Writing Excuses Podcast

July 10th 26:27 screenwriting podcast Download (MP3)

24:28 17.40: Questions & Answers About Structure, with Special Guest Peng Shepherd
19:18 17.39: Writing Bodies and Intimacy, with K.M. Szpara
19:06 17.38: Oh No I Lost The Thread
19:20 17.37: Science and Fiction—It’s Not Just Science Fiction
19:49 17.36: Space for Everyone
19:30 17.35: Nuances of Dialog
19:23 17.34: Developing Subtext
18:43 17.33: Building Tension
17:40 17.32: Everything is About Conflict
20:19 17.31: Everyone Has an Agenda
19:46 17.30: Know Your Characters
20:06 17.29: The Job of Dialogue
18:00 17.28: Keys to Writing Dialog
19:55 17.27: Ensembles Behind the Scenes
18:36 17.26: Hanging Separately
20:14 17.25: Archetypes, Ensembles, and Expectations
17:09 17.24: Ensembles and Genre
21:26 17.23: Are We Stronger Together?
17:39 17.22: Establishing the Ensemble
21:26 17.21: Casting Your Story With Character Voice
15:58 17.20: Basics of Ensemble Characterization
17:07 17.19: Working in a Collaborative Environment
17:45 17.18: How to be Funny, with Jody Lynn Nye
13:21 17.17: Writing in the Public Domain
18:43 17.16: Miscellaneous Structures
21:19 17.15: Storytelling in the Footnotes
21:18 17.14: Structuring for Disordered or Order-less Reading Order
19:33 17.13: Structuring Around a Thing
20:43 17.12: Structuring a Story Within a Story
19:54 17.11: Structuring with Multiple Timelines
18:12 17.10: Structuring with Multiple POVs
17:48 17.9: Let’s Talk About Structure
20:15 17.8: The Alchemy of Creativity
19:39 17.7: Dissecting Influence
21:01 17.6: Hitting Reset Without Getting Hit Back
23:55 17.5: The Promise of the Brand
20:53 17.4: The Gun on the Mantel is Actually a Fish
20:09 17.3: Chekov’s Surprising Yet Inevitable Inverted Gun
20:32 17.2: It Was a Promise of Three Parts
19:07 17.1: Genre and Media are Promises
20:01 16.52: Structure is a Promise
21:21 16.51: Promises are a Structure
18:45 16.50: Worldbuilding Finale: Making Deliberate Choices
20:50 16.49: Magic and Technology: Two Sides of the Same Coin
18:07 16.48: Believable Worlds Part 2: Creating Texture
19:00 16.47: Believable Worlds Part 1: The Illusion of Real
21:49 16.46: World and Plot: The Only Constant is Change
18:30 16.45: World and Character Part 2: Moral Frame
17:12 16.44: World and Character Part 1: All Your Characters Are Biased
20:56 16.43: The Narrative Holy Trinity of World, Character, and Plot, with Fonda Lee
17:49 16.42: M.I.C.E. Quotient, After the Fact
21:41 16.41: Middles and Conflicts with M.I.C.E. Structure
19:24 16.40: Nesting Threads in the M.I.C.E. Quotient
20:03 16.39: Deep Dive into Event
19:12 16.38: Deep Dive into Character
22:01 16.37: Deep Dive Into “Inquiry”
20:25 16.36: Deep Dive into “Milieu”
22:11 16.35: What is the M.I.C.E. Quotient?
20:21 16.34: Novels Are Layer Cakes
18:36 16.33: Tell, Don’t Show
21:10 16.32: First Page Fundamentals—THE KILLING FLOOR, by Lee Childs
20:47 16.31: First Page Fundamentals—MOBY DICK
21:55 16.30: First Page Fundamentals—THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE
17:02 16.29: Building Trust
18:14 16.28: Common First-Page Mistakes
18:35 16.27: Nobody Wants to Read a Book
21:55 16.26: Working With Teams
27:59 16.25: Breaking Into Game Writing
21:10 16.24: Worldbuilding for Games
20:39 BONUS EPISODE! 2021 WXR Early-Bird Announcement
20:49 16.23: Rules and Mechanics
25:11 16.22: Scenes and Set Pieces
18:47 16.21: Player Characters
19:50 16.20: Branching Narratives
27:16 16.19: Intro to Roleplaying Games
24:56 16.18: Poetry and the Fantastic
24:20 16.17: The Time To Rhyme
27:55 16.16: Poetic Structure: Part II
18:14 16.15: Poetic Structure, Part I
20:34 16.14: Poetic Language
19:30 16.13: Day Brain vs. Night Brain
19:16 16.12 : Singing Versus Speaking
19:15 16.11: What is Poetry?
