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 20: Writing Excuses 9.20: Creator vs Creation
How do we interact with readers who find meaning in our works that we don't recall putting in there?
episode 21: Writing Excuses 9.21: Sanderson’s 3rd Law
When building your world, go deep rather than going wide.
episode 23: Writing Excuses 9.23: World Building Without Breaking Viewpoint
How do you describe water from the point of view of a fish?
episode 24: Writing Excuses 9.24: Side Quests
Side quests come in a couple of forms -- they may be something inside the book that takes the characters away from the main plotline, or they may be adventures that take place outside of the book itself. - We talk about the first type,
episode 25: Writing Excuses 9.25: Adjusting Character Sympathy
In which we discuss adjusting how sympathetic the reader is toward a particular character...
episode 26: Writing Excuses 9.26: Adjusting Character Competence
In which we discuss adjusting how competent our characters appear...
episode 27: Writing Excuses 9.27: Pre-writing
Pre-writing: It's like pre-cooking, only with more abandoned prologues and fewer refried beans.
episode 28: Writing Excuses 9.28: Part 1 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
The first of the SHADOWS BENEATH critique episodes, in which we thrash on a new Cosmere story from Brandon Sanderson so that he can fix it. Part 1 of 2.
episode 29: Writing Excuses 9.29: Part 2 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
The second of the SHADOWS BENEATH critique episodes, in which we thrash on a new Cosmere story from Brandon Sanderson so that he can fix it. Part 2 of 2.