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Podcast: Star Wars Chit-Chat (Formerly Comics In Canon)
Episode: George Mann Interview (May 2023): Folklore, Mythology & Sci-Fi, With Star Wars: The High Republic, Writing Fear And Respecting Your Readers
Description: ANOTHER INTERVIEW SPECIAL! George Mann; a newer member of Project Luminous (The High Republic) and writer of Wychwood and Newbury & Hobbes is this episode's guest, to talk about writing science fiction, mythology, Star Wars and more!
In more detail, George explains the start of his career into writing and the influences & lessons along the way, how he puts a book together, how he defines folklore & mythology and why they appeal to him, how “fear” as a concept works, how he writes differently for different ages and “respecting your reader”, the moral grey area of the dark side (in Star...