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This post is the third in a series. For the first post (making a case for episodic fiction and emphasizing the importance of having a clear EndGame), click here. While episodic fiction is inherently plot or event driven, no one will care about the events without interesting characters. An episode is when such and such happens to … Read more How to Write Episodic Fiction: Character Death & Rebirth
[updated: 09/2020] This post is the second in a series. For the first post (making a case for episodic fiction and emphasizing the importance of having a clear EndGame), click here. Wikipedia defines an episode thusly: An episode is a coherent narrative unit within a larger dramatic work such as a film or television series. … Read more How to Write Episodic Fiction (pt.2): Shaping Episode Arc
In case you’ve been so busy shielding your mountain compound against high altitude nuclear EMPs for the last couple of years that you’ve missed it, let me reiterate—the rules for writing and publishing have been burned and rewritten so many times, they no longer exist. Episodic Fiction May or May Not be for You In … Read more How to Write Episodic Fiction (pt.1): Know the EndGame