28:09 16.10: Paying it Forward, with Kevin J. Anderson
21:57 16.9: Crossing The Revenue Streams
24:23 16.8: Smart Promotion
19:28 16.7: To Series, or Not to Series
18:27 16.6: Building Your Brand
32:16 16.5: Pros and Contracts
25:44 16.4: Networking
20:03 16.3: Publishing Pitfalls
19:17 16.02: Publishers Are Not Your Friends
21:58 16.01: Your Career is Your Business
23:01 15.52: Economy of Phrase, Being the Concentrated Concatenation of Complex Thoughts in Just a Very Few Words Which Must Fit In A Very Very Small Box, With Patrick Rothfuss
21:15 15.51: Feedback—When to Listen, and When to Ignore, with special guest Mahtab Narsimhan
18:45 15.50: Juggling Ensembles
17:40 15.49: Maintaining Passion for a Story, with special guest Mahtab Narsimhan
22:33 15.48: Deliberate Discomfort, Part Two
21:58 15.47: Worldbuilding Science Fiction, with Cory Doctorow
17:39 15.46: Crafting Chinese-American Characters
31:25 15.45: Worldbuilding Fantasy, with Patrick Rothfuss
23:28 15.44: Rebooting a Career
19:24 15.43: Audiobook Narration, with Bruce D Richardson
18:18 15.42: Writing The End
19:08 15.41: Researching the FCK out of Things, with Cory Doctorow
21:48 15.40: Researching for Writing the Other
20:21 15.39: Translation, with special guest Alex Shvartsman
16:25 15.38: Depicting Religions That Are Not Your Own
19:30 15.37: Writing Under Deadlines
15:40 15.36: Collaboration, with Shannon and Dean Hale
21:33 15.35: Tools for Writing and Worldbuilding, with Erin Roberts
15:34 15.34: Writing Deliberate Discomfort
19:19 15.16: Balancing Plot and Character
17:40 15.15: Dialog
21:15 15.14: Agent Query Trenches
16:22 15.13: Using Elections in Stories
22:30 15.12: Writing the Other—Being an Ally
26:01 15.11: Digital is Different, with Cory Doctorow
20:26 15.10: Evaluating Ideas
24:37 15.09: Choose Your Own Adventurous Publishing Path
26:37 15.08: Q&A on a Ship
19:18 15.07: Creating Chapters
25:43 15.06: Prose and Cons, with Patrick Rothfuss
22:03 15.05: Setting Goals for Your Career
29:04 15.04: Revision, with Patrick Rothfuss
24:12 15.03: Self Publishing
19:52 15.02: Writing Between the Lines
27:44 15.01: Evolution of a Career
18:24 14.52: Game Mastering and Collaborative Storytelling, with Natasha Ence
21:31 14.51: A Farewell to Worldbuilding
19:19 14.50: Write What You… No.
20:27 14.49: Customs and Mores
18:47 14.48: How to Practice Worldbuilding
15:54 14.47: Writing Characters With Physical Disabilities
19:16 14.46: Unusual Resources
18:15 14.45: Economics
00:01 14.44: Realism vs. Rule-of-Cool
00:01 14.43: Sequencing Your Career Genome
00:01 14.42: Alternate History
00:01 14.41: History
00:01 14.40: Deep vs. Wide
00:01 14.39: Positioning Your Book in the Marketplace
00:01 14.38: Volunteer Opportunities for Writers, with Jared Quan
00:01 14.37: Outlandish Impossibilities
00:01 14.36: Languages and Naming
00:01 14.35: What You Leave Out
00:01 14.34: Author Branding
00:01 14.33: Writing Imperfect Worlds
00:01 Worldbuilding Gender Roles
00:01 14.31: Cultural Setting as Conflict
00:01 14.30: Eating Your Way to Better Worldbuilding
00:01 14.29: Field Research
00:01 14.28: Warfare and Weaponry
00:01 14.27: Natural Setting as Conflict
00:01 14.26: Lessons from Aristotle, with Rob Kimbro
00:01 14.25: Choosing Your Agent
00:01 14.24: Political Intrigue
00:01 14.23: Governments Large and Small
00:01 14.22: Characters out of Their Depth
00:01 14.21: Writing The Other — Yes, You Can!
