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Ronin: what is an antihero?
Jun 24, 2026
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Identifying Genre is Trickier than You Think!
Jun 19, 2026
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Hidden Figures: your reader's expectations?
Jun 17, 2026
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Notting Hill: why we love it
Jun 10, 2026
23m 16s
Is this a mystery?
Jun 5, 2026
43m 29s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/24/26 | Ronin: what is an antihero? | Nothing is what it seems in this mercenary mystery. I discovered a way to use two premises to create mystery and a twist - a great find for everyone writing mysteries or spy stories. Valerie works out what type of protagonist Sam is, and it’s not what I thought! -M | — | ||||||
| 6/19/26 |  Identifying Genre is Trickier than You Think! | What kind of story are you writing? That question is actually much trickier to answer than it seems, and that's because writers and agents look at genre differently. What happens if, after reading the query letter, an agent isn't clear on your story's genre? What role do comp titles play in explaining genre? We answer these questions and many more in today's Hook Your Reader episode. Enjoy! -V. | — | ||||||
| 6/17/26 | Hidden Figures: your reader's expectations? | Well, well, well ... this has to be THE most interesting presentation of an underdog protagonist that I've ever come across. Not only have the filmmakers gone above and beyond with respect to their audience's expectations, but they've innovated the heck out of the underdog. This you've got to see! And if you're not sure whether you've written a logline or a premise statement for your story (or why you'd need both and when you'd use them) then Melanie's got your back because in this episode, she explains it all. Enjoy! -V. | — | ||||||
| 6/10/26 | Notting Hill: why we love it✨ | character developmentromantic comedy+3 | — | Notting Hill | — | Notting Hillcharacter premise+3 | — | 23m 16s | |
| 6/5/26 |  Is this a mystery?✨ | mysterygenre mismatch+3 | — | — | — | mysterygenre mismatch+5 | — | 43m 29s | |
| 6/3/26 | Mrs.Harris Goes to Paris: toothless antagonists✨ | underdog protagonistsstory theory+5 | — | Mrs.Harris Goes to Paris | — | underdogstory theory+5 | — | 41m 15s | |
| 5/27/26 | Sicario: not what we expected✨ | film analysischaracter study+3 | — | Sicario | — | Sicariofilm analysis+4 | — | 38m 49s | |
| 5/22/26 |  Killer Opening Lines✨ | writingstorytelling+3 | — | — | — | killer opening linestory opening+3 | — | 48m 30s | |
| 5/20/26 | Murder She Said: sex or murder?✨ | protagonist typesstorytelling+3 | — | Murder, She Said | — | protagoniststorytelling+3 | — | 32m 33s | |
| 5/13/26 | What Went Right: anora✨ | film analysisaward-winning films+3 | — | Rotten TomatoesAnora | — | AnoraPalme d’Or+5 | — | 28m 42s | |
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| 5/8/26 |  The best time to send a query✨ | querying agentssubmission timing+3 | Kathleen Foxx | — | — | query lettersubmission+3 | — | 29m 40s | |
| 5/6/26 | What Went Wrong: 80 for Brady✨ | film critiquescreenplay analysis+3 | — | 80 for Brady | — | 80 for Bradyfilm critique+5 | — | 48m 39s | |
| 4/29/26 | Best Advice: heroes and villains✨ | heroesvillains+3 | — | speech in praise of the villainconstant characters | — | villainheroes+3 | — | 19m 41s | |
| 4/24/26 |  AI in Writing and Publishing✨ | AI in writingpublishing+3 | Kathleen Foxx | — | — | AIwriting+3 | — | 26m 04s | |
| 4/23/26 |  We have news! And it benefits you.✨ | free advicequery letter+3 | Kathleen Foxx | storynerd.ca | — | query letterwriting feedback+3 | — | 1m 50s | |
| 4/22/26 | Thunderbolts: 2 surprising twists✨ | movie analysisstorytelling+3 | — | MCUThunderbolts | — | Thunderboltstwists+3 | — | 44m 24s | |
| 4/15/26 | Men In Black (archive)✨ | plot structureresonance+3 | — | Men In Black | — | plot structureresonance+3 | — | 38m 45s | |
| 4/8/26 | The Devil Wears Prada (archive)✨ | story analysisHero's Journey+3 | — | The Devil Wears Prada | — | The Devil Wears Pradastory structure+3 | — | 30m 38s | |
| 4/1/26 | Dirty Dancing (archive)✨ | heroine's journeyfemale archetypes+3 | — | Dirty Dancing | — | Dirty Dancingheroine's journey+3 | — | 36m 53s | |
| 3/25/26 | Conclave: a masterclass in nuanced characters✨ | thrillernuanced characters+3 | — | Conclave | — | Conclavethriller+3 | — | 30m 03s | |
| 3/20/26 | Do this to Hook an Agent - Interview with Kathleen Foxx✨ | literary agentsquery submissions+3 | Kathleen Foxx | The Rights Factory | — | literary agentquery writing+3 | — | 37m 50s | |
| 3/18/26 | Mulholland Drive: trippy✨ | David LynchMulholland Drive+3 | — | — | — | Mulholland DriveDavid Lynch+4 | — | 27m 19s | |
| 3/11/26 | Darkest Hour: darkest villain✨ | historical fictionvillains+3 | — | Darkest Hour | — | Darkest Hourvillain+5 | — | 40m 25s | |
| 3/4/26 | Amour: looks easy, but isn't | HEADS-UP! Amour is beautiful but heavy (have the tissue ready!). Do you want to write gritty stories that leave readers grief struck long after they read THE END and close the book? Amour is a fantastic template for a complex moral problem that will never be resolved. This is another example of how a story can have an arc when the protagonist is constant. And Valerie does a stellar job of working out who or what the force of antagonism is and how the speech in praise of the villain applies when the antagonist isn't obvious. -M. | — | ||||||
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