The Mythcreant Podcast

613 – Avoiding Sags in Your Pacing 08.11.2026 ↓

Keep up the excitement all the way through.

612 – Writing Child Heroes 01.11.2026 ↓

Should those kids be supervised?

611 – Romantasy Hate 25.10.2026 ↓

Smooching? In my fantasy? Unthinkable!

610 – Making Sherlock and Watson Work 18.10.2026 ↓

What can we deduce from this detective duo?

609 – Reader Meta Knowledge 11.10.2026 ↓

We can guess where this is going.

608 – Are We The Baddies? 04.10.2026 ↓

I'm starting to think the puppy kicking is excessive...

607 – Flawed Protagonists 27.09.2026 ↓

How many flaws is too many?

606 – Conflicts Without Character-Antagonists 20.09.2026 ↓

Would you like to attack the darkness?

605 – Copying Other Stories 13.09.2026 ↓

Can we copy a subtitle from previous episodes?

604 – Breaking the Fourth Wall 06.09.2026 ↓

Stare directly into the camera

603 – Common Beginning Mistakes 30.08.2026 ↓

Hit the ground running, but not too fast!

602 – Does Speculative Fiction Have a Canon? 23.08.2026 ↓

Anyone beside Tolkien invited?

601 – Crafting Nuanced Characters 16.08.2026 ↓

More details are always better, right?

600 – Crafting a Long Series 09.08.2026 ↓

Planning less optional this time.

599 – Tech Levels 02.08.2026 ↓

To invent a steam engine, one must first create the universe.

598 – Structuring Horror 26.07.2026 ↓

Spoooooooky structure!

597 – Creating Low Points 19.07.2026 ↓

Make them sad. Sadder. TOO SAD.

596 – Annoying Portrayal of Writers in Fiction 12.07.2026 ↓

Cut it out, writers!

595 – Narrating Fights and Action Scenes 05.07.2026 ↓

Bang! Pow! Wiff!

594 – Plotting a Slow Burn Romance 28.06.2026 ↓

You can't rush these things.

593 – Cozy Fantasy 21.06.2026 ↓

Of course there will be tea!

592 – When Villains Are Too Weak 14.06.2026 ↓

They should stand up to a stiff breeze.

591 – How to Make Less Mean More 07.06.2026 ↓

Waste not, want not.

590 – Prequel Constraints 31.05.2026 ↓

All of this has happened before...

589 – Making Narration Easier to Read 24.05.2026 ↓

Do you understand the words that are coming out of my book?