11.13: Elemental Idea Q&A

Published: March 27, 2016, 10 p.m.

b'Shannon Hale joined us at LTUE 2016 to field questions about the Idea elemental genre. Here are the questions:
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\\n\\t* How do you keep an elemental idea story from feeling like you\'re just waiting for the idea to "unlock."
\\n\\t* How do you tie your character motivations to the idea?
\\n\\t* How do you\\xa0know when you\'ve satisfactorily\\xa0explored the idea?
\\n\\t* Are there elemental idea stories that you just need to give up on?
\\n\\t* Is there such a thing as "idea clutter?"
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\\nCredits: This episode was recorded live by Daniel Thompson, and mastered by Alex Jackson.\\xa0
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