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 31: 15.31: The Agent in the Room
Your Hosts: Dan, DongWon, Piper, and Howard - You had questions for agents, Dongwon has answers! How do you go about becoming an agent? How do an agent and author work together? At what point do agent and author talk about the "sticky stuff...
episode 32: 15.32: Short Story Markets
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, and Lari, with special guest Erin Roberts - Erin Roberts joins us for a discussion of short story markets—a topic which is very susceptible to "churn" because of the way short story markets come and go.
episode 33: 15.33: The Long, Dark Second Act of the Soul
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard - Many Writing Excuses listeners have asked us how we muscle through writing second acts, those big, chonky "middles" of our stories. In this episode we attempt to provide answers. -
episode 34: 15.34: Writing Deliberate Discomfort
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, Lari, and Erin - How do you proceed when the story you want to write includes elements that make you personally uncomfortable? In this episode we step out of our own comfort zones to examine this challenge,
episode 35: 15.35: Tools for Writing and Worldbuilding, with Erin Roberts
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, Lari, and special guest Erin Roberts - We've received a number of questions about the 'tools of the trade' for organizing our work, especially with regard to worldbuilding. In this episode we talk about what we use,
episode 36: 15.36: Collaboration, with Shannon and Dean Hale
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, and Dan, with special guests Shannon and Dean Hale - We've had several discussions about collaboration, and we've learned that the answer to "how do you collaborate with other authors" is different with each collab...
episode 37: 15.37: Writing Under Deadlines
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard - What's it like to write under a deadline which has been set for your project by someone else? What strategies might help you bring the writing in under the deadline?
episode 38: 15.38: Depicting Religions That Are Not Your Own
Your Hosts: Piper, Dan, and Tempest, with special guest Nisi Shawl - Whether you're writing about a real-world religion, or one you've created for your setting, there are numerous factors to be aware of. In this episode we discuss a few good and bad e...
episode 39: 15.39: Translation, with special guest Alex Shvartsman
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, Dan, and Lari, with guest Alex Shvartsman - Translation is fantastically complex. In this episode Lari and Alex help us navigate those complexities, both from the standpoint of the translator,
episode 40: 15.40: Researching for Writing the Other
Your Hosts: Piper, Dan, and Tempest, with special guests Nisi Shawl and Silvia Moreno-Garcia - Writing stories which feature people who are not like you is, in a word, difficult. In another word? Fraught. But good writers do difficult things,