the first syllable : a podcast about writing

how not (subjectively) knowing two main characters is delaying the writing of my next novel.

an update because i finished a draft of Lockdown Lies and, while delayed, I still plan to work on Chase Two Rabbits next.

updates on stitch in time, chase two rabbits, and a new script idea: lockdown lies. plus, the groundhog day project, bury your gays, michael myers minute, trashfilm, and a new podcast (maybe) idea: movie connection quiz.

a season finale in which i get sidetracked (while trying to talk about Chase Two Rabbits) by discussion of the capital of Gardea and the complications of trying to skin Basara into D&D 5e to run a campaign there.

realizing the repeated themes and tropes in my own writing, specifically connecting Four Finger Discount and Chase Two Rabbits. #foundfamily #outsidertrope #rambo

a few more notes on outlining Chase Two Rabbits in Miro, plus figuring out conventions for naming things in a fantasy world.

more plotting Chase Two Rabbits on Miro, and watching movies for inspiration.

Outlining Chase Two Rabbits with virtual post it notes. With numerous references to The Big Sleep.

how two episodes of Married with Children led to multiple novels, a whole mythology, and a published paper on Plato.

outlining, Four Finger Discount, the Mountains of Consequence, The Empress of Time, Lion Horse Tree, Song of Fellfaraway, The Man with the Holes in His Hands, and now in much more detail Chase Two Rabbits.

my writing history, some unreleased episodes, and plans for expanding DEATH DEATH DEATH.

figuring out how to expand DEATH DEATH DEATH's timeline for the next draft. plus a brief update on Chase Two Rabbits.

update on changes made to DEATH DEATH DEATH going into a second draft, plus plans for Part I and Part II.

updating many notes files for future basara stories and thinking about what project comes next.

Reading through DEATH DEATH DEATH and trying to replace, for example Mary Jane with Mary, Mary with Susie, but also Ed has to take up some of Mary's role and Mary Jane's role, but Mary needs to not only exist but live until the final act, so she can't be Mary Jane or Ed, and cutting or combining characters is complicated.

writer's panic, Scriptnotes, Westworld, anchronic order, Frequency, and the opening scene of DEATH DEATH DEATH.

minor changes to make things make sense--olgardea, hommin, caeori--the empress of time, lion horse tree, fugue, d&d homebrew races, artistry, orson scott card and swallowing porcupines.

combining homebrew worlds, song of fellfaraway, recent gardea history, rewriting the escalor, the godspell of gowl parrow, and chase two rabbits.

What was supposed to be a quick update about recent writing becomes a ramble about The Last Song of Whisper Blackbraid, Out of the Lion's Den and Into the Fire, Daggers of Crosswater, and The Man with the Holes in His Hands.

figuring out which characters in DEATH DEATH DEATH can be mixed, matched, or erased from existence. SPOILERS!

figuring out which characters in DEATH DEATH DEATH can be mixed, matched, or erased from existence. SPOILERS!

figuring out which characters in DEATH DEATH DEATH can be mixed, matched, or erased from existence. SPOILERS!

talking about change, about Basara's days of the week, which leads into discussing the gods and the races and mythology of that world and still not getting to breaking down the DEATH DEATH DEATH characters.

thoughts about villainy and character motivation get me reviewing Disney's 'Wish' and thinking back on Friday the 13th, slasher films in general, and future notions regarding DEATH DEATH DEATH. * I never get to the days of the week in this episode

i describe my writing history, then give an update on the finished draft of DEATH DEATH DEATH, including an attempt to describe the very last scene without SPOILERS.