The Fanfiction Tapes

How to Write Talking Good

Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Bryon to talk about some of the finer points of writing dialogue, such as giving characters distinct voices through affect and subtle uses of language. You can read Bryon's fic "War Machines" (now completed) here [https://archiveofourown.org/works/54075940/chapters/136904752] on Ao3. If you like our work, please let us know! You can write to us at fanfictapes@gmail.com or reach out to us on Twitter @TheFanfictionTapes; we are also now on Bluesky, @thefanfictiontapes.bsky.social, and on Tumblr, https://www.tumblr.com/the-fanfiction-tapes. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

A Surprise Tool That Will Help Us Later

On this episode, Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Sungrass to talk about foreshadowing, and some examples of our favorite uses of it as well as how it can go wrong. If you like our work, please let us know! You can write to us at fanfictapes@gmail.com or reach out to us on Twitter @TheFanfictionTapes; we are also now on Bluesky, @thefanfictiontapes.bsky.social, and on Tumblr, https://www.tumblr.com/the-fanfiction-tapes. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Trope Talk: Queerbaiting

On this episode, Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined once more by Cam, this time to talk about the issue of queerbaiting. If you like our work, please let us know! You can write to us at fanfictapes@gmail.com or reach out to us on Twitter @TheFanfictionTapes; we are also now on Bluesky, @thefanfictiontapes.bsky.social. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Story Spotlight: Harietta Lee

On this month's story spotlight episode, Maya and Ian attempt to have a coherent conversation about the Harrietta Lee series, a new adult urban fantasy series by Stephanie Ahn. If you like our work, please let us know! You can write to us at fanfictapes@gmail.com or reach out to us on Twitter @TheFanfictionTapes; we are also now on Bluesky, @thefanfictiontapes.bsky.social. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Seeing Rainbows

Ian, Maya and Dylan are joined again Caff, to talk about headcanons, reboots, rewrites, and other ways that queerness gets added to media. If you like our work, please let us know! You can write to us at fanfictapes@gmail.com or reach out to us on Twitter @TheFanfictionTapes; we are also now on Bluesky, @thefanfictiontapes.bsky.social. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.