Radio FreeWrite
A podcast for lovers of stories- reading them, hearing them, and writing them. We provide a new prompt every week, then share the stories we have created from that prompt. We discuss the stories and the art of storytelling while encouraging listeners to create their own stories along with us.
Radio FreeWrite
123: Wildcat – Untangling Plot vs. Story (While Forgetting Who Goes First)
Our first all‑in‑person episode in a while! We rambled (anticlockwise, of course) into a big discussion of plot vs. story—architects vs. gardeners, internal vs. external conflict, and how to give structure a story without killing the magic.
Then came stories inspired by Wildcat, featuring everything from ghostly surprises to chaotic encounters that prove plot, as important as it is, isn’t everything.
Stories start at 25:23.
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