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108 videos • 1,018 views • by A Critical Dragon
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Prelude Analysis: Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson (Looking at Tell, Don't Show)
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Narrative Intrusion in Urban Fantasy: Telling Different Stories in the Same Series
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Spoiler Chat: Rejoice, A Knife to the Heart with Steven Erikson
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Adaptation and Casting Choices: The Sandman Casting 'Controversy'
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Should Malazan Be Adapted: Yea or Nay... A Response to Hood, Himself
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01 Talking About Narrative: Kernels and Satellites
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02 Talking About Narrative: Reader Expectations and Narrative
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03 Talking About Narrative: Narrative Medium and How That Can Impact Narrative Perception
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04 Talking About Narrative: Reading Speed and Reading Styles
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Why is Grimdark? Philip Chase and I discuss the history of Grimdark and why I am wrong
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06 Talking About Narrative: Narrators and Narrative Perspective
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07 Talking About Narrative: Plot and Narrative Structure
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From the Cutting Room Floor: Steven Erikson Chat Fragment
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How do YOU review a book? Two Different Approaches to Book Reviewing
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Is Fantasy Literature? Of Course It Is. AHHHH Rant Incoming
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One Way RPGs influenced Fantasy Narrative & The Origin of Prof Fireballs
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10 Talking About Narrative: Immersion Breaking Language and the Language Paradox
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Vess and Gaiman's The Sandman 'A Midsummer Night's Dream' : Narrative Text & Image
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Talking About Reading and Reviewing with Brittany from Books with Brittany
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Review [sort of]: Gardens of the Moon - Book 01 of the Malazan Book of the Fallen by Steven Erikson
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Spoiler Chat: Dune (2021) - What makes a good adaptation?
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14 Talking About Narrative: Cognitive Estrangement & Arresting Strangeness Identifying the Fantastic
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Fantasy Prose: A Discussion about How to Put the Fantasy in Prose
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Prologue Analysis: The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
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15 Talking About Narrative: Worldbuilding, Narrative Cohesion, and Narrative Logic
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Some Thoughts on Reviews and Reviewing
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16 Talking About Narrative: Prophecies in Fantasy Literature
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Prologue Analysis: The Fifth Season by N.K. Jemisin
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Talking about Reviewing and Book Review Styles with Philip Chase
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Tropes versus Archetypes : Talking about Narrative with Dr. Philip Chase
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The Wheel of Time TV Adaptation - Thinking about the Structural Approach to Adaptation
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Informal Chat with Steven Erikson - Montage, Editing and Star Trek: Discovery
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18 Talking About Narrative: Passage of Time and Golden Ages in Fantasy with Philip Chase
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19 Talking About Narrative: Magic, Science, & Technology in Fantasyland with Dr. Philip Chase
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20 Talking About Narrative: Character PoVs and How They Can Impact Narrative
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Talking About Superheroes and Superhero Narratives with Dr. Bryan Dietrich
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Riftwar and Empire are Being Adapted for Television - Why I am Happy About This.
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Talking About Epic Fantasy and Stephen R. Donaldson's Essays and Approach with Philip Chase
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21 Talking About Narrative: The Tuskens in Book of Boba Fett - Discussing the Colonial Perspective
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Talking About Genre: Dr. Rodney Fierce Teaches Me About the Genres of Children's and YA Literature
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Chatting with Ian C. Esslemont, Steven Erikson, and Dr. Philip Chase - No Ochre Involved
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22 Talking About Narrative: Word Choice and Emphasis - The Prose is More Important than You Think
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Talking About Adaptation : Lord of the Rings, the Legendarium, and Amazon's Rings of Power
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Talking About Star Trek: Bryan Dietrich and Steven Erikson Chat to Me about Star Trek
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23 Talking About Narrative: Suspension of Disbelief as a Negotiator Between Fantasy and Mimesis
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24 Talking About Narrative: Story, Plot, and Subjective Narration in Memento and Time's Arrow
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Talking About Adaptation: How We Measure and Discuss 'Good' Adaptations
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A Brief Update and then a discussion of the audiobook series Expeditionary Force by Craig Alanson
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Talking About Adaptation, Casting, Fidelity, and Diversity with Dr. Rodney Fierce
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The Quest to Define the Genre: Talking about Portals
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Secondary Worlds: The Quest Continues and This Time Goes Into Outer Space
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Mallick Rel the Merciful: Defending the Indefensible?
