Fare Thee Inkwell Podcast

Episode 22 – “Wizards are Experimental Scientists!”

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 00:48:11 GMT

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”

Mon, 27 Feb 2023 22:38:05 GMT

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?”

Fri, 17 Feb 2023 22:43:51 GMT

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”

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 23:54:26 GMT

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”

Thu, 02 Feb 2023 22:03:27 GMT

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”

Fri, 20 Jan 2023 01:00:57 GMT

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"

Sun, 15 Jan 2023 22:20:52 GMT

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”

Thu, 12 Jan 2023 22:40:24 GMT

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”

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 01:42:28 GMT

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!!”

Thu, 05 Jan 2023 01:23:24 GMT

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”

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 01:06:20 GMT

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”

Tue, 06 Dec 2022 01:21:05 GMT

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”

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 00:55:33 GMT

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”

Sat, 19 Nov 2022 22:09:43 GMT

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”

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:11:08 GMT

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?”

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 19:04:04 GMT

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!"

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 18:56:09 GMT

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”

Sat, 22 Oct 2022 23:23:49 GMT

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”

Sat, 15 Oct 2022 17:05:30 GMT

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"

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 17:38:39 GMT

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?"

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 17:17:29 GMT

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

Fri, 07 Oct 2022 05:00:53 GMT

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!

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