On this episode, we invite one of our friends to discuss Denis Villeneuve's adaptation of the book "DUNE" by Frank Herbert.

Join the IBs in discussing the lessons learned from a writing exercise that focused on conciseness, Part 1 of 2!

Join the IBs in discussing how our hobbies and other factors in our lives alter our approach in the presentation of our writing.

Join the IBs to talk about how to get through that soggy middle of your story, the ugly face of writer's block, and powering through to the end.

Join the IBs to talk about where you start - where in the beginning to begin and how soon to break away from it.

Join the IB to discuss writing combat: how to do it, how to scale it, and how to really make those punches pack some oomph to the reader.

Join the IB for a writing exercise review! The original prompt was, "She was going to take them down, she was going to take them all down." The exercise being reviewed is by Matt.

How do you make powerful characters? How do you write them? Join the IB in discussing power and its dynamics in character creation, audience interaction, and long term effects. Special Guest: Luna, Adam's dog.

Join the IBs in discussing how we cast our stories and how we create characters for stories

Join the IB as we give a review about Hyperion and Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons.

Join the IB as we talk about Tropes (again) and how leaning into them makes stories better.

Join the IB as we discuss believability in our fiction, and listen to us stumble over saying the word 'verisimilitude'.

Join the IB as we discuss the things we've learned over the past year of writing and creating this podcast!

The IBs talk about literary versus literature versus contemporary fiction

The IBs talk about Linear versus non-Linear storytelling

The IBs talk about what we've learned so far in getting short stories published in the indie market - prompts, anthologies, and thinking inside and outside the box.

The IBs talk about compelling ideas and what about it makes them compelling.

The IBs and a special guest talk about language selection in secondary world fantasy - and Jonathan steps on the soapbox to talk about fantasy cussing.

The IBs and an extra guest talk about the ups and downs of receiving criticism

The IB review Adam's previously written writing exercise on a prompt about two characters or more reacting to a secondary world feast.