17:30 14.20: Allegory in Fiction
18:01 14.19: Religion and Ritual
18:15 14.18: Setting as Theme
18:14 14.17: It’s Like “Car Talk” meets “Welcome To Nightvale”
16:32 14.16: Your Setting is a Telegraph
19:12 14.15: Technology
16:42 14.14: When To Tell
16:11 WX 14.13: Obstacles vs. Complications
20:21 14.12: Writing The Other — Latinx Representation
20:18 14.11: Magic Without Rules
18:28 14.10: Magic Systems
23:40 14.9: Showing Off
25:19 14.8: Worldbuilding Q&A #1
15:55 14.7: How Weird is Too Weird?
16:37 14.6: Fantasy and Science Fiction Races
17:31 14.5: Viewpoint as Worldbuilding
18:35 14.03: Writing the Other—Bisexual Characters
17:55 14.03: World of Hats
18:47 14.02: Geography and Biomes
21:11 14.01: Worldbuilding Begins! Up Front, or On the Fly?
20:55 13.52: Working Dad is a Spaceman
25:26 13.51: Wrap-up on the Year of Character
20:23 13.50: What Writers Get Wrong, with Zoraida Córdova
19:24 13.49: How to Finish
20:15 13.48: Character Death and Plot Armor
18:43 13.47: Q&A on Fixing Characters
27:24 13.46: The Unsexy Side of Space, with Bart Smith and Ben Hewett
16:43 NaNoWriMo 2018 Bonus Episode, with Mercedes Lackey
21:40 13.45: Next Level Narration
02:35 NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 2
18:34 13.44: Alien Characters
05:18 NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 1
25:34 13.43: Characters Who Are Smarter Than You Are
18:25 13.42: Writing Excuses Talks to an Astronaut, with Special Guest Kjell Lindgren
22:36 13.41: Fixing Character Problems, Part II
16:06 13.40: Fixing Character Problems, Part I
17:47 13.39: What Writers Get Wrong, With Wendy Tolliver
20:17 13.38: How to Find and Use Alpha Readers
20:06 13.37: What Writers Get Wrong, with J.Y. Yang
18:17 13.36: Confronting the Default
20:29 13.35: Cliché vs. Archetype
19:17 13.34: Q&A on Character Arcs
18:10 13.b1: Bonus Episode — Elephants and Death, with Lawrence Schoen
20:41 13.33: Reading Outside the Box
30:00 13.32: How To Handle Weighty Topics
20:46 13.31: Learning to Listen as a Writer
31:22 13.30: Project in Depth, THE CALCULATING STARS, with Kjell Lindgren
18:33 13.29: Iconic Heroes
17:06 13.28: What Writers Get Wrong, with Wildstyle
18:52 13.27: Characters as Foils
21:23 13.26: Character Relationships
18:25 13.25: Our Journey With Character
22:33 13.24: What Writers Get Wrong, with Piper, Aliette, and Wesley, with special guest Ken Liu
26:44 13.23: Internal Conflicts
16:09 13.22: Character Arcs
20:07 13.21: Q&A on Character Depth and Motivation
19:41 13.20: Fear and Writing, with Emma Newman
19:32 13.19: Backstories
19:00 13.18: Naturally Revealing Character Motivation
16:17 13.17: What Writers Get Wrong, with Jamahl Crouch
16:42 13.16: Avoiding Flat Characters
19:04 13.15: What Writers Get Wrong, with Mike Stop Continues
17:44 13.14: Character Nuance
23:38 13.13: Character Voice
17:13 13.12: Q&A on Heroes, Villains, and Main Characters
17:13 13.11: Writing Secondary Characters, with Charlaine Harris
23:12 13.10: Handling a Large Cast
18:15 13.9: Quick Characterization
21:20 13.8: Making Characters Distinctive
14:56 13.7: What Writers Get Wrong, with Lou Perry
20:33 13.6: External Conflicts for Characters
