All episodes of The Mythcreant Podcast

The Mythcreant Podcast

Episodes

481 – Fungi in Fiction

The spores call you listen!

Published 04/28/24

480 – Curiosity in Fiction

A podcast? How mysterious!

Published 04/21/24

The Mythcreant Podcast

Published 04/21/24

479 – Spotting Bad Writing Advice

Does it sound too good to be true? Probably fine.

Published 04/14/24

478 – Weird Weapons

USB Arrows are a step too far!

Published 04/07/24

477 – Giving Protagonists a Way to Contribute

Many hands make light plotting.

Published 03/31/24

476 – When Multiple Viewpoints Actually Work

Sometimes (not most times) two perspectives are better than one.

Published 03/24/24

475 – Giving Characters Extra Senses

Podcast senses tingling!

Published 03/17/24

474 – Character Development: What Is It and What Is It For?

"Real" characters are overrated.

Published 03/10/24

473 – Why Your Villain Should Stay Dead

This podcast keeps coming after you delete it!

Published 03/03/24

472 – Designing Dynamic Duos

Best friends or best frenemies? You decide!

Published 02/25/24

471 – Making a Story Cohesive

Time to put it all together!

Published 02/18/24

470 – Adding Novelty to Classic Genres

The genre needs to be different but also the same.

Published 02/11/24

469 – Fantasy Drugs

Drugs are magic and magic is drugs!

Published 02/04/24

468 – Dialogue Mistakes

Speaking in rhyme is a serious commitment.

Published 01/28/24

467 – Oxenfree and Branching Narratives

Which is scarier: Ghosts or sine waves?

Published 01/21/24

466 – Our Wordcraft Pet Peeves

Could linguistic patterns please stop changing? For us?

Published 01/14/24

465 – Creating a Mysterious Atmosphere

You get some spooky atmosphere, and YOU get some spooky atmosphere!

Published 01/07/24

464 – How to Use an Unreliable Narrator

Every word we narrate is a lie!

Published 12/31/23

463 – What Makes Steampunk Tick

To gear, or not to gear?

Published 12/24/23

462 – Avoiding Confusion During Your Opening

What if readers can actually tell what's happening in the first chapter?

Published 12/17/23

461 – Crafting Light Stories

Stories can be light and still have a working plot!

Published 12/10/23

460 – What Makes a Story Slow

How to avoid the slow motion shuffle.

Published 12/03/23

459 – Chosen Ones: Classic or Cliché?

Farm boy, we choose you!

Published 11/26/23

458 – Making Your Story Believable

To believe, or not to believe

Published 11/19/23