Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced format. A weekly podcast about the craft and business of writing.
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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 11 days 20 hours 7 minutes
episode 23: 17.23: Are We Stronger Together?
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - Sometimes we have to look at our ensemble of characters and ask ourselves what kind of story we're trying to tell? If the story works with a single protagonist and one POV,
episode 22: 17.22: Establishing the Ensemble
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - Every character in your ensemble needs to matter to the team, or they probably don't belong in the ensemble. Zoraida Cordova leads us into this discussion of how we build our en...
episode 21: 17.21: Casting Your Story With Character Voice
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - Every member of your ensemble has a reason to be there, but they also have their own voice. Zoraida Cordova joins us for a discussion of how we make our ensemble characters dist...
episode 20: 17.20: Basics of Ensemble Characterization
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - What's the difference between an ensemble story, and a story the has a lot of characters in it? Zoraida Cordova joins us for this episode,
episode 19: 17.19: Working in a Collaborative Environment
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Brandon Sanderson, and Megan Lloyd - Megan Lloyd returns to the podcast to talk us through the process of creating something in a collaborative environment, whether it's a pair of authors working together,
episode 18: 17.18: How to be Funny, with Jody Lynn Nye
Your Hosts: Dan Wells and Brandon Sanderson, with special guest Jody Lynn Nye - So, you've decided you want something to be funny. How do you go about making that happen? Jody Lynn Nye joined Dan and Brandon at LTUE, and pitched this topic to them.
episode 17: 17.17: Writing in the Public Domain
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Brandon Sanderson, and Gama Martinez - Did you know that there are some famous intellectual properties which have entered the public domain, and which you can therefore use to create your own stories? It's true!
episode 16: 17.16: Miscellaneous Structures
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Peng Shepherd, and Howard Tayler - Thus far we've attempted to organize our discussion of sub-, micro-, and other alternative structures with specific categories,
episode 15: 17.15: Storytelling in the Footnotes
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Peng Shepherd, and Howard Tayler - You probably already know what footnotes are¹, but have you ever seen a story told through the footnotes²? It's similar to the story-within-a-story structure,
episode 14: 17.14: Structuring for Disordered or Order-less Reading Order
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Peng Shepherd, and Howard Tayler - Guest host Peng Shepherd leads our discussion of "order-less reading order" (after we get past the business of "having too much fun with the episode title").