It’s easy to complain about derivative plots and copycat characters, to want something fresh and new that doesn’t recycle the same old tropes. But this can obscure that fact that sometimes we like repetition–if it’s done well. I mean, who doesn’t want to see Lucy pull the football away from Charlie Brown one more time?
This episode, hosts Timothy Deal and Nick Hayden discuss the joy of selective repetition. When does it work? Why does it work? How can creators utilize it more effectively?
Then, after another Once Upon a Scene, Tim and Nick dive into It Came From the Intrawebs, experiencing our Daily Dose of Internet and testing our meme-ology.
It’s the same format, with the same hosts, but hopefully that familiarity will lure you in to listen to episode 139 of your premiere podcast on storytelling for the creator and consumer, Derailed Trains of Thought!