In this episode, we check in with our reading and writing as always and we spend our main discussion doing a writing exercise! The exercise prompt is given at 21:45 (also written below) and we read what we came up with at XX:XX. This one was super fun to do as two people at different stages and experience with our writing (Sam has never done this style of writing exercise, Allie has done hundreds of them; Sam’s a plotter, Allie’s a pantser; etc!).

We also get into a tangent about writing kid dialogue and end with a fantastic poem called “The Glass” by Sharon Olds. Read it here: https://www.deepcenter.org/deepcenter/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/the-glass_sharon-olds1.pdf

Prompt for the writing exercise: Write a scene where a parental figure is telling a story to a child in your world. Does not have to be a core myth, doesn’t have to mean anything or ever be included.

Intro and Outro Music is by Chasing West

https://www.instagram.com/chvsingwest/

http://www.youtube.com/@chasingwest

Chapters:

00:00–Cold open, intro song, and episode intro

00:33–Reading check ins!

9:38–Writing check ins!

21:14–Main Discussion: Writing Exercise!

Prompt for the writing exercise: Write a scene where a parental figure is telling a story to a child in your world. Does not have to be a core myth, doesn’t have to mean anything or ever be included.

22:32–Reading our drafts

31:50–Kid dialogue tangent (discussing two of Allie’s characters)

38:53–(CW–Yucky? lol) Poem of the Week! “The Glass” by Sharon Olds

https://www.deepcenter.org/deepcenter/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/the-glass_sharon-olds1.pdf

44:07–Next week, closing & outro music

Raihn from Crowns of Nyaxia by @aseriaart on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/Cy3dC0rohbe/?img_index=1

Rhysand from ACOTAR by @charliebowater on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/BLEsQ6FABPR/

Xaden from Fourth Wing by @carraert on Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/p/C35ArZqMzRE/?img_index=1

**SPOILER WARNING FOR CROWNS OF NYAXIA SERIES, ACOTAR, FOURTH WING, LIGHT SPOILERS FOR BROKEN KINGDOM SERIES, AND WHEN THE MOON HATCHED!**

In this episode, we jump into discussing enemies to lovers within the romantasy genre! As one of the most popular tropes, we chat about how it appears historically and in three very popular series (ACOTAR, Fourth Wing, Crowns of Nyaxia)--note the spoiler warning! We have a fun reading check in discussing WtMH and Crowns of Nyaxia (and especially how exposition and world building is written). Next week we’re doing a writing exercise!

Let us know what your fav enemies to lovers story is!!

Intro and Outro Music is by Chasing West

https://www.instagram.com/chvsingwest/

http://www.youtube.com/@chasingwest

Chapters:

00:00–Cold open, intro song, and episode intro

00:26–Writing check ins!

7:07–Reading check ins! Allie discusses the first part of When the Moon Hatched, Carissa Broadbent in general (and also specifically her latest, The Fallen and the Kiss of Dust), Sam is still working on War of Lost Hearts Series!

Main Discussion: Enemies to Lovers!

34:51–Early enemies to lovers, Shakespeare/10 Things I Hate About You, LJ Andrews’ Broken Kingdoms series

45:18–Discussing ACOTAR, Fourth Wing, Crowns of Nyaxia & categorizing types of enemies to lovers (internal vs external factors)

1:18:03–Next week, closing & outro music

In this episode, we’ve got our usual reading and writing check ins and then we discuss being a pantser and a plotter! Allie is a pantser and Sam is a plotter so we talk about our very different processes, struggles, patterns in writing, etc. We discuss some of our current stories and how that process has shaped them and it’s a fun conversation! During our reading check in we also have some fun classic book discussion about the War of Lost Hearts series, Six Scorched Roses and The Songbird and the Heart of Stone (all by one of our favs Carissa Broadbent!) as well as When the Moon Hatched. The poem of the week is “The Pope’s Penis” by Sharon Olds.

Let us know in the comments if you’re a pantser or a plotter!

Intro and Outro Music is by Chasing West

https://www.instagram.com/chvsingwest/

http://www.youtube.com/@chasingwest

Chapters:

00:00–Intro song, and episode intro/summary

1:06–Sam’s reading check in & Carissa Broadbent discussion

12:09–Allie’s reading check in–Six Scorched Roses (plus Lilith name discussion) & discussion of The Songbird and the Heart of Stone, plus soon to be read books & WtMH discussion

32:34–Writing check in!

39:59–Main discussion: Pantsers vs Plotters!

1:05:52–Poem of the week: The Pope’s Penis by Sharon Olds (here it is if you want to read too!: https://www.haggardandhalloo.com/2013/09/05/the-popes-penis/ )

1:08:12–Next week, closing & outro music