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: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 21: Pitfalls of Self Publishing with Larry Correia
Larry Correia is either the guy who did everything wrong and then broke into publishing anyway, or he's the exception who proves the rule. He self-published Monster Hunter International, and then got picked up by Baen Books. -
episode 22: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 22: Idea to Story
You are going to love this episode. Seriously. - Brandon throws an idea at Dan and Howard, and then we spend 15 minutes expanding on that idea as if we were going to base a story around it. - You people who keep asking where we get our ideas?
episode 23: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 23: How to Write Without Twists
Question: Can you write a good book without a plot twist? - Better question: is it a good book if your readers predicted what was coming? - Best question: is a podcast about predictable prose itself predictable? - No, seriously...
episode 24: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 24: Writing Comics with Jake Black
Jake Black fills in for Brandon "#1 New York Times Bestselling Author" Sanderson this week, and that's perfect because Jake writes comics and Brandon doesn't. So mostly this is Dan holding Jake's and my feet to the fire. -
episode 25: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 25: The Business of Writing Comics
Dan and Howard are again joined by Jake Black, who writes comics (and some other things) for a living. Jake tells us how he got into the business, and we talk about how this might be applied to other folks.
episode 26: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 26: NaNoWriMo
Dan, Howard, and Jordo descended into the basement at Dragon's Keep where members of the local NaNoWriMo chapter were attempting to bolster their word-counts for the day. We talked to them about National Novel Writing Month,
episode 27: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 27: Mixing Humor with Drama and Horror
A Monday without Writing Excuses is kind of like a Tuesday without Writing Excuses, only far less aggravating. - With Brandon once again by our side(s), we venture once more into the realm of humor: this time,
episode 28: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 28: World-Building Gender Roles
Is there a disconnect? Brandon specifically introduces the episode as "World-building political correctness," but the title here says "World-Building Gender Roles." And then Brandon goes on to blame Howard for picking the title. There is, in fact,
episode 29: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 29: Antiheroes
What is an Antihero? There are lots of definitions of this word, so Dan boils it down to just three: The Frodo, The Punisher, and The Talented Mister Ripley. And that third definition is the one Brandon believes to be the most correct,
episode 30: Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 30: Unreliable Narrators
This episode totally would have updated earlier if I'd only known sooner that it was ready to go. Jordo says he emailed me early this evening, but if he HAD then you'd have been listening to this by 8:00pm Sunday. - So...