the first syllable : a podcast about writing

how not (subjectively) knowing two main characters is delaying the writing of my next novel.

an update because i finished a draft of Lockdown Lies and, while delayed, I still plan to work on Chase Two Rabbits next.

updates on stitch in time, chase two rabbits, and a new script idea: lockdown lies. plus, the groundhog day project, bury your gays, michael myers minute, trashfilm, and a new podcast (maybe) idea: movie connection quiz.

a season finale in which i get sidetracked (while trying to talk about Chase Two Rabbits) by discussion of the capital of Gardea and the complications of trying to skin Basara into D&D 5e to run a campaign there.

realizing the repeated themes and tropes in my own writing, specifically connecting Four Finger Discount and Chase Two Rabbits. #foundfamily #outsidertrope #rambo

a few more notes on outlining Chase Two Rabbits in Miro, plus figuring out conventions for naming things in a fantasy world.

more plotting Chase Two Rabbits on Miro, and watching movies for inspiration.

Outlining Chase Two Rabbits with virtual post it notes. With numerous references to The Big Sleep.

how two episodes of Married with Children led to multiple novels, a whole mythology, and a published paper on Plato.

outlining, Four Finger Discount, the Mountains of Consequence, The Empress of Time, Lion Horse Tree, Song of Fellfaraway, The Man with the Holes in His Hands, and now in much more detail Chase Two Rabbits.

my writing history, some unreleased episodes, and plans for expanding DEATH DEATH DEATH.

figuring out how to expand DEATH DEATH DEATH's timeline for the next draft. plus a brief update on Chase Two Rabbits.

update on changes made to DEATH DEATH DEATH going into a second draft, plus plans for Part I and Part II.

updating many notes files for future basara stories and thinking about what project comes next.

Reading through DEATH DEATH DEATH and trying to replace, for example Mary Jane with Mary, Mary with Susie, but also Ed has to take up some of Mary's role and Mary Jane's role, but Mary needs to not only exist but live until the final act, so she can't be Mary Jane or Ed, and cutting or combining characters is complicated.

writer's panic, Scriptnotes, Westworld, anchronic order, Frequency, and the opening scene of DEATH DEATH DEATH.

minor changes to make things make sense--olgardea, hommin, caeori--the empress of time, lion horse tree, fugue, d&d homebrew races, artistry, orson scott card and swallowing porcupines.

combining homebrew worlds, song of fellfaraway, recent gardea history, rewriting the escalor, the godspell of gowl parrow, and chase two rabbits.

What was supposed to be a quick update about recent writing becomes a ramble about The Last Song of Whisper Blackbraid, Out of the Lion's Den and Into the Fire, Daggers of Crosswater, and The Man with the Holes in His Hands.

figuring out which characters in DEATH DEATH DEATH can be mixed, matched, or erased from existence.SPOILERS!

figuring out which characters in DEATH DEATH DEATH can be mixed, matched, or erased from existence.SPOILERS!

figuring out which characters in DEATH DEATH DEATH can be mixed, matched, or erased from existence.SPOILERS!

talking about change, about Basara's days of the week, which leads into discussing the gods and the races and mythology of that world and still not getting to breaking down the DEATH DEATH DEATH characters.

thoughts about villainy and character motivation get me reviewing Disney's 'Wish' and thinking back on Friday the 13th, slasher films in general, and future notions regarding DEATH DEATH DEATH.* I never get to the days of the week in this episode

i describe my writing history, then give an update on the finished draft of DEATH DEATH DEATH, including an attempt to describe the very last scene without SPOILERS.

titles and changing them; stealing old idea for new stories; idioms, puns, proverbs, and adages; planning future stories; and getting more of DEATH DEATH DEATH completed...Update: I finished DEATH DEATH DEATH between this recording and this episode coming out, but you'll hear about that next week.#Highlander, #PaulAtreides, #SwordintheStone

DEATH DEATH DEATH progress, the shallows problem, behind enemy lines, rewriting the escalor, worldbuilding, choose two rabbits, the last syllable of recorded time, and nicknames."Tango" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lo8O8lYDzIU

death death death update and suprising myself, a dream i once had and the future audience of this show, michael myers minute and obsessing about filming locations and being a good podcast guest.

groundhog day project blog day 578... musicals, escapism, not universalizing your writing, method participation, home alone, fear, and nicole kidman totally plagiarized this blog entry.

shifting titles, plans for new stories and remixing old ones, plus creole and language, and finding focus when the world is a mess.

sorting out my notes and characters and deciding the order of deaths for death death death. getting ready to really outline this thing and get writing.

I talk about Lee, the anthropomorphic rabbit detective from a future story, Choose Two Rabbits, because I'm not yet working on Death, Death, Death...Also, should it be Death Death Death, no commas?

a brief update about potential writing projects to come.

there have been a few episodes i've recorded but not shared. so, here's an update on how the novel i've been writing is going, plus plans for the future.

a little update on projects on hiatus, current projects, upcoming projects, and living inside my brain.

unfinished episodes, under the snow, song of fellfaraway, future plans, cock & bull movie talk, and the groundhog day project: minute by minute.

recent loops, rhapsody on a theme of paganini, and character backstory.

umbrella academy, learning the piano, royal promises, the sator square, last day of june, meet cute.

#moviesbyminutes podcasting, the groundhog day project, lawrence/julie & julia, julie powell, legacies, and what matters.

creative blocks, autistic burnout, musicals, halloween ends, and circling back to creative projects.

x-files and highlander scripts i wrote as a teen, and adapting old ideas and characters into new stories.

the opening line, connor's father, getting past the artifice of voiceover, and justifying the use of inside information (or not)

time loop and voiceover hand in hand, deliberate artifice, and what is going on with connor's parents?

#philconnoring, #timeloopstupid, #timelooproofie, and my notes from #TheMapOfTinyPerfectThings

more time loops i've watched recently, plus why the story starts in the middle, and what's the point?

having too many ideas, and exploring some old 3x5 card story ideas of mine that never got written

flashback to childhood and since, looking at how i build stories and worlds, and the process of piecing together a new reality before the story of it can be written

telling you a bit about myself, and laying out the backbone of the plot as i see it currently

figuring out the plot, sorting pages and pages of notes and references, and naming the main characters.

what is the point of a time loop story? plus, how to insert political messaging.