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Season 10 Episode 39
Kevin J. Anderson joined us at Sasquan/WorldCon 73 to take questions about plot twists. Here are the questions that came in from our live audience: G…
10 years, 6 months ago
Writing Excuses 10.38: How Does Context Shape Dialog?
Season 10 Episode 38
Our second installment for the Master Class's month of context covers the way dialog between characters may change meaning depending upon the context…
10 years, 6 months ago
Writing Excuses 10.37: Being a Good Panelist and a Great Moderator, with Susan J. Morris and Marc Tassin
Season 10 Episode 37
This month's wildcard episode comes to you from the 2015 GenCon Indy Writers' Symposium, where Dan and Howard had the opportunity to interview Susan …
10 years, 6 months ago
Writing Excuses 10.36: How Does Context Shape Plot Twists?
Season 10 Episode 36
We've talked about plot twists before. This episode covers the way in which the type of plot twist is dependent on, or signaled by, the context of th…
10 years, 6 months ago
Writing Excuses 10.35: Breaking In, With Charlie N. Holmberg
Season 10 Episode 35
Charlie N. Holmberg, who was recently signed by Amazon's 47 North imprint, joined us in front of a live audience it Sasquan (the 73rd World Science F…
10 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses 10.34: Q&A on Pacing
Season 10 Episode 34
We wrap up this month's discussion of pacing with a Q&A. Here are the questions we pulled out of the virtual hat (read: Twitter) for answering during…
10 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses 10.33: Combat, with Marie Brennan
Season 10 Episode 33
Marie Brennan joins us again, this time for a discussion about writing combat. She's studied fencing, combat choreography, and is *this close* to hav…
10 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses 10.32: How Do I Control the Speed of the Story?
Season 10 Episode 32
Words take time to read, but that's not the same amount of time that the words communicate...
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10 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses 10.31: How Do I Control the Reader’s Sense of Progress?
Season 10 Episode 31
Are we making progress? How do we communicate that to the reader?
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Writing Excuses 10.30: Q&A on Middles, with Marie Brennan
Season 10 Episode 30
Marie Brennan joins us again, this time to help us field your questions about middles. Here are the questions we collected from the various social me…
10 years, 8 months ago