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 4.21: Writing Practical Fantasy
L.E. Modesitt and Robison Wells join Brandon and Dan for a discussion of "practical" fantasy. Recorded live at CONduit in Salt Lake City.
episode 22: Writing Excuses 4.22: Q&A with L.E. Modesitt, Jr
Live from CONduit in Salt Lake City, L.E. Modessit Jr. and the Writing Excuses crew answer questions from the audience.
episode 23: Writing Excuses 4.23: How to Break In to the Young Adult Market
Janci Patterson and Robison Wells have both sold books very recently. Brandon and Dan put them on the spot and ask how they did it.
episode 24: Writing Excuses 4.24: Random Storytelling
James Dashner and Julie Wright join Brandon and Dan at CONduit in Salt Lake City, and may end up wishing they hadn't. Brandon throws sets of story concepts at the crew, and asks them to quickly frame serious stories with a solid settings and cool chara...
episode 25: Writing Excuses 4.25: Mating Plumage
James Dashner and Julie Wright talk covers, titles, and first lines with Brandon and Dan.
episode 26: Writing Excuses 4.26: Avoiding Stilted Dialog
"How do we avoid writing stilted dialog?" asked Brandon adverbially.
episode 27: Writing Excuses 4.27: Major Overhauls to Broken Stories
What do you do when, halfway through the book you're writing, you realize it needs to be completely rebuilt? More importantly, how do you figure this out in the first place? This podcast came about as a result of a question from a listener,
episode 28: Writing Excuses 4.28: Brainstorming The End and Working Backwards
Brandon, Dan, and Howard start at the ending and work their way backwards for your enjoyment.
episode 29: Writing Excuses 4.29: Line Editing
Brandon, Dan, and Howard demonstrate line-editing on an ancient manuscript.
episode 30: Writing Excuses 4.30: Worldbuilding the Future
How to build a future setting for your novel by extrapolating from the present, working backwards from the story you want to tell, and getting those to meet in the middle.