes: The Verbivore references several quotes from the books and films. They are: - “She [Galadriel] held up a small crystal phial: it glittered as she moved it, and rays of white light sprang from her hand. 'In this phial,' she said, 'is caught the light of Earendil's star, set amid the waters of my fountain. It will shine still brighter when night is about you. May it be a light to you in dark...

Notes: The Verbivore at one point says the name Wormwood, but she meant Wormtongue. Here is an interesting series of video essays on the topic of why the Hobbit trilogy was so rough from a story perspective: - YouTube “Why The Hobbit Sucks Part One: The Dwarves” Video by Just Write - YouTube “Why The Hobbit Sucks Part Two: Tensionless Action” Video by Just Write - YouTube “Why The Hobbit Sucks Par...

Notes: The Verbivore referenced when Peter Jackson’s The Fellowship of the Ring film came out in reference to her life experience, but the actual release date was Dec. 19th, 2001. Books and Movies Mentioned: - The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien  - The Lord of the Rings Book Set by J. R. R. Tolkien - The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring - Directed by Peter Jackson   - The Lord of...

Notes: Heather Caliri is an active and supportive member of the Instagram creative community. We connected with her on social media, because she is a truth teller in the truest sense and has such a great way of conveying nuanced and in-depth thoughts on a variety of complex topics. She is a writer, artist and editor whose work has appeared in Christianity Today, The Other Journal, Fathom Magazine,...

Notes: The Verbivore talks about the anime Suzume (2023) and says that we’ve been calling it “The Girl, the Cat, the Chair, and the Door” based on the trailer. Here is a link to that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9UuwS0mTBNM Books and Films Mentioned: - Suzume - Directed by Makoto Shinkai   - Your Name - Directed by Makoto Shinkai  - Your Name (light novel) by Makoto Shinkai  - A...