The Art of Storytelling (w/ Christopher Ruocchio + A Critical Dragon) - Side Quest

In this wide-ranging discussion, Jordan discusses the art of storytelling with Christopher Ruocchio (@SunEaterBooks) and A.P. from A Critical Dragon (@ACriticalDragon) Topics include the following: the mechanics of storytelling and art of narrative; how fantasy storytelling differs from that of mainstream or regular literary fiction; weaving worldbuilding and setting into narrative; "internal focalization"; prologues in fantasy novels; dense versus accessible fantasy; the future of indie and traditional publishing; the best fantasy and/or speculative fiction authors working today; poetry in fantasy lit; philosophy in fantasy lit, and how AI will change the how we write, consume, and publish fiction.

[@PhilipChaseTheBestofFantasy]

I am watching this slowly as there is too much brilliance to take in at once!

[@iWizard]

How do you think I felt-sandwiched in between those two geniuses? haha.

[@billyalarie929]

@@iWizardwell to be fair, there must be a reason you were granted this privilege by these two powerhouses.

[@billyalarie929]

1:02:30 “If” Yes, wouldn’t that be truly wild, were a person like that to exist in our world.

[@Goldenhanded]

Oh, this trio is genius! Booktube desperately needs more of these conversational videos in the long format. There’s just so much to be covered, and so much knowledge given. Thank you!

[@iWizard]

Thanks so much for watching, and thanks for your kind words! I tried to run the full gamut: a successful novelist, a sought-after editor and critic, and then me---a clueless, struggling writer, haha! :)

[@isaiahsanchevy9252]

As a writer struggling with his craft this was an amazing conversation. Thank you so much!

[@iWizard]

Thanks so much for watching. Yes, as a struggling writer myself, I tried to ask questions I wanted to know the answers to! :) Cheers!

[@Chris_Traylor]

This was a deeply fascinating discussion, your channel is a booktube gem

[@iWizard]

Thanks for the kind words, and thank you as well for watching!

[@thefantasythinker]

Truly, a wonderful conversation! You came up with some great questions that really let these guys show their stuff. Thank you!

[@iWizard]

Thanks for your kind words and for watching! :) I tried to ask them questions that I actually wanted to know the answers to. Cheers!

[@halofan117halofan6]

5 months late but what a great chat.

[@iWizard]

Thanks for watching! :) I appreciate it.

[@JerodimusPrime]

The correct technical term for when the POV character's thoughts bleed into the 3rd person limited narrators narration is called Free Indirect Discourse. It's a technique made popular by Jane Austen. But it's used commonly by writers like Joe Abercrombie and Detective thriller writers like James Ellroy.

[@ACriticalDragon]

Genette uses the term focalisation for when a character's point of view shapes the narration. Free indirect discourse is typically when something of the character's thoughts or internal monologue is reported through the exposition instead of being reported explicitly as internal monologue. They are similar but not the same things.

[@iWizard]

I tend to like both techniques. Good to know.

[@JerodimusPrime]

@@ACriticalDragon You're right that Free Indirect Discourse (FID) describes the thoughts of a character in the narration, but it can, and does, do much more than that. FID takes on the emotions, feelings, and even voice of the character, too. If done well it can feel as if the narrator IS the POV character: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKiYiZaieZ58orM

[@ACriticalDragon]

@@JerodimusPrime Narrative theorist Genette came up with a different term for a specific concept, if you have an issue with the overlap, blame him. Focalisation is a specific thing, and free indirect discourse is not the 'correct term' for focalisation. They are different terms for related but not the same concept. One that specifically is about character perception and perspective affecting narrative exposition (including order of information, as well of type of information) and one reflecting character thought and conscious position which is included in exposition. Using the different terms allows both to be used more specifically and clearly.

[@JerodimusPrime]

@@ACriticalDragon Fair enough, at the end of the day we're just using different words, but in essence I think we're talking about the same thing. I don't think Free Indirect Discourse is as limited as you state it to be, but I guess we'll just have to agree to disagree on that point 😊

[@benjaminmolina3456]

This is a wish come true

[@iWizard]

Thanks for watching!

[@billyalarie929]

2:11:35 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