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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13.b1: Bonus Episode — Elephants and Death, with Lawrence Schoen
Your Hosts: Howard and Dan, with special guest Lawrence Schoen - Lawrence Schoen, clinical psychologist, cognitive hypnotist, small press publisher, Klingon language expert, and novelist, joined us at GenCon Indy for a bonus episode about elephants an...
NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 1
Your Mini-Episode Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard - Back in 2017 we recorded a bonus episode for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and then forgot to air it. Here, then, in the spirit of never throwing anything away,
NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 2
Your Mini-Episode Hosts: Amal El-Mohtar and Maurice Broaddus, with Special Asides from Mary Robinette Kowal - We're a week in to NaNoWriMo. If you're scared of it, Amal is here to tell you that it's okay to feel that way,
NaNoWriMo 2018 Bonus Episode, with Mercedes Lackey
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Mercedes Lackey - NaNoWriMo 2018 is half-way over today. Are you stuck? Do you need to get unstuck? Mercedes Lackey joined us at GenCon Indy back in 2017 to talk about writer's b...
episode 1: 13.1: Hero, Protagonist, Main Character
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard - 2018 is our Year of Character, and we kick it off with a quick exploration of the differences between heroes, protagonists, and main characters. Beginning with addressing the question "wait,
episode 2: 13.2: Writing Active Characters
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Amal, and Maurice - This week we welcome Amal El-Mohtar and Maurice Broaddus to the Writing Excuses cast for a discussion of active characters. We cover characters who move stories forward,
episode 3: 13.3: What Writers Get Wrong, with Aliette de Bodard
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary, Aliette, and Howard - This year's third-week episodes will all follow a common theme: "what writers get wrong." Each of these episodes will feature an expert guest who will help us understand what writers get wrong about somethi...
episode 4: 13.4: Protagonists Who Aren’t Sympathetic
Your Hosts: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard - This week we're joined by Valynne Maetani, who'll be one of our hosts all year. We're discussing protagonists who, per writer intent, do not engender audience sympathy. -
episode 5: 13.5: Villain, Antagonist, Obstacle
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard - What's the difference between villains and antagonists? How is an obstacle character different from those other two? How are they alike? And most importantly, how can we use this information to write effect...
episode 6: 13.6: External Conflicts for Characters
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Amal, and Maurice - An external conflict is a story driver that originates outside the protagonist. In this episode a large part of what we'll focus on is person-vs-environment as opposed to person-vs-person.