Writing Excuses 5.5: Writing the Unfamiliar
“Write what you know.” Really? What about when we need to write about a relationship with which we have no experience, or about a real-world location to which we’ve never been? How do we go about...
View Article11.36: The Elemental Relationship
In elemental relationship stories the primary page-turning driver is the relationship between two or three characters ¹. In this episode we discuss ways in which we can write character...
View Article11.38: The Elemental Relationship as a Sub-Genre
We find the elemental relationship in all kinds of stories that are not fundamentally about relationships. The intimate interaction between characters is part of how we define the characters, how we...
View Article11.39: Elemental Relationship Q&A, with Greg van Eekhout
Greg van Eekhout joined us at Phoenix Comic Con for a live-audience Q&A session about Elemental Relationship writing. Here are the questions: What is your favorite way to establish relationships?...
View Article13.26: Character Relationships
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard Our characters become far more interesting when they begin interacting with each other. These interactions—these relationships—are often how our stories get...
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