18:20 13.5: Villain, Antagonist, Obstacle
20:05 13.4: Protagonists Who Aren’t Sympathetic
22:15 13.3: What Writers Get Wrong, with Aliette de Bodard
19:22 13.2: Writing Active Characters
17:27 13.1: Hero, Protagonist, Main Character
29:27 12.53: Writing Excuses True Confessions
17:46 12.52: Cross-Genres as Gateways
18:51 12.51: Constructed Languages, with Dirk Elzinga
22:58 12.50: Form and Function
17:39 12.49: Non-linear Narratives
24:59 12.48: Q&A on Novels and Series, with Brian McClellan
19:16 12.47: Screenwriting and the Writers Room, with JD Payne
21:18 12.46: Reinventing Yourself
23:09 12.45: Structuring a Series
18:40 12.44: NaNoWriMo 2017 Primer
22:24 12.43: Serialized Storytelling
14:27 12.42: Adapting Your Stories for Game Play, with Alan Bahr
20:15 12.41: Raising the Stakes
18:53 12.40: Structuring a Novel
20:01 12.39: Q&A on Short(er) Fiction
17:13 12.38: What Do Editors Really Want, with Toni Weisskopf and Cat Rambo
20:32 12.37: Subplots
19:50 12.36: Structuring a Mid-Length Piece
16:32 12.35: Short Fiction Markets, with Spencer Ellsworth and guest host Beth Meacham
20:08 12.34: Fulfilling the Reader’s Fantasy, with Brian McClellan
20:35 12.33: How to be Brief, Yet Powerful
22:03 12.32: Structuring a Short Piece
17:48 12.31: What Makes a Good Monster, with Courtney Alameda
20:44 12.30: Tools for Writers
20:49 12.29: “Oh Crap, the Cops are Here!” with Joe McKinney
19:46 12.28: Trimming and Expanding
21:49 12.27: Choosing a Length
20:29 12.26: Q&A on Outlining and Discovery Writing
18:50 12.25: Hiring an Editor, with Callie Stoker
20:46 12.24: Creating Great Outlines
21:29 12.23: Proposals, Pitches, and Queries
18:57 12.22: Hybrid Outlining and Discovery Writing
20:26 12.21: Narrative Bumper Pool, with Bill Fawcett and Carrie Patel
21:23 12.20: Retrofitting Structure into a First Draft
19:30 12.19: Structure on the Fly
19:02 12.18: Gendered Dialect, with J.R. Johansson
23:11 12.17: Q&A on Style, Diction, and Paragraphing
19:57 12.16: Writing Crime Fiction with Brian Keene
21:24 12.15: Pacing With Chapters
20:26 12.14: Controlling Pacing with Structure
22:34 12.13: Beautiful Prose, Purple Prose
21:07 12.12: Words as Words, with Linda Addison
19:58 12.11: Diction
19:13 12.10: Developing Your Own, Personal Style
25:02 12.9: Q&A on Viewpoint
14:26 12.8 Short Stories as Exploration, with Tananarive Due
20:27 12.7: Description Through the Third Person Lens
19:13 12.6: Variations on Third Person
20:18 12.5: Literary Fiction
19:11 12.4: Hybrid Viewpoints
23:44 12.3: Project in Depth, “Risk Assessment,” by Sandra Tayler
21:27 12.2: How to Nail Character Voice in First Person
23:49 12.1: Variations on First Person
24:54 11.52: Elemental Ensemble Q&A, With Claudia Gray
17:02 11.51: Ensemble as a Sub-Genre, with Lynne M. Thomas
24:06 11.50: Hand-Selling Your Book to Potential Readers, with Michael R. Underwood
24:17 11.49: Elemental Ensemble, with Michael Damien Thomas
17:56 11.Bonus-04: Fantasy Food, with Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch
22:20 11.48: Elemental Issue Q&A, with DongWon Song
24:21 11.47: Issue as a Subgenre, with Steven Barnes
27:02 11.46: Colonialism, with Steven Barnes, Tempest Bradford, DongWon Song, and Shveta Thakrar
