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 2 minutes
episode 38: Writing Excuses 7.38: Writing Love Scenes
Shanna Germain joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard for a frank discussion of love scenes.
episode 39: Writing Excuses 7.39: Death
Killing characters for all the right reasons, and knowing what the wrong ones are.
episode 40: Writing Excuses 7.40: Writing the Other
Maurice Broaddus joins us to talk about "writing the other" -- writing other cultures, races, genders -- basically anybody who isn't much like you.
episode 41: Writing Excuses 7.41: Seven-Point Story Structure
Dan Wells walks us through the seven-point story structure format he uses, and then we demonstrate by brainstorming this on a sample story.
episode 42: Writing Excuses 7.42: Contemporary YA Fiction
Janci Patterson joins us to talk about contemporary YA , her debut novel "Chasing the Skip," and writing from a pitch.
episode 43: Writing Excuses 7.43: Tie-in Fantasy Fiction with James L Sutter
James L. Sutter, Pathfinder editor with Paizo, talks to us about tie-in fiction.
episode 44: Writing Excuses 7.44: Writing for Comics with Jim Zub
Jim Zub talks writing comics with Brandon, Howard, and Mary at GenCon Indy
episode 45: Writing Excuses 7.45: Microcasting
It's microcasting time! This week we take a crack at the following listener questions: What percentage of a rough draft makes it into print? What are the pitfalls of jumping from novels to short fiction, and vice versa?
episode 46: Writing Excuses 7.46: Project in Depth The Emperor’s Soul
Brandon talks in depth about his novella "The Emperor's Soul"
episode 47: Writing Excuses 7.47: Raising the Stakes
What are the things that matter to your characters? What things matter to your readers? After we get the obligatory ambiguity out of the way, we settle into talking about the "stakes" and the escalation thereof.