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 19 hours 38 minutes
episode 32: 17.32: Everything is About Conflict
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Broaddus, and Howard Tayler - Everything is about conflict? Really? Well, yes. Maybe not in the action-movie sense, but conflict is everywhere, even among people whose goals, objectives,
episode 31: 17.31: Everyone Has an Agenda
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Broaddus, and Howard Tayler - We've mentioned "area of intention" earlier in this dialog master class, but now the concept gets the spotlight. If all of your characters have their own agendas,
episode 30: 17.30: Know Your Characters
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Broaddus, and Howard Tayler - How well do you know your characters? Sure, you might know their age, nationality, and perhaps wardrobe, but how well do you know their internal characteristics?
episode 29: 17.29: The Job of Dialogue
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Broaddus, and Howard Tayler - We're back with Maurice Broaddus for the second in our eight-episode mini-master-class on writing dialogue. This time around we're addressing the question of dialogue's...
episode 28: 17.28: Keys to Writing Dialog
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Broaddus, and Howard Tayler - Writer, teacher, and community organizer Maurice Broaddus joins us for an eight-episode mini-master-class on writing dialogue.
episode 27: 17.27: Ensembles Behind the Scenes
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - In this, our final "ensemble masterclass" episode, we discuss the nuts-and-bolts, the tips and tricks, the tools of the trade. In short,
episode 26: 17.26: Hanging Separately
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - Our episode title comes to us across two and a half centuries: "We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." —Benjamin Franklin
episode 25: 17.25: Archetypes, Ensembles, and Expectations
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - We've talked about making every member of the ensemble meaningful. In this episode we're discussing who, in archetype terms, everybody is.
episode 24: 17.24: Ensembles and Genre
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - This week we're talking about how our genre choice influences the structure of our ensemble. How is a heist ensemble different from a superhero team?
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,