24:30 11.45: Elemental Issue, with Desiree Burch
19:45 11.Bonus-03: Some Books Have Maps in the Front, with Maurice Broaddus, Mur Lafferty, and James Sutter
23:32 11.Bonus-02: Horrifying the Children, with Darren Shan
33:14 11.44: Project in Depth, GHOST TALKERS, by Mary Robinette Kowal
19:27 11.43: Elemental Drama Q&A, with Tananarive Due
21:16 11.42: Elemental Drama as a Sub-Genre
20:29 11.Bonus-01: Characterization and Differentiation, with Robin Hobb
20:02 11.41: The Editor’s Wish List, with Navah Wolfe
16:22 11.40: Elemental Drama
19:45 11.39: Elemental Relationship Q&A, with Greg van Eekhout
19:45 11.38: The Elemental Relationship as a Sub-Genre
17:29 11.37: Casting Your Book, with Gama Martinez
17:12 11.36: The Elemental Relationship
22:03 11.35: Elemental Humor Q&A with Victoria Schwab
22:12 11.34: Humor as a Sub-Genre
21:07 11.33: Crossover Fiction, with Victoria Schwab
23:22 11.32: The Element of Humor
16:46 11.31: Futurism, with Trina Marie Phillips
20:29 11.30: Elemental Thriller Q&A
20:03 11.29: Elemental Thriller as a Subgenre
26:27 11.28: Impostor Syndrome, with Alyssa Wong
16:32 11.27: The Elemental Thriller
19:19 11.26: Elemental Mystery Q&A
17:25 11.25: Elemental Mystery is Everywhere
18:44 11.24: Stakes!
19:11 11.23: The Element of Mystery
20:31 11.22: Examining Unconscious Biases, with Shannon Hale
20:43 11.21: Q&A on Elemental Horror, with Steve Diamond
22:04 11.20: Horror as a Subgenre
19:03 11.19: Fashion for Writers, with Rebecca McKinney
21:41 11.18: Elemental Horror
22:33 11.17: Elemental Adventure Q&A
22:59 11.16: Adventure as a Subgenre
17:21 11.15: The Environment, with L.E. Modessit, Jr.
20:38 11.14: The Element of Adventure
16:07 11.13: Elemental Idea Q&A
19:35 11.12: Idea as Subgenre, With Nancy Fulda
18:13 11.11: Self Publishing in 2016, with Michaelbrent Collings
20:27 11.10: Idea, as Genre, with Nancy Fulda
17:48 11.09: Q&A on the Element of Wonder
20:30 11.08: Wonder as a Subgenre
18:32 11.07: The Convention Survival Kit, with Gail Carriger
18:15 11.06: The Element of Wonder
17:10 11.05: Writing and World Building for Role Playing Games
19:17 11.04: Newton’s Laws of Writing
18:41 11.03: Layering The Elemental Genres
19:48 11.2: How To Get The Most Out Of A Conference, with Kathy Chung
16:52 Writing Excuses 11.1: Introduction to Elemental Genre
21:50 Writing Excuses 10.52: Moving On, with Ellen Kushner
22:50 Writing Excuses 10.51: Q&A on Showing Your Work, with Daniel José Older
16:48 Writing Excuses 10.50: How to Hand-Sell Your Manuscript to Agents and Editors, with Michael Underwood and Marco Palmieri
20:19 Writing Excuses 10.49: What Do I Do With This Thing Now?
21:01 Writing Excuses 10.48: Project in Depth, The Devil’s Only Friend
19:51 Writing Excuses 10.47: Q&A on Revision
23:27 Writing Excuses 10.46: How Do I Make This Pretty?
27:06 Writing Excuses 10.45: Q&A at the GenCon Writing Symposium, with Kameron Hurley, James L. Sutter, and Michael Underwood
21:31 Writing Excuses 10.44: How Do I Fix What is Broken?
22:38 Writing Excuses 10.43: Q&A on Endings, with Delia Sherman
21:54 Writing Excuses 10.42: How In The World Do I Tie All This Together?
