18.27: Framing Stories
Writing Excuses
English - July 02, 2023 08:00 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsBooks Arts Business Careers Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Have you ever framed a story within a story? Are you looking for a way to add structure or tension to your story? In this episode, we contemplate the value that can be added to your writing by putting it into a framework. Our hosts discuss various frameworks in fiction—from Frankenstein to Dark One: Forgotten to The House of the Spirits.
[“Dark One: Forgotten” Deep Dive Ep. 4]
Homework:
Take something you’ve already written (or are currently writing), and add a frame story to it. Start with a prologue and an epilogue. Has this changed anything that happens in the middle of your story?
Thing of the Week:
Charlotte Illes Is Not a Detective, by Katy Siegel (Published on June 27!)
Credits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.
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