20.21: The Lens of Context

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

In this episode, we explore what it really means to set reader expectations at the beginning of a story. We talk about how openings communicate the shape of what’s to come — from genre and tone to the kind of emotional ride we’re inviting our readers onto. We dig into practical t ...  Show more

Today we are continuing our every other week crossover to our sister podcast Stories RPG where we play a story telling game developed by Daniel Hinds and Michael Low to help people of all ages tell stories together. After a brief rest at the lighthouse and an official introductio ...  Show more

Today we are continuing our every other week crossover to our sister podcast Stories RPG where we play a story telling game developed by Daniel Hinds and Michael Low to help people of all ages tell stories together. Last time our heroes were introduced to the dreaded "drama clock ...  Show more

Today we are continuing our every other week crossover to our sister podcast Stories RPG where we play a story telling game developed by Daniel Hinds and Michael Low to help people of all ages tell stories together. Our heroes are reeling from an intense battle with the megapedes ...  Show more

Today we are continuing our every other week crossover to our sister podcast Stories RPG where we play a story telling game developed by Daniel Hinds and Michael Low to help people of all ages tell stories together. In today's episode Firefly and the rest of the Guardians try to ...  Show more