16:16 Writing Excuses 10.41: Your Character’s Moral Pendulum
18:38 Writing Excuses 10.40: What’s the Difference Between Ending and Stopping?
17:14 Writing Excuses 10.39: Q&A on Plot Twists with Kevin J. Anderson
21:51 Writing Excuses 10.38: How Does Context Shape Dialog?
18:21 Writing Excuses 10.37: Being a Good Panelist and a Great Moderator, with Susan J. Morris and Marc Tassin
19:46 Writing Excuses 10.36: How Does Context Shape Plot Twists?
16:15 Writing Excuses 10.35: Breaking In, With Charlie N. Holmberg
19:40 Writing Excuses 10.34: Q&A on Pacing
19:01 Writing Excuses 10.33: Combat, with Marie Brennan
19:07 Writing Excuses 10.32: How Do I Control the Speed of the Story?
18:57 Writing Excuses 10.31: How Do I Control the Reader’s Sense of Progress?
19:45 Writing Excuses 10.30: Q&A on Middles, with Marie Brennan
17:36 Writing Excuses 10.29: Why Should My Characters Fail Spectacularly?
20:32 Writing Excuses 10.28: Polytheism in Fiction, with Marie Brennan
17:17 Writing Excuses 10.27: Why Can’t I Just Jump to the Ending?
18:19 Writing Excuses 10.26: Q&A on Scenes and Description
18:37 Writing Excuses 10.25: What Makes a Scene?
17:24 Writing Excuses 10.24: Hooking Younger Readers
20:10 Writing Excuses 10.23: Can You Tell Me How To Show?
30:43 Writing Excuses 10.22: Project-in-Depth—Of Noble Family
18:14 Writing Excuses 10.21: Q&A on World Building
16:53 Writing Excuses 10.20: How Do I Write a Story, Not an Encyclopedia?
18:37 Writing Excuses 10.19: Intrigue
20:56 Writing Excuses 10.18: Build an Entire World? Are You Crazy?
20:14 Writing Excuses 10.17: Q&A on Beginnings
17:13 Writing Excuses 10.16: What Do I Do With All This Blank Space?
16:02 Writing Excuses 10.15: Worldbuilding Wilderness with Wes Chu
17:45 Writing Excuses 10.14: How Much of the Beginning Needs to Come First?
18:05 Writing Excuses 10.13: Where is My Story Going?
22:07 Writing Excuses 10.12: Story structure Q&A, with Special Guest Wesley Chu
20:23 Writing Excuses 10.11: Project In Depth: “Parallel Perspectives”
20:15 Writing Excuses 10.10: Q&A with the I Ching
20:36 Writing Excuses 10.9: Where is My Story Coming From?
23:45 Writing Excuses 10.8: Q&A on Character
17:24 Writing Excuses 10.7: Who Are All These People?
17:42 Writing Excuses 10.6: The Worldbuilding Revolves Around Me (“The Magical 1%”)
19:31 Writing Excuses 10.5: What Do You Mean My Main Character is Boring?
16:24 Writing Excuses 10.4: Q&A on Ideas
01:45 2015 Hugo Award Eligibility – SHADOWS BENEATH
19:43 Writing Excuses 10.3: Lovecraftian Horror
18:09 Writing Excuses 10.2: I Have an Idea; What Do I Do Now?
