18.01: Twenty Twenty-Three, By Way of Introdu...

A cold open can hook a reader with nothing more than voice. In this episode, our hosts explore what makes a voice-driven opening work — cadence, rhythm, authority, and a clear reason to care. We break down how aesthetic voice differs from mechanical POV, how to avoid purple prose ...  Show more

Grounding a reader starts in the very first lines of a story. Where are we? Who are we with? What kind of story are we in? Our hosts explore how emotion, context, and sensory detail work together to create immersion, and why action alone isn’t enough without an emotional lens. Fr ...  Show more

TT000 - Have you ever heard of The Tiny Terrors Offline Story Exchange?I bet you haven't.....This episode was brought to you by our Patreon Members and their generosity. Today we'd like to thank:Alyssa Schrems, Jason Pike, Michaela Van Haren, Bon Davis, and Kelly JonesIf you'd li ...  Show more

"Tomorrow, and tomorrow, and tomorrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day, To the last syllable of recorded time; And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death." - William Shakespeare. Dunsinane, Scotland, the year is 1053, Macbeth is king. But why has T ...  Show more

Greeetings! It's been a while! But we're back and one of us (Laura!) has A BOOK! It's called Pitchcraft: The Writer's Guide to Getting Agented, Published, and Paid, and it's out next week. So this is a short introduction to that book, to the writing life and to how Laura came to ...  Show more

Noonan and Corso face a final reckoning.Primal is a production of Voyage Media. The series is produced by Nat Mundel, Robert Mitas, Dan Benamor and Garrick Dion. Executive produced by Clifford Querol. Written by Milan Tomasevic, based on the TV pilot Navari Rising, by Clifford Qu ...  Show more