I am listening to the podcast 372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back. In episode 19-21 they discuss Eye of Argon.

372 Pages We’ll Never Get Back

Real or fanfic

The spreadsheet !

Summary of important advice

Consistency, continuity.

• Willing prostitutes. The unwilling quit.
• Untold agony = a disheartened emotion.
• Stating an angry remark.

Be exciting. Have stakes.

• Very long descriptions of what the soldiers are wearing.

Flow. Chekhov’s gun.

• Flashback not clearly marked.
• Physiology, sleeping, eating.

Realism. Being human.

• Impossible facial expressions.
• Hitting between the balls.
• How can they bear to live under such oppression?

Variety.

• Repetition of mount (horse). Wench.
• Ovals. Eyes, heads etc.
• A lot of lips.

Details: not too many, not too few.

• A lot of adjectives.
• After an indiscriminate period…
• Long, visual description, but hard to picture.
• Beady grey organs of sight.

POV. Tone.

• So many adverbs.
• Not just using “said”.
• Seemingly… Author, don’t you know?

Use words and phrases correctly. Punctuation.

• So many typos. Including in the fantasy words.
• How to pronounce Grignr.
• To shine dully.
• Who/what smells foul?
• A lot of commas, not clarifying.
• A lithe and opaque nose.
• She questioned?
• Dickered with the notion.
• Plural of shaman is shamen?
• Impossible to decode the sentences.
• The loincloth turned into a G-string.
• Changing tense.
• Pig in one sentence, dog in the next.

Ep. 19

MST3K for eye of argon .

Ep. 20, ch. 1-4

Don’t do this

• So many typos. Including in the fantasy words.
• How to pronounce Grignr.
• A lot of adjectives.
• To shine dully.
• Repetition of mount (horse). Wench.
• Flashback not clearly marked.
• Who/what smells foul?
• A lot of commas, not clarifying.
• Willing prostitutes. The unwilling quit.
• A lithe and opaque nose.
• Ovals. Eyes, heads etc.
• She questioned?
• Stating an angry remark.
• After an indiscriminate period…
• Dickered with the notion.
• Long, visual description, but hard to picture.
• Plural of shaman is shamen?
• Untold agony = a disheartened emotion.
• Physiology, sleeping, eating.
• Beady grey organs of sight.

Running gags

• Hell of a rig.
• An alien observing and describing human behaviour.
• Bulging sinews, see a doctor.
• After an indiscriminate period…

Oops.

• Conan the Barbarian uses slut a certain way?

Real or fanfic, 58:36

• Mike guessing
• Fanfic ✔️ Fanfic ✔️ Real ❎ Fanfic ❎ Fanfic ❎ Real ❎

Ep. 21, ch. 5-end

Don’t do this

• Impossible facial expressions.
• So many adverbs.
• Hitting between the balls.
• Impossible to decode the sentences.
• Very long descriptions of what the soldiers are wearing.
• The loincloth turned into a G-string.
• The tediously honed pelvis of the rodent.
• Changing tense.
• Not just using “said”.
• Seemingly… Author, don’t you know?
• How can they bear to live under such oppression?
• Pig in one sentence, dog in the next.
• A lot of lips.

Running gags

• Ovals.
• Sluts.
• Writing in a hurry.

Oops.

• Thinks the ergonomic mallet was a cup.
• Have read the afterword, missed the mention of Conan?