Podcast Episodes
Back to Search13.45: Next Level Narration
Season 13 Episode 45
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Amal, and Maurice Narration is that stuff which tells your story, but isn't dialog. It's the voice of your narra…
7 years, 4 months ago
NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 2
Season 13
Your Mini-Episode Hosts: Amal El-Mohtar and Maurice Broaddus, with Special Asides from Mary Robinette Kowal We're a week in to NaNoWriMo. If you're s…
7 years, 4 months ago
13.44: Alien Characters
Season 13 Episode 44
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard As writers of speculative fiction we are frequently tasked with writing a species or race of ali…
7 years, 4 months ago
NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 1
Season 13
Your Mini-Episode Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard Back in 2017 we recorded a bonus episode for National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriM…
7 years, 5 months ago
13.43: Characters Who Are Smarter Than You Are
Season 13 Episode 43
Your Hosts: Howard, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Amal Many of us write characters who know more than we know, and/or who think faster than we do. Writing…
7 years, 5 months ago
13.42: Writing Excuses Talks to an Astronaut, with Special Guest Kjell Lindgren
Season 13 Episode 42
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard, with special space-guest Kjell Lindgren Kjell Lindgren, flight surgeon, Expedition 44/45, joined us for a…
7 years, 5 months ago
13.41: Fixing Character Problems, Part II
Season 13 Episode 41
Your Hosts: Brandon, Amal, Mary, and Maurice This is the second of our pair of episodes in which we talk about how we, your hosts, fix the problems w…
7 years, 5 months ago
13.40: Fixing Character Problems, Part I
Season 13 Episode 40
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard This is the first of two episodes in which we'll talk about how we, your hosts, fix the problems we've ide…
7 years, 5 months ago
13.39: What Writers Get Wrong, With Wendy Tolliver
Season 13 Episode 39
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Wendy Tolliver Wendy skis, and snowboards, and writes YA novels. She is also the paren…
7 years, 6 months ago
13.38: How to Find and Use Alpha Readers
Season 13 Episode 38
Your Hosts: Brandon, Valynne, Dan, and Howard We begin by making a useful distinction between alpha and beta reader: the alpha reader is an industry …
7 years, 6 months ago