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: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 11: Trimming
Let's talk "trimming." Why do it? Well... because your manuscript is longer than it needs to be. Yes, we're talking to you. AND you. And you, too. None of you are exempt! (Well... maybe YOU are, but you can't be allowed to believe it.) - So...
episode 12: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 12: Subplots
Meanwhile, several side-characters found themselves looking for a sub-plot in the tavern. Something funny, or perhaps romantic to take the load off of the main story, but still tense enough to keep the pace going.
episode 13: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 13: Dialects and In-World Jargon
Howard here, folks. On behalf of the entire Writing Excuses team I'd like to apologize in advance for that which you are about to receive. - You know how sometimes one of those crazy thoughts seems like a good idea,
episode 14: 3.14: The Four Principles of Puppetry, with Mary Robinette Kowal
Aside from being a delightful author and a Campbell award winner, Mary Robinette Kowal is a professional puppeteer. She joined us at WorldCon 67 in Montreal, and totally schooled us in front of a live audience. - I mean it. TOTALLY SCHOOLED. -
episode 15: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 15: Writing Process Q&A, with Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal joins us again, live at WorldCon 67 in Montreal! This time we fell back on that tried-and-true "Questions from the Audience" format, so the topic is pretty much what the audience asks for on the fly. -
episode 16: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 16: The Anti-Mary Sue Episode
John Brown, debut author of Servant of a Dark God, joins us for this discussion of the avoidance of self-insertion. In polite company we call this the "Mary Sue," because it's difficult to say "self-insertion" in polite company,
episode 17: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 17: Characters & Worldbuilding Q&A with Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary is back! We still had a Mary Robinette Kowal episode from WorldCon 67, and now you have it too! We take questions from the audience, and then answer them. Here are the questions: What do you do if your characters revolt and start to take over ...
episode 18: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 18: How To Not Repeat Yourself
John Brown rejoins us for this discussion of repetition. How do we, as writers, avoid repeating ourselves? We're not just talking about the literal re-use of words and phrases here. We're interested in avoiding the re-use of themes, character arcs,
episode 19: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 19: Emotion in Fiction with John Brown
John Brown joins us again, and tells us that fiction "is all about guiding an emotional response in a reader." We begin with a discussion of depression, which John (like many of us) had to deal with. He tells us about the paths for emotional response,
episode 20: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 20: Plot- vs. Character-Driven Fiction
Larry Correia, whose debut novel Monster Hunter International hit the market this summer, joins us for a discussion of plot-driven vs. character driven fiction. We start with a definition of terms and a discussion of the battlefield.