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In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Inspiration Week by talking about finding inspiration in existing works, and the slippery slope of plagiarism. WordWonk: Camera StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. Download […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Inspiration Week by talking about collage, crafts and the search for inspiration. WordWonk: Explode StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. Download the mp3, and subscribe to […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Inspiration Week by talking about soundtracks, and the proper care and feeding of writers in the discovery phase. WordWonk: Font StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair begin Inspiration Week by talking about whether we should, or should not, wait for inspiration to strike. WordWonk: Assets Script Frenzy StoryBird Alastair’s Script Frenzy story, courtesy of the Story Generator: He’s a lugubrious millionaire; she’s a misanthropic bartender. Together, they must learn the secrets of the Knights Templar […]

In today’s episode of Will Wonk For Wine: Lani and Alastair interview the awesome CJ Barry! Drink! WordWonk: Dischism The unwitting intrusion of the author’s physical surroundings, or the author’s own mental state, into the text of the story. Authors who smoke or drink while writing often drown or choke their characters with an endless supply […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Big Ideas Week by talking about allegory. And philosophy. And Plato’s Cave. WordWonk: Said Book-ism An artificial verb used to avoid the word “said.” “Said” is one of the few invisible words in the English language and is almost impossible to overuse. It is much less distracting than “he […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Big Ideas Week by talking about symbolism, imagery and all things metaphorical. WordWonk: Fuzz An element of motivation the author was too lazy to supply. The word “somehow” is a useful tip-off to fuzzy areas of a story. “Somehow she had forgotten to bring her gun.” StoryWonk Daily is […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Big Ideas Week by talking about theme. WordWonk: Laughtrack Characters grandstand and tug the reader’s sleeve in an effort to force a specific emotional reaction. They laugh wildly at their own jokes, cry loudly at their own pain, and rob the reader of any real chance of attaining genuine […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair begin Big Ideas Week by talking about authorial intent. WordWonk: White Room Syndrome A clear and common sign of the failure of the author’s imagination, most often seen at the beginning of a story, before the setting, background, or characters have gelled. “She awoke in a white room.” The ‘white […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair present a very special interview with one of their favorite people, Anne Stuart! Anne Stuart WordWonk: Epilogation StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. Download the mp3, and subscribe […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Storytelling In Other Media Week by talking about sequential art and graphic novels. Scott Pilgrim (Amazon) Fray (Amazon) 1602 (Amazon) Script Frenzy WordWonk: Diamantiferous StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Storytelling In Other Media Week by talking about writing scripts for the screen and stage. Script Frenzy WordWonk: Resipiscence StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. Download […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Storytelling In Other Media Week by talking about prose and poetry. Script Frenzy WordWonk: Glebous StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. Download the mp3, and subscribe to […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair begin Storytelling In Other Media Week by talking about the idea that story is story. The Moth Script Frenzy WordWonk: Euphuist StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair conclude Genre Week by taking an alternative look at the definition of genre. WordWonk: Morology StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. Download the mp3, and subscribe to the […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Genre Week by talking about the pros and cons of writing genre fiction. WordWonk: Phronemophobia StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. Download the mp3, and subscribe to […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Genre Week by talking about the pleasures and dangers of writing to genre, and the myth of the Hot Genre. WordWonk: Hamartia StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair continue Genre Week by talking about the difference — and conflict — between genre fiction and the mainstream. Today’s Links: WordWonk: Myomancy StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair begin Genre Week by talking about why genre exists, and why it matters. Today’s Links: Pinky And The Brain WordWonk: Palinoia StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. […]

In today’s episode: Lani and Alastair discuss their own writing, and how well they practice what they preach. Today’s Links: Storybird Script Frenzy WordWonk: Pornography StoryWonk Daily is brought to you by Lani Diane Rich and Alastair Stephens, and is a StoryWonk production.  Send your questions and comments to podcast@storywonk.com or join the Wonks on the StoryWonk forum. Download the mp3, […]