The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. - H.P. Lovecraft
S3E9 – Monsters and Horror
Category: Writing What You Don’t Know
S3E8 – Building a Pantheon
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. - Aristotle
S3 Bonus – The Forge: Short Horror Stories
Every writer has heard the adage "write what you know" at least a dozen times. What does it even mean? As writers, especially of fiction, we constantly write what we don't know. This month, we explore how to navigate the balance between imagination and reality. We return with the Forge in this episode, the writing … Continue reading S3 Bonus – The Forge: Short Horror Stories
S3E7 – Weaknesses
The more limitations you put on a character often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can't simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework. - Brandon Sanderson
S3E6 – Superpowers
We all wish we had superpowers. We all wish we could do more than we can do. - Stan Lee
S3E5 – Murder 101
Hit early, hit hard. Kill with the first blow. Get your retaliation in first. - Lee Child
S3E4 – Weather and Architecture
The weird thing about houses is that they almost always look like nothing is happening inside of them, even though they contain most of our lives. I wondered if that was sort of the point of architecture. - John Green
