“But I Digress…” Hosted by Nathan Marchand After a humorous recap of the first four plots I talked about two episodes ago, I discuss the last five of the nine basic plots. What are they? Watch and find out! Sorry for the brief hiatus. I was having technology problems. Please comment, share, and subscribe!
Check out the first full-length episode my of new podcast, The Monster Island Film Vault, featuring Nick Hayden and Tim Deal from the Derailed Trains of Thought podcast and my friends Joe and Joy Metter. Enjoy! Hello, kaiju lovers! Our “Kong Quest” begins! 😛 Nathan is joined by his core group of Monster Island Tourists—Nick Hayden … Continue reading New MIFV Episode – Episode 2: The Tourists vs. ‘King Kong’ (1933)
“But I Digress…” Hosted by Nathan Marchand Two episodes in one week? What madness is this?! Anyway, my annual Gen-Con video is an actual, episode of my regular show. I interviewed many of the authors who contributed to the “Missing Pieces” anthology, which is a collection of short stories by authors who sell books at … Continue reading But I Digress…, Episode 39: Interviews with ‘Missing Pieces’ 2016 Authors
“But I Digress…” Hosted by Nathan Marchand After an unintended hiatus, I, Nathan Marchand, return with a proper episode! I conclude my four-part series–finally–on writing speculative fiction. Part 3 detailed the major subgenres of fantasy, and this episode does the same for science fiction. What’d you think? Leave comments below! Title card by Jarod Marchand. … Continue reading But I Digress…, Episode 29: How to Write Speculative Fiction, Part 4 – Major Subgenres of Sci-Fi
Sarah, Anthony, and I had lots of fun making episode 19 of my vlog. We’re also quite silly. And nerdy. Check out these outtakes, ab libs, and flubbed lines. They’re as funny as the actual episode! (Which you can view here). Enjoy!
“But I Digress…” Hosted by Nathan Marchand In case you didn’t know, I’m a Whovian (“Doctor Who” fan). I wanted to review the franchise’s 50th anniversary special, but I was so busy, I was barely able to watch it and didn’t have time to review it myself. So, I invited a special guest to review … Continue reading But I Digress…, Episode 19: A Review of ‘Day of the Doctor’
Here’s a homespun “trailer” for my next vlog. I don’t normally do this, but it’s a review for a major event in fandom and I had a fun idea for a preview, so I made it. I even tried recording a voiceover for teh first time. Featuring the music from the “Doctor Who: The Day … Continue reading But I Digress…, Episode 19 Teaser Trailer
“But I Digress…” Hosted by Nathan Marchand I hate to break it to you, writers, but your plots can never be original. Your stories can be original, but there are only nine types of plots. What are those plots? I list the first four of them in this video. The other five will be discussed … Continue reading But I Digress…, Episode 7: The 9 Basic Plots (Part 1)
(I intended for this to be set as a premiere on YouTube, but it didn’t work. Oops). I’ve been sitting on this video for a while now, and I finally got around to editing and uoploading it. In this, I unbox a new anthology from Onward and Upward Media, A Time for Everything, which is … Continue reading But I Digress…, Episode 47: Unboxing ‘A Time for Everything’ (NEW ANTHOLOGY!)
I should be writing proper blogs, I know, but in the meantime, here are more episodes of my podcast, The Monster Island Film Vault. Episode 20 in particular I think is the best one I’ve done so far. Enjoy!