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
episode 21: 12.21: Narrative Bumper Pool, with Bill Fawcett and Carrie Patel
Your Hosts: Howard and Dan, with special guests Bill Fawcett and Carrie Patel - Bill and Carrie both have extensive experience writing for games, and they joined us at GenCon Indy to talk about writing for an interactive story, like a tabletop RPG,
episode 22: 12.22: Hybrid Outlining and Discovery Writing
Your Hosts: Brandon, Piper, Dan, and Howard - What can discovery writers learn from outlining? What can outliners learn from discovery writing? Is there a balance between the two that can serve as a happy, productive place for writers?
episode 23: 12.23: Proposals, Pitches, and Queries
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard - Let's talk about selling your stuff. In this episode we discuss query letters, pitches, and proposals—the tools that you use to present your material to people who can pay you for it,
episode 24: 12.24: Creating Great Outlines
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley - How might you go about creating great outlines? There are many processes, and we cover several of them. - - Credits: This episode was recorded by Andrew Twiss, and mastered by Alex Jackson
episode 25: 12.25: Hiring an Editor, with Callie Stoker
Your Hosts: Howard and Dan, with special guest Callie Stoker - Callie Stoker joined Howard and Dan at the World Horror convention to answer our questions about hiring an editor, which is part of the process by which self-published authors build the te...
episode 26: 12.26: Q&A on Outlining and Discovery Writing
Your Hosts: Brandon, Piper, Dan, and Howard - Our listeners had questions about outlining and discovery writing. Here are a few of the very best: Do you outline scenes? How? How do you know when to STOP outlining something?
episode 27: 12.27: Choosing a Length
We discuss the ways in which we decide upon the length of the stories we write, and at which point(s) in the creative process we make that decision.
episode 28: 12.28: Trimming and Expanding
Revision: it's when you make a too-short piece longer, or a too-long piece shorter.
episode 29: 12.29: “Oh Crap, the Cops are Here!” with Joe McKinney
Your Hosts: Howard and Dan, with Steve Diamond, and special guest Joe McKinney - We invited Steve Diamond, who has been a guest before, and who has some law enforcement background, to help us grill Joe McKinney, who has tons of that background,
episode 30: 12.30: Tools for Writers
Your Hosts: Brandon, Piper, Dan, and Howard - We are often asked what software we use to get our work done. In this episode we answer that question in a bit of detail. - Liner Notes: Here's a linked list of the tools referenced during this episode.