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 10: Writing Excuses 9.10: Engaging Characters
What makes characters engaging, and how is that different from them being sympathetic?
episode 11: Writing Excuses 9.11: Microcasting
Eric James Stone joins us to answer questions about editors, pitching, pantsing, and encouragement.
episode 12: Writing Excuses 9.12: Microcasting! Twice in a row!
A Q&A covering editing, rule-breaking, writing the other, gift-giving, and more.
episode 13: Writing Excuses 9.13: Three Pronged Character Development
We explore a three-value model for troubleshooting characters: Competence, Proactivity, and Sympathy
episode 14: Writing Excuses 9.14: How to have an Opinion as a Public Figure
We talk about expressing controversial opinions on the Internet. And just talking about it might be controversial...
episode 15: Writing Excuses 9.15: Becoming a Writer—Full Disclosure
Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard talk about the unpleasant surprises their careers dropped on them.
episode 16: Writing Excuses 9.16: Coming up with a New Ending Halfway Through
What to do when you discover your planned ending isn't actually going to work...
episode 18: Writing Excuses 9.18: Microcasting
We answer questions on tropes, narrative styles, editing, rule-breaking and more.
episode 19: Writing Excuses 9.19: Showing Emotion
How to go about showing a character's emotions without them seeming emo.