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Listen "Episode 13 - Prophecies"
Episode Synopsis
Daystar and Alexander discuss some of the major problems with prophecies in stories, and ways to potentially avoid the major pitfalls.
Timestamps:
1:22 Prophecy as a way of Spoiling Tension
5:56 Creating Conflict
10:35 Developing Characters
11:45 Prophecy Tension
16:45 Predictable Attempts to avoid Prophecy
19:00 Shallow Intrigue
22:10 How to make prophecy work
30:55 Tricking Prophecies
37:03 Conditional Prophecies
39:20 Prophecy in the Real World
47:23 Being Clever in Subversion
Timestamps:
1:22 Prophecy as a way of Spoiling Tension
5:56 Creating Conflict
10:35 Developing Characters
11:45 Prophecy Tension
16:45 Predictable Attempts to avoid Prophecy
19:00 Shallow Intrigue
22:10 How to make prophecy work
30:55 Tricking Prophecies
37:03 Conditional Prophecies
39:20 Prophecy in the Real World
47:23 Being Clever in Subversion
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