3 Responses to “The Deceptionists Episode 014 – Crime”

1. m.i.milliman says:

   September 14, 2011 at 3:04 am

   I am one of the silent many who were missing the podcast. Glad it’s back. I was really excited for this one. I write myself ( I’ve done both the writing prompts, both the music and this, In a bar, prompt) and am needing the extra push it seems to buckle down so thanks for that.

   I just wanted to comment on, or echo, a common theme that seemed to be floated around, in that crime, more than any other fiction (or maybe just more obvious) is about the problem. Not in a, Put the pieces of a puzzle together sort of way. But the problem of the protagonist, or antagonist, which ever you may be focasing on. ( or better, both) I enjoyed a lot of what Jay had to say on the subject. It’s clear that he’s given the matter a lot of thought, about it being used as a study in scocial behavior. About what makes people do what they do and why. His idea of explaining how you come up with a character, then a plot, then find out how these characters react, which in turn informs where the plot goes, seems insetuous but it’s the best explanation I’ve heard on story development.

   As always, I enjoyed the episode. I’ve been listening sense episode one and will way past 2013 i hope. Sorry if the post went long.

   Jim, I hope to hear the rest of that story someday.

   btw, I’m a seat of my pants kinda guy.

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2. m.i.milliman says:

   September 15, 2011 at 1:25 am

   So I hade like ten minutes left on the podcast that I didn’t finish before I wrote that last post and I didn’t hear the good news. Congratulations Dave on getting your book a publisher. Can’t wait to read it. Hope it all goes well for you and your partner.

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3. Dave says:

   September 16, 2011 at 2:46 pm

   Thanks, m.i.! Glad you enjoyed the show, and I appreciate the sentiment — very excited about having the book published. So far, so good! :)

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