19:59 Writing Excuses 10.1: Seriously, Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
29:54 Writing Excuses 9.54: Capstone to Season 9
15:47 Writing Excuses 9.53: Writing For Fun
20:53 Writing Excuses Season 9.52: From the Page to the Stage
19:08 Writing Excuses 9.51: Q&A At The Retreat
18:21 Writing Excuses 9.50: Writing for the Enfranchised Reader
19:44 Writing Excuses 9.48: Neurobolics of Characters
18:39 Writing Excuses 9.49: Hiding the Open Grave
16:39 Writing Excuses 9.47: Conversation With a Bookseller
14:42 Writing Excuses 9.46: Disability in Narrative
17:08 Writing Excuses 9.45: Tools for Writing from Oral Storytelling
18:40 Writing Excuses 9.44: Getting in the Writer’s Mindset with Peter Beagle
17:58 Writing Excuses 9.43: Writing Mysteries
27:27 Writing Excuses 9.42: The Convention-Author Relationship, with Deirdre Saoirse Moen
08:23 Registration is open for the 2015 Out of Excuses Writing Workshop and Retreat
16:02 Writing Excuses 9.41: Fan Writing, with Christopher J. Garcia
22:15 Writing Excuses 9.40: Understanding Royalties, with Paul Stevens
21:03 Writing Excuses 9.39: Publicity for Books
22:23 Writing Excuses 9.38: Q&A at Westercon
21:14 9.37: Training A Critique Group, with Kathleen Dalton Woodbury
16:30 Writing Excuses 9.36: Writing Instruction
17:55 Writing Excuses 9.35: What to do when you disagree with your editor
16:50 Writing Excuses 9.34: Science Fiction as Science Education
17:08 Writing Excuses 9.33: Microcasting
19:03 Writing Excuses 9.32: Adjusting Character Proactivity
33:00 Writing Excuses 9.31: Critiquing “An Honest Death”
21:58 Writing Excuses 9.30: Critiquing A Fire in the Heavens
21:48 Writing Excuses 9.29: Part 2 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
18:08 Writing Excuses 9.28: Part 1 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
19:59 Writing Excuses 9.27: Pre-writing
18:54 Writing Excuses 9.26: Adjusting Character Competence
18:56 Writing Excuses 9.25: Adjusting Character Sympathy
18:42 Writing Excuses 9.24: Side Quests
18:24 Writing Excuses 9.23: World Building Without Breaking Viewpoint
19:30 Writing Excuses 9.22: Microcasting
20:42 Writing Excuses 9.21: Sanderson’s 3rd Law
18:36 Writing Excuses 9.20: Creator vs Creation
17:49 Writing Excuses 9.19: Showing Emotion
18:40 Writing Excuses 9.18: Microcasting
18:55 Writing Excuses 9.17: Microcasting
19:45 Writing Excuses 9.16: Coming up with a New Ending Halfway Through
18:18 Writing Excuses 9.15: Becoming a Writer—Full Disclosure
20:16 Writing Excuses 9.14: How to have an Opinion as a Public Figure
20:05 Writing Excuses 9.13: Three Pronged Character Development
18:20 Writing Excuses 9.12: Microcasting! Twice in a row!
20:21 Writing Excuses 9.11: Microcasting
18:34 Writing Excuses 9.10: Engaging Characters
17:49 Writing Excuses 9.9: What to do When Truth is Stranger than Fiction
15:53 Writing Excuses 9.8: When is your Handwavium Good Enough?
18:51 Writing Excuses 9.7: Last Pass Revisions with Eric James Stone
20:16 Writing Excuses 9.6: The Experience of Time
19:06 Writing Excuses 9.5: Hijacking the Knowledge You Already Have, with Mette Ivie Harrison
19:41 Writing Excuses 9.4: Artificial Intelligence with Nancy Fulda
19:05 Writing Excuses 9.3: Character Perception vs. Narrative Perception with Nancy Fulda
17:57 Writing Excuses 9.2: Hard Science Fiction with Eric James Stone
22:16 Writing Excuses 9.1: Chronology of a Book Deal with Eric James Stone
18:31 Writing Excuses 8.52: You Think You Don’t Have Time to Write, with Mette Ivie Harrison
17:49 Writing Excuses 8.51: Creative non-fiction with Mette Ivie Harrison
20:47 Writing Excuses 8.50: Q&A with Mercedes Lackey
16:06 Writing Excuses 8.49: Hard Social Science Fiction with Joel Shepherd
20:43 Writing Excuses 8.48: Long-Form Storytelling with Sam Logan
19:15 Writing Excuses 8.47: Roguishness with Scott Lynch
16:53 Writing Excuses 8.46: Editing with Aeryn Rudel
16:56 Writing Excuses 8.45: Gencon Q&A With Wesley Chu
16:12 Writing Excuses 8.44: Talking Publishing with Tom Doherty
18:53 Writing Excuses 8.43: Realistic Melee Fighting with Wesley Chu
17:32 Writing Excuses 8.42: The Internal Heckler vs. The Internal Editor

Writing Excuses Podcast

Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Daniel Wells discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced, 15-minute format.

Writing Excuses Podcast

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