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 19: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 19: Do Creative Writing Classes Help
Brandon and Dan met during a creative writing class at Brigham Young University, and Brandon went on to get a Master's Degree in the field. Howard has no formal training in the field. This begs the question... do creative writing classes help?
episode 20: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 20: Marketing 101 for Creators
Howard takes the moderatorial lead on this episode in which he, Brandon, and Dan are joined by Rob Wells for a discussion of marketing. - What is marketing? What's the difference between marketing and PR? What's the difference between a marketing man...
episode 21: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 21: Fight Scenes
Rob Wells joins the Writing Excuses crew for a second 'cast, this time dealing with fight scenes. We talk about good blocking versus a bad blow-by-blow, and cover a few of the factors that may dictate the right style of description for that wicked-coo...
episode 22: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 22: Marketing 201, Branding for Authors
"Branding," not "Brandon," just so we're clear. Brand-ING. - We open with the definition of "branding," talking about what it is, and (just as importantly) what it is not. With that out of the way we forge ahead and talk about author brands,
episode 23: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 23: Avoiding the Cliché with Tracy Hickman
We took Writing Excuses on the road last month for "Life, The Universe, and Everything," the symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy at Brigham Young University. The Guests of Honor were Tracy and Laura Hickman,
episode 24: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 24: Writing Habits and Q&A with Tracy Hickman
Tracy Hickman joins us again at "Life, The Universe, and Everything," and in this episode we let Brandon ask him random questions while Dan and Howard chime in with comments that hopefully don't detract from the discussion. -
episode 25: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 25: The Seven Deadly Sins of Slush Stories
Nancy Fulda fills in for Dan for this week's episode (he was sick, she was in town, huzzah!) but she's more than just "filling in." She's FEATURED. Nancy is the assistant editor for Jim Baen's Universe, and as such is probably the one who rejected your...
episode 26: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 26: How Publishing is Changing in the new Century
Nancy Fulda, assistant editor at Baen's Universe and editor-in-chief and founder of Anthology Builder, joins us again while Dan Wells is out celebrating his birthday. We discuss the rise of digital SF magazines,
episode 27: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 27: Reading Critically
As a writer you obviously know how to read. But being a writer changes how you read, and what you read, and even why you read. Do you read more, or less as a writer? How do you read so that your reading doesn't interfere with writing?
episode 28: Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 28: Applying Critical Reading: “Watchmen”
Last week we talked about reading critically, reading as writers. This week we decided to apply that critical reading skill to Watchmen, the Hugo award-winning graphic novel by Alan Moore, illustrated by Dave Gibbons and colorist John Higgins.