65 episodes
Rationally Writing Rationally Writing
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4.9 • 9 Ratings
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Webserial authors Daystar Eld and Alexander Wales talk about the craft of writing stories that make sense, and examine writing tropes and media through the lens of the Rational and Rationalist genres.
Intro and Outro music is G.A.T.O. Must Be Respected, by Tim Yarbrough
To contact us, please email daystar721@gmail.com Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rationally-writing/support
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Episode 63 - Reader Feedback II (Guest: Velorien)
Short episode where Daystar and Alexander speak with Velorien, one of the writers of Marked for Death, to discuss the impact of reader feedback in serial fiction.
Hosted by Daystar Eld and Alexander Wales.
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected
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Episode 62 - Money in Fiction
Daystar and Alexander discuss the role of money and class in fiction, and how it can affect, or fail to affect, their decisions and interactions.
Hosted by Daystar Eld and Alexander Wales
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected
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Episode 61 - Subverting Expectations (Guest: Jamie Wahls)
Alex and I attended a writing retreat with some other authors in the rationality community, and while there decided to host an impromptu episode on subverting expectations, joined (primarily) by our Nebula nominated friend, Jamie Wahls. All I had to record with was my laptop, so apologies for the sound quality!
Co-hosted by Alexander Wales
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected
Links:
http://jamiewahls.com/
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Episode 60 - Animorphs: The Reckoning (Guest: TK17/Duncan Sabien)
Today we're joined once again by Duncan Sabien, aka TK17, to discuss his incredible rationalfic, Animorphs: The Reckoning. It was recorded shortly after the story finished and includes questions on not just his writing process, but the various decisions that went into changes made from canon, so spoilers ahead!
Co-hosted by Alexander Wales
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected
Links:
Duncan's "How the MTG Color Wheel Explains Humanity"
Animorphs: The Reckoning AMA
Duncan's Previous Guest Appearance
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Episode 59 - Worth the Candle Postmortem
Today we discuss Alexander's original serial fiction, Worth the Candle, and the various decisions and aspects of the story that came up throughout the writing process.
Co-hosted by Alexander Wales
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected
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Episode 58 - Gender in Fiction
Daystar and Alexander discuss gender in fiction, and how it cultural gender norms or deviances can inform not just character personalities but can be an interesting part of world building.
Co-hosted by Alexander Wales
With thanks to Tim Yarbrough for the Intro/Outro music, G.A.T.O Must Be Respected
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Customer Reviews
Great analysis!
I came here from the r/rational subreddit. Although I haven't written anything, I like deconstructing tropes and worldbuilding. The hosts/authors do a good job both on the podcast and in their written works.
Immensely pragmatic writing lessons
I was recommended this podcast by a friend. It didn't disappoint.
Daystar and Alexander deliver insightful, salient, and most importantly, relevant writing tips. They focus specifically on "rational fiction", which seems to be a sub-genre of science fiction and fantasy, but the lessons are easily applied to any genre. This podcast is essentially a repository of ideas that, when properly enacted, make a work more sensible.
An amazing podcast; I intend to apply the ideas they teach. Would give five stars, were it not for subpar sound quality and terribly informal personalities.