Writing Excuses

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 33 minutes

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episode 2: 18.02: An Interview with DongWon Song


Your Hosts: Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler - As we announced in last week's episode (and in this press release),  DongWon Song and Erin Roberts are joining us as permanent cast members.


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 January 9, 2023  23m
 
 

episode 1: 18.01: Twenty Twenty-Three, By Way of Introduction


Your Hosts: Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler - We begin 2023 with some big changes, and in this episode we'll discuss those, starting with some changes to the core cast.


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 January 2, 2023  24m
 
 

episode 52: 17.52: The WXR 2022 Q&A


Your Hosts: Brandon, Dan, Mary Robinette, and Howard - This Q&A session was recorded before a live audience aboard ship at WXR 2022, - Here are some paraphrasings of the questions our attendees asked: -


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 December 26, 2022  30m
 
 

episode 51: 17.51: Feel The Burn


Your Hosts: Dongwon Song, Piper J. Drake, Peng Shepherd, Marshall Carr, Jr., and Erin Roberts - Let's talk about burnout. It's been a long few years (with some of those years feeling like decades) so this may seem timely,


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 December 18, 2022  19m
 
 

episode 50: 17.50: Consistency, Inconsistency, and the Crushing Weight of Expectations


Your Hosts: Howard Tayler, Dongwon Song, and Dan Wells - Thanks to some last-minute schedule changes, we almost didn't have an episode for today. Only three cast members were able to make it to the session, and none of those three had the syllabus.


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 December 12, 2022  22m
 
 

episode 49: 17.49: Bodies Are Magical


Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, C.L. Polk, Fran Wilde, and Howard Tayler  - Let's put a stake in the ground here: disabilities do not grant magical powers. And yet that exact trope can be found in multiple genres, across multiple mediums.


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 December 5, 2022  20m
 
 

episode 48: 17.48: Bodies, Why? (Part III)


Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, C.L. Polk, Fran Wilde, and Howard Tayler  - Let's talk about pain. It hurts, yes, but we all experience it, so writing about it can be a great point of connection between the writer and the reader. - Also,


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 November 28, 2022  26m
 
 

episode 47: 17.47: The Linguistics of Disability


Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, C.L. Polk, Fran Wilde, and Howard Tayler  - This is the "talking about how to talk about" talk. We begin by reviewing the difference between the medical model and the social model of disability. -


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 November 21, 2022  20m
 
 

episode 46: 17.46: Monstrous Awakening


Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, C.L. Polk, Fran Wilde, and Howard Tayler  - Okay, before we start, you have homework: Please take a few minutes to read this essay by Fran Wilde entitled "You Wake Up Monstrous." -


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 November 14, 2022  18m
 
 

episode 45: 17.45: Bodies, Tech, and Character


Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, C.L. Polk, Fran Wilde, and Howard Tayler  - Let's talk about technological body-modification! It's a common element in science fiction, but it's also an increasingly important part of the world we're living in right now.


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 November 7, 2022  21m