{"podcast":{"title":"Story Nerd","slug":"story-nerd-5321719","podcast_index_feed_id":5321719,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/valerie3v/feed.xml","website_url":"https://valerie3v.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/22517313/story-nerd-trademark.jpg","author":"Valerie Francis","episode_count":100,"summary":"For novelists, memoirists and screenwriters who want to write stories readers will love, and who want to work with a literary agent. Each week, editors Valerie Francis and Melanie Hill use films to explain how to craft a story that hooks the reader on page one and holds their attention all the way to the end. On alternate weeks, Valerie and literary agent Kathleen Foxx offer their professional feedback on query letters and writing samples submitted by Story Nerd listeners. The goal is simple: to help writers realize their dreams of becoming published authors. If you love to write, and you love to tell stories, and you want to see your book out in the world, this podcast is for you! ”The only thing that matters, and that ever will matter, is the story. That’s it.” - Tom Hanks (Oxford Union 2024)","last_synced_at":"2026-07-29T16:18:10.114788+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/story-nerd-5321719"},"episode":{"title":"What Went Wrong: the golden compass","slug":"what-went-wrong-the-golden-compass","published_at":"2026-01-28T08:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/story-nerd-5321719/what-went-wrong-the-golden-compass","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/story-nerd-5321719","url":"https://storynerd.simplecast.com/episodes/what-went-wrong-the-golden-compass-bqvuS23S","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/audio/ecc02378-71a1-4297-8fb1-cd4d834eddb7/episodes/69c8f432-d9ab-4e9f-a269-e914de5fe467/audio/9f01d15b-ec18-4514-a766-b9603705ddc4/default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=yjW978tJ","summary":"If you’re wondering what NOT to do when adapting your novel, there are great tips in this episode. We've all experienced the feeling of walking out of a cinema and saying, the book was better. That's definitely the case for The Golden Compass. I’ve read the book and thoroughly enjoyed it plus the book won the Carnegie Medal which means it's excellent. So how did such a good children story go so wrong when it was adapted for film? That is the question we answer in this episode.","meta_description":"If you’re wondering what NOT to do when adapting your novel, there are great tips in this episode. We've all experienced the feeling of walking out of a c…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2610,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/story-nerd-5321719/episodes/what-went-wrong-the-golden-compass/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/story-nerd-5321719/what-went-wrong-the-golden-compass.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}