episode 4: Writing Excuses Episode 4: Beginnings
The first line of any story is the most important. - People get drawn in to a book because of the first line. - Brandon, Howard and Dan talk about how to start a book and what's important about the first line.
episode 3: Writing Excuses Episode 3: Killing your Darlings
How do you make your novel better? Sometimes you have to cut out the part you like best. Don't believe me? Before I posted this I had attached an image of a chimp wearing a tux. - Brandon's Deleted Scenes - Howard's Original Time-Travel Outline
episode 2: Writing Excuses Episode 2: Blending the Familiar and the Original
How do you know when your setting of high school kids solve supernatural mysteries becomes cliché? Brandon, Howard and Dan discuss how you create unique concepts by blending familiar topics with something new and original and how to avoid possible pit...
episode 1: Writing Excuses Episode 1: Brainstorming
Brandon, Howard and Dan discuss where their ideas come from and Howard tells us a little too much about his love of Pepsi. - wikidPad Home Page