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 21 hours 2 minutes
episode 27: 13.27: Characters as Foils
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Amal, and Maurice - A foil is a character who serves as a contrast to another character. The foil might be a sidekick, an antagonist, a romantic interest, or really any other character who gets enough focus for the contrast ...
episode 28: 13.28: What Writers Get Wrong, with Wildstyle
At GenCon Indy 2017 we were joined by Wildstyle (@MrWildstyle on Twitter), who wears many hats, and many of the hats he wears are donned in service of producing hip-hop. - One of the most interesting revelations (especially for Howard,
episode 29: 13.29: Iconic Heroes
Your Hosts: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard - The term "iconic hero" allows us to differentiate between different kinds of heroes who appear in series. Nancy Drew and Conan the Barbarian are iconic, but Leia Organa and Aragorn are epic.
episode 30: 13.30: Project in Depth, THE CALCULATING STARS, with Kjell Lindgren
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, and Dan, with Kjell Lindgren - Spoiler Alert! If you haven't yet read The Calculating Stars: A Lady Astronaut Novel, by Mary Robinette Kowal, you may wish to rectify that prior to listening. -
episode 31: 13.31: Learning to Listen as a Writer
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard - "Write what you know" gets misapplied a lot. In this episode we'll talk about how to know things by listening well. In particular, we're looking at writing interesting characters by listening to real people...
episode 32: 13.32: How To Handle Weighty Topics
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Amal, and Maurice - How can we, as writers, best handle weighty matters? This is our year on character, so we'll approach this with a focus on character creation, depiction, and dialog? - This topic is, in and of itself,
episode 33: 13.33: Reading Outside the Box
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary, Aliette, and Howard, with Kristie Claxton - Kristie Claxton joined us at WXR 2017 to talk about reading outside of the spaces where we're comfortable and familiar. Specifically, we focused on how to learn about people who are no...
episode 34: 13.34: Q&A on Character Arcs
Your Hosts: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard - You had questions. We came up with answers. The questions are below: How do you fulfill promises about character arcs without being cliché? How do you subvert character tropes without betraying the ...
episode 35: 13.35: Cliché vs. Archetype
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard - Tropes, archetypes, and even cliches are tools in our toolboxes. There's no avoiding them, but there are definitely ways to use them incorrectly. In this episode we'll talk about how we shake off our fear o...
episode 36: 13.36: Confronting the Default
Your Hosts: Brandon, Amal, Mary, and Maurice - If you live in the northern hemisphere, inland, perhaps above the 40th parallel, you are probably quite sure that there are four distinct seasons. There are, however, many,