Episodes
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Episode 22 – “Wizards are Experimental Scientists!”
This week Jim and Dustin talk about how hard it might be to learn magic and be a wizard in a fantasy setting.
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Episode 21 – “Overlapping Time”
This week Jim and Dustin pitch a story idea about one location that is affected by several points of time concurrently, and Jim pulls out another comic book reference.
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Episode 20 – “OMG, am I NOT the main character?”
This week Dustin and Jim talk about writing a story composed entirely of side characters from other published stories.
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Episode 19 – “Underwater Alien Civilizations”
Once again, special guest David Kirchner comes on the show to talk about the idea that intelligent aliens exist, but only live underwater.
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Episode 18 – “The Wishing Machine”
This week we have special guest David Kirchner who pitches an idea for a story about an alien artifact that grants wishes by influencing good and bad luck, and what happens when we make it angry.
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Episode 17 –“A pet’s perspective”
This week Dustin and Jim talk about writing from the perspective of a pet and what it would be like to “belong” to an alien.
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Episode 16 - "Planet of the Guinea Pigs"
Today Dustin and Jim discuss the idea of immortality in science fiction and what might happen if a “live forever” drug is tested on a guinea pig.
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Episode 15 – “Believe it or not, characters are an important part of the story”
Jim and Dustin talk about writing believable characters and staying true to the rules writers create for their own stories.
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Episode 14 - "Archeology, DNA, and Mystery”
Archeologists discover a woman buried a thousand years ago is a perfect genetic match for a 23-year-old woman living today.
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Episode 13 - "High Fantasy in Space!!”
This week Jim and Dustin discuss systems of magic and how to establish rules for science fiction and fantasy settings, and how they may crossover.
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Episode 12 – “Just hand your alien tablet to your kid for tech support”
Today Jim and Dustin talk about the idea of receiving technology from either the future or from aliens, and how kids will probably be the first to figure out how it works.
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Episode 11 – “The Plastic Generation, or future archeology”
Today Dustin and Jim as the question “how would an archeologist in the future look at our generation” from a science fiction perspective.
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Episode 10 – “Getting over writer’s block with good dialogue and editing”
Today Jim and Dustin discuss the dreaded “writer’s block” and how you can conquer it through writing good dialogue and proper editing.
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Episode 9 – “Mad Science and New Humans”
On this episode, Dustin and Jim discuss Mad Science as a trope, and new directions to explore human development.
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Episode 8 – “Language defines us”
Dustin pitches an idea that the language we speak defines us in society and our personality can change when we switch languages.
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Episode 7 – “The Chosen One died at the beginning… now what do we do?”
Jim and Dustin discuss what would happen if the “chosen one” of the story died at the very beginning. What do the other characters do?
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Episode 6 - "Aliens steal the sun!"
In this episode, Jim and Dustin discuss a pitch about hyper-advanced aliens who steal the sun but give humans an opportunity to save themselves.
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Episode 5 – “Volcano School”
Jim and Dustin discuss a scenario about a poor kid attending a school for rich elites due to the support of their small community.
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Episode 4 – “Immortal Characters”
This week we discuss characters with lifespans thousands of years long and how to make readers like them.
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Episode 3 - "Dustin and Jim Discuss Writing for Different Mediums"
Dustin and Jim talk about different approaches to storytelling, writing for different mediums, and offer way too many opinions about modern video games.
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Episode 2 - "What if Aliens are Delicious?"
We jump into it this week with a discussion about book cover art, fast-writing novels, and Jim pitches an idea for a story called “What if Aliens are Delicious.”
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Episode 1 - "The Watchmaker's Daughter" pitch
Welcome to the first episode of the Fare Thee Inkwell Podcast. Today, Dustin makes a pitch for a story called "The Watchmaker's Daughter." Tune in and hopefully you'll hear an idea that you can take for your own to write a story and get published!
About this show
We are two writers from Olympia, Washington who meet up once a week and pitch story and book ideas over a beer. Join Dustin and Jim as we riff on each other and feel free to steal an idea or two for your own book.
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Fare Thee Inkwell