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Not a TSA Cast - Madness has a Fireside Chat with AP
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Why The Dresden Files (2007) is a Good Adaptation... Contrary to Popular Belief.
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The Return of Star Trek: Chatting About Star Trek: Strange New Worlds with Steven Erikson
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25 Talking About Narrative: Authorial Bias in Worldbuilding
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Talking About Trek: Strange New Worlds S01 Ep02
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26 Talking About Narrative: Why it can be important to be aware of authorial and reader bias.
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Talking About Adaptation: Gender Flipping - Not New and More Common Than We Think
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Moon Knight Season One Discussion with Bryan Dietrich
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How We Discuss Negative Aspects of Narrative (And Three Pet Peeve Terms)
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Adaptation with Dr Gerry Canavan... No Relation.
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Robert J. Sawyer Talks to Me about 'Trek and Strange New Worlds
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Le Guin's 'Omelas' & Jemisin's 'The One's Who Stay and Fight' - Structural Abstraction vs. Context
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Should There be Politics in Stories? - A Bit of Discussion
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Do we really want 'Originality' in stories? Or derivations? And where do Spoilers fit in?
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Livestream Recording: Steven Erikson, Ian C. Esslemont, and Me (and a surprise guest).. No Spoilers
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Reading Against the Grain: One of the reasons some books "don't work" for us.
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Narrative Pacing: There are more types of pacing than 'Slog' and 'Fire'.
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Adaptation, Fidelity, Expectation and a Potential Technique to Reduce Frustration
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Malazan Authors Ian C. Esslemont & Steven Erikson talk about Writing, Prose, Style, and Technique
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Tragic Monster or Monstrous Tragedy - The Moral Challenge of Icarium (MBotF ALL SPOILERS)
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'A Hope in Hell' The Sandman - Dream vs. Choronzon in the Comic, and Dream vs. Lucifer in the Show
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Sometimes it is a Reader Problem, Not a Book Problem - Valid MIS-reading Experience
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8-ish Popular Misconceptions about the Malazan Book of the Fallen - Is the series for you?
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When Accurate Analysis Can Lead to an Inaccurate Conclusion: The Numenorean Training Fight in RoP
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Different approaches to bridging time gaps in film and TV.
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Witcher Renewed for Season 4, and Geralt of Rivia Re-Casting
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Christmas Movies - Is Die Hard one of them? Talking about Narrative Patterns
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Philip and AP Chat about Narrative: Base Norms, Othering, and the Challenge of 'Normalcy'.
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Not all fantasy is from Tolkien : Talking about a different fantasy tradition with Steven Erikson
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Robert E Howard as Fantasy Noir with Ian C Esslemont
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Censorship, Roald Dahl, and Some Points of Clarification
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Green Team Talks About 'The Paper Menagerie'
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One Way to Become a Better Reader
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Talking about Genre and Fandom: AP Rants & Steven Erikson is the Voice of Reason
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Talking About Authors and Reviewer Spaces
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Understanding Fantasy: The Tough Guide to Fantasy Land by Diana Wynne Jones
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Magician by Raymond E. Feist: Books that shaped my understanding of Fantasy.
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Is Chat GPT a good editor [should I be worried]? Will AI editors replace people like me?
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Reading is About More than Literacy: How to be a better reader.
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Bad Writing Advice vs Good Writing Advice - A Discussion of 5 Writing 'Tips'
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Chatting with Philip Chase: Reading, Literacy, Prose, & Aspects of Good & Bad Writing
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Writing and Editing Advice is Not 'One Size Fits All'
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"You should never open a story with a dream sequence" - Why?
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Narrative Writing can be Media Dependent - Engagement, Imagination, and Narrative 'Language'
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Community Q&A Part One
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Community Malazan Questions with Esslemont and Erikson
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Why I Started Reading Fantasy - Well, one of the reasons.
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Transparent Prose: What it is and isn't...
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Chatting with Jeff and Lana of the DLC Bookclub about Reading, Fantasy, and Malazan
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My Explanation of the Ending of Loki Season Two - And it isn't about the God of Stories
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What the biopic Gran Turismo can teach us about story.
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How 'Series' Alter Narrative Structure: Intrusion Fantasy and Alternate History
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Blue Eye Samurai - The 'Western' and the 'Eastern'
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Fantasy Swearing and Swearing in Fantasy
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Is 'Strong Prose' Always Better?
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