Podcast Episodes

20.44: Now Go Write- How to Handle Relationships

Season 20 Episode 44

We have an exciting announcement! Writing Excuses is publishing a book, Now Go Write, which will feature writing from all of our hosts! Sign up for our newsletter to learn when our book is coming out…

Published on 17 hours ago

20.43: An Interview with Dr. Tara Lepore on Paleontology

Season 20 Episode 43

Erin and Howard sat down with paleontologist Dr. Tara Lepore for a fascinating dive into the science—and storytelling potential—of deep time. Dr. Lepore explains why paleontology is about far more th…

Published on 1 week ago

20.42: Erin Roberts’ Personal Writing Process

Season 20 Episode 42

Erin describes her own writing process as, “a bunch of random practices thrown into a bag and shaken up." Nevertheless, for today’s episode, Erin managed to organize her processes into four categorie…

Published on 2 weeks ago

20.41: DongWon Song’s Personal Writing Process

Season 20 Episode 41

We’re continuing our episodes focusing on our hosts’ personal writing practices. Like Mary Robinette’s. DongWon’s involves a bit of… chaos. 

DongWon’s day job as a literary agent is demanding and unpr…

Published on 3 weeks ago

20.40: Mary Robinette Kowal’s Personal Writing Process

Season 20 Episode 40

A lot of people ask published authors what their writing process is like, as if it is a key to being able to write. The only important process is the one that works for you. 

So, we’re going to let ea…

Published on 4 weeks ago

20.39: Wrapping up our Conversation about Lenses

Season 20 Episode 39

Today our hosts tell you why you don’t need to listen to all of our episodes—or even most of them. Each of our five hosts weighs in on how you can combine the topics, subtopics, and lenses that each …

Published on 1 month ago

20.38: An Interview with Charlie Jane Anders

Season 20 Episode 38

We had the absolute joy of sitting down with Charlie Jane Anders, the author of the book we’ve focused on for our last four episodes (All the Birds in the Sky). We talked with Anders about POV, tone,…

Published on 1 month, 1 week ago

20.37: Deep Dive into “All the Birds in the Sky” - Using the Lens of Why

Season 20 Episode 37

This is our final episode before we have Charlie Jane Anders on the podcast to talk about her writing process next week! Today we’re talking about intention by analyzing thematics, the author’s inten…

Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago

20.36: Deep Dive into “All the Birds in the Sky” - Using the Lens of When

Season 20 Episode 36

If you still want to read All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders, you can purchase it here!

We are looking today at the lens of when. But we’re not going to look at time periods—instead, we’r…

Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago

20.35: Deep Dive into “All the Birds in the Sky” - Using the Lens of Where

Season 20 Episode 35

If you still want to read All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders, you can purchase it here!

Today we’re talking about places and place-moments. We’re looking at how Anders uses context, detai…

Published on 2 months ago