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 30 minutes
episode 11: 15.11: Digital is Different, with Cory Doctorow
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, Piper, Howard, and special guest Cory Doctorow - "How do you break in?" is one of those questions we always get asked in some form or another, and it's also one for which those of us who "broke in" more than a couple of yea...
episode 12: 15.12: Writing the Other—Being an Ally
Your Hosts: Piper, Tempest, DongWon, with special guest Erin Roberts - What can we do to be allies to members of marginalized groups? Many of us want to find ways to help others have safe, comfortable places within our communities,
episode 13: 15.13: Using Elections in Stories
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Daniel Friend - Daniel Friend, who edits SF/F, has worked in election offices, has run for office, and has participated in campaigns.
episode 14: 15.14: Agent Query Trenches
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard - The title of this episode comes to us from listener questions along the lines of "what do you do when you're 'in the trenches' querying agents?" Our answers, predictably,
episode 15: 15.15: Dialog
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard - Listener questions drove this episode, and there are only two of them but they were pretty good drivers. Here they are: Is it a problem that all my dialog ends up as logic-based debates betw...
episode 16: 15.16: Balancing Plot and Character
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard - We're often asked how to balance character arcs with the intricacies of the plots we create. In this episode we talk about the various ways in which we do this. -
episode 17: 15.17: Asexual Representation
Your Hosts: Dan, Tempest, Mary Robinette, and Howard - Generally speaking, asexuality is a sexual orientation or identity typified by the absence of a desire to have sex. It's *way* more complicated than that, however,
episode 18: 15.18: Finding a Community, with Shauna Hoffman
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, Dan, and Lari¹, with special guest Shauna Hoffman - Many Writing Excuses listeners (especially WXR alumni) already know Shauna Hoffman. She joins us to talk about how to deal with the fact that we, as authors,
episode 19: 15.19: As You Know, This Episode Is About Exposition
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard - "As you know, Bob..." is the trope-tastic line we use to refer to expository dialog which has no function beyond exposition. - We get lots of listener questions about how to use dialog for exposition w...
episode 20: 15.20: Mental Wellness and Writing
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard - In this episode we'll be talking about the things we do to stay creative, productive, healthy, and happy. For the purposes of this discussion, "mental wellness" is not about coping with mental illness,