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 1: 12.1: Variations on First Person
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard - We're beginning a new season, and during 2017 we will be focusing our topics on structure. We are also going to shake things by expanding our cast a bit. You'll be hearing some new voices soon!
episode 2: 12.2: How to Nail Character Voice in First Person
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley - This week we talk about character voice, and how to get it right in First Person. This POV is a strong tool for developing memorable characters. We cover sentence structure, linguistic tweaks,
episode 3: 12.3: Project in Depth, “Risk Assessment,” by Sandra Tayler
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard, with Sandra Tayler - This Project in Depth episode contains spoilers for "Risk Assessment," which is included in Force Multiplication: Schlock Mercenary Book 12. The story was written by Sandra Tayler,
episode 4: 12.4: Hybrid Viewpoints
Your Hosts: Brandon, Piper, Dan, and Howard, with Sandra Tayler - Piper J. Drake joins the cast for our week-four episodes, of which this is the first. This week we'll be drilling down into hybrid viewpoints—blending 1st and 3rd person,
episode 5: 12.5: Literary Fiction
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley - This week we talk about the genre of Literary Fiction. Our first hurdle is the word "literary" whose use in this context can imply that all other genres are somehow not literature. In that vein,
episode 6: 12.6: Variations on Third Person
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard - This episode focuses on the third person POV, and some variations on them, like omniscient and limited, and some sub-variants like cinematic and head-hopping. -
episode 7: 12.7: Description Through the Third Person Lens
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley - The third-person POV lens can be used for simultaneously describing the world to the reader and describing the character. In this episode we'll talk about where we deploy these tools,
episode 8: 12.8 Short Stories as Exploration, with Tananarive Due
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard - Tananrive Due, whose short-fiction expertise is exemplified in her collection, Ghost Summer, joined us on the Oasis of the Seas to talk about how to use short stories to explore aspects of the craft.
episode 9: 12.9: Q&A on Viewpoint
Brandon, Piper, Dan, and Howard answer listener questions on viewpoint.
episode 10: 12.10: Developing Your Own, Personal Style
Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard talk about authorial voice, and how to stop being afraid of examining how you "sound" when you write.