This Is My Hole, It Was Made for Me: On Negative Space and Leaving Room for the Reader

This Garbage Brought to You By the Letters S-E-O: How Google Is Ruining Writing: If you've ever noticed how writing on the internet often seems stilted and weird, you've got SEO — or Search Engine Optimization — to thank. by Rite Gud

18 min listen

How To Write Dark Humor Without Sounding Like a Total Sociopath: Do you like dark humor? Sure, we all do! But it can be tricky to write without coming off as an edgelord jerk — but R.S. Benedict tells you how! by Rite Gud

43 min listen

Men Writing Women (Badly): R.S. Benedict and guest Meg talk about the creepy, objectifying, or just plain ridiculous way that all too many male authors write female characters. by Rite Gud

33 min listen

Reed Gud, Part 1, or Other Books Than ‘Harry Potter’ Exist: Fiction: In order to Rite Gud, you've got to Reed Gud. In this episode, R.S. Benedict is joined by Gareth and Langdon of the Death Sentence Podcast. by Rite Gud

61 min listen

The White Room, or Paying Attention to Sensory Details: In this episode, learn a simple exercise that will help you cultivate your inner witness. It might even help with your anxiety, too. by Rite Gud

9 min listen

Guns: How to Feature Them in a Realistic Way: Tons of stories feature guns, but they're usually portrayed in a wildly unrealistic way. Nate Bethea of "What a Hell of a Way to Die" was kind enough to stop by to talk to us about what writers get wrong about firearms. by Rite Gud

53 min listen

Creepypasta and Other Eerie Starches: In this spooktacular episode, we talk to Ash and Jon of the Horror Vanguard podcast about the internet-based form of horror fiction known as creepypasta. by Rite Gud

73 min listen

Welcome to Rite Gud, a Podcast Dedicated to Helping You Write Better: This isn’t a podcast for total beginners. We’re going to assume that you know what plot structure is, what a protagonist is, where ideas come from, and how to use a semicolon. This is a podcast for people who can already write okay, but want to do better. by Rite Gud

3 min listen

Writing Mary Sues, or What Even IS a Mary Sue?: In this episode, special guest Jennifer Albright of Have You Seen This? drops by to talk about Mary Sues, a term used to describe an overly-perfect female character created as a self-insertion wish fulfillment vehicle for the author. by Rite Gud

86 min listen

To Be a Great Writer, You Must Defeat a Thousand Babies: As the world looks grimmer and grimmer, Millennials and Gen Xers retreat deeper and deeper into childhood nostalgia. by Rite Gud

73 min listen

Giving and Receiving Criticism Gracefully, or How Not to Be Anne Rice: Criticism is important, as is learning how to both give and recieve it. Recognize criticism as a good thing, and don't flip out like Anne Rice. by Rite Gud

20 min listen

Finding Beauty In Darkness: Why do we love horror so much? On the surface, it makes no sense. Why would anybody enjoy media that focuses on upsetting, grotesque topics? by Rite Gud

64 min listen

Reed Gud, Part 2: Poetry, Literature in a Foreign Language, Nonfiction and Literary Criticism: In this episode, we look at things other than fiction that a well-rounded writer should read—poetry, literature in a foreign language, nonfiction and literary criticism. by Rite Gud

39 min listen

No More Heroes with JR Dawson: Much of speculative literature focuses on superheroes and Chosen Ones. But what about ordinary people or flawed people who don't save the world? Do they matter? by Rite Gud

40 min listen

The Dark Side of Fandom Part 2: Friendship Simulator: In part two of our discussion on the dark side of fandom, RS Benedict talks to Tim Heiderich about parasocial relationships, Twitch streamers, Nazis, Pink Floyd's The Wall and fans who want to watch their idols burn. by Rite Gud

67 min listen

Why We Can Stop Flogging H.P. Lovecraft’s Dead Bloated Corpse: In today's sci-fi/ fantasy community, it's fashionable to dig up H.P. Lovecraft and put him on trial as the avatar of everything wrong with speculative fiction. by Rite Gud

78 min listen

Writing While the World Burns: What Does It Mean to Be a Writer During the Climate Crisis?: In this episode, we talk to writer/editor Sarena Ulibarri about what it means to be a writer during a global climate crisis. Do writers have a responsibility to address the problem? Are we a part of the problem? Does art matter when the world is on fire? by Rite Gud

52 min listen

Transgressive Queer Fiction and the Right to Be Messy: In this episode, horror writer Gretchen Felker-Martin joins us to talk about the importance of making space for transgressive fiction by queer writers. by Rite Gud

73 min listen

Writer Beware! Spotting Shady Agents, Vanity Presses and Other Scams: The road to publishing can be a thorny one, filled with con artists lying in wait to pounce on unwary writers. Fortunately, Victoria Strauss of Writer Beware is here to tell us how to avoid being scammed. by Rite Gud

47 min listen

Originality: Feh, Who Needs It?: RS Benedict talks to Stephen Mazur, Assistant Editor of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, about originality. How important is it, really? by Rite Gud

95 min listen

I’m Not Here to Make Friends: On Unlikable Female Characters: Filthcore queen Gretchen Felker-Martin returns to talk about unlikable female characters. What makes a woman unlikable? by Rite Gud

92 min listen

Genre Bustin’ Makes Me Feel Good: Genre is safe. Genre is comfortable. But do we rely on genre conventions too much? Can genre hold us back? Is genre busting good? by Rite Gud

72 min listen

Queerness Is Not a Fandom: It's normal to look for people who share your interest in pop culture. But what happens when you only know how to be queer through fandom? by Rite Gud

53 min listen

Telling Your Own Stories: In this episode, filmmaker Shannon Strucci and critic Leslie Lee of Struggle Session were kind enough to join us to talk about why we need to tell our own stories instead of waiting for someone else to tell it for you. by Rite Gud

67 min listen

Who Are You Talking To?: Sci-fi/fantasy author Karlo Yeager Rodríguez joins us to talk about the relationship between storyteller and in-universe audience. by Rite Gud

60 min listen

Saving Criticism from the Corporate Marketing Machine: Cultural criticism has always been an essential part of our media ecosystem, especially when it comes to geek culture. But is any of this really meaningful, or is it just another part of the big corporate content marketing machine? by Rite Gud

89 min listen

The Bitter Medicine of Unhappy Endings: Horror writer G. Emerald, who has a background in the medical system, joins us to talk about the healing power of stories that leave us with a bad taste in our mouths. by Rite Gud

79 min listen

Translation, or Mi Tio Es Infermo, Pero la Carretera Es Verde!: SFF author and professional translator Mário Seabra Coelho talks to us about the art of translation. Writing translations, even only as an exercise, can open a writer’s eye to new perspectives, new devices, and new poetic turns of phrase. by Rite Gud

77 min listen

More than the Sum of its Parts: Writing Beyond Tropes and Easter Eggs: “Here’s my new novel, A Groan of Stone and Bone. It has enemies to lovers, a chaotic bisexual, BIPOC representation, elemental magic, and tons of 'Buffy' references!” by Rite Gud

77 min listen

The Tragedy of the Creative Commons: On Superheroes and Modern Mythology: Are superheroes a modern mythology, or is this a way to flatten the complexities of traditional art while giving commercial media a spiritual significance it does not deserve? by Rite Gud

51 min listen

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This Is My Hole, It Was Made for Me: On Negative Space and Leaving Room for the Reader

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