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: 17.21: Casting Your Story With Character Voice
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - Every member of your ensemble has a reason to be there, but they also have their own voice. Zoraida Cordova joins us for a discussion of how we make our ensemble characters dist...
episode 22: 17.22: Establishing the Ensemble
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - Every character in your ensemble needs to matter to the team, or they probably don't belong in the ensemble. Zoraida Cordova leads us into this discussion of how we build our en...
episode 23: 17.23: Are We Stronger Together?
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - Sometimes we have to look at our ensemble of characters and ask ourselves what kind of story we're trying to tell? If the story works with a single protagonist and one POV,
episode 24: 17.24: Ensembles and Genre
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - This week we're talking about how our genre choice influences the structure of our ensemble. How is a heist ensemble different from a superhero team?
episode 25: 17.25: Archetypes, Ensembles, and Expectations
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - We've talked about making every member of the ensemble meaningful. In this episode we're discussing who, in archetype terms, everybody is.
episode 26: 17.26: Hanging Separately
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - Our episode title comes to us across two and a half centuries: "We must, indeed, all hang together or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately." —Benjamin Franklin
episode 27: 17.27: Ensembles Behind the Scenes
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Zoraida Cordova, Kaela Rivera, and Howard Tayler - In this, our final "ensemble masterclass" episode, we discuss the nuts-and-bolts, the tips and tricks, the tools of the trade. In short,
episode 28: 17.28: Keys to Writing Dialog
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Broaddus, and Howard Tayler - Writer, teacher, and community organizer Maurice Broaddus joins us for an eight-episode mini-master-class on writing dialogue.
episode 29: 17.29: The Job of Dialogue
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Broaddus, and Howard Tayler - We're back with Maurice Broaddus for the second in our eight-episode mini-master-class on writing dialogue. This time around we're addressing the question of dialogue's...
episode 30: 17.30: Know Your Characters
Your Hosts: Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, Maurice Broaddus, and Howard Tayler - How well do you know your characters? Sure, you might know their age, nationality, and perhaps wardrobe, but how well do you know their internal characteristics?