Rationally Writing Episode 5, Rule of Cool
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Timestamps:
0:40 What is the Rule of Cool? Is it inherently good or bad?
5:45 Swords vs Guns, Lightsabers, Waif-Fu
11:07 Why avoid it in Rational Fiction?
13:00 Ways to minimize negatives of Rule of Cool
19:20 Breaking the world
26:40 Is it better to fully explore an idea, or minimize its
role so as not to "cheat" the plot?
29:40 When to kill your darlings
34:15 When to run with the craziness
37:55 Recap of the three approaches to mitigating loss of coolness when rationalizing.
