{"id":78068,"date":"2026-10-21T16:59:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T23:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=78068"},"modified":"2026-10-21T16:59:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T23:59:48","slug":"write-something-good-s1-e5-what-to-write-scifi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=78068","title":{"rendered":"Write Something Good \u2014 S1-E5 &#8212; What to Write: SciFi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As of noon today, Episode 5 is out!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the YouTube link:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Write Something Good S1E5\" width=\"740\" height=\"555\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bFzBHgdPDJM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;d like to subscribe to the podcast, all of the links to do so are now at the top of this page under &#8220;The Podcast.&#8221; I finally got around to making the doodly-doo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the basic outline for this episode:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Defining SciFi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is it the same as Fantasy?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How to Write SciFi\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Research<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Avoid Info Dump<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Here is the previous blog post that this episode is partially based on: <a href=\"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=1241\">https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/?p=1241<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you&#8217;re one of the 6 to 12 people that enjoy this podcast via YouTube, let me know what you think about the change in presentation.  I was able to get the greenscreen to mostly work, and I think the background is less distracting than the blur I was using before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I only had time to record and edit one episode this last weekend, and this weekend is World Fantasy in Oakland.  There is a small possibility that the next episode will be late, but we will see.  The intent is to have these go up every 2 weeks, released exactly at noon Pacific time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m still having fun doing these, and I appreciate every one of you for checking them out and leaving comments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of noon today, Episode 5 is out! Here is the YouTube link: If you&#8217;d like to subscribe to the podcast, all of the links to do so are now at the top of this page under &#8220;The Podcast.&#8221; I finally got around to making the doodly-doo. Here is the basic outline for this episode: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=78068"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78068\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":78069,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78068\/revisions\/78069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=78068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=78068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/briancebuhl.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=78068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}