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Back to SearchWriting Excuses 9.54: Capstone to Season 9
Season 9 Episode 54
As 2014 draws to a close we say goodbye to Season 9, and talk a bit about what we've each learned this year. Howard explained the surprising changes …
11 years, 3 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.53: Writing For Fun
Season 9 Episode 53
You know what's fun? WRITING! Writing is fun. And that, more than anything else, is why we do it. Or at least it's why we decided to do it. Making su…
11 years, 3 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 9.52: From the Page to the Stage
Season 9 Episode 52
Allison W. Hill and C. Austin Hill joined us at the Out of Excuses Retreat to talk about turning A Night of Blacker Darkness, by Dan Wells, into a st…
11 years, 3 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.51: Q&A At The Retreat
Season 9 Episode 51
If there's a crowd with good questions, it's the Out of Excuses Workshop and Retreat attendees. Given the trend toward moral ambiguity, is there stil…
11 years, 3 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.50: Writing for the Enfranchised Reader
Season 9 Episode 50
Recorded live in front of the Out of Excuses students, a crowd of savvy readers if ever there was one, we talk about how to effectively write for rea…
11 years, 3 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.48: Neurobolics of Characters
Season 9 Episode 48
As authors we spend a lot of time trying to make our readers care about the characters we create. We have a wide variety of techniques at our disposa…
11 years, 4 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.49: Hiding the Open Grave
Season 9 Episode 49
So, you're planning to kill somebody, but you don't want anyone to see it coming. How do you make that happen? We begin by talking about the hints th…
11 years, 4 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.47: Conversation With a Bookseller
Season 9 Episode 47
Sara Glassman joins us to talk about back cover copy, covers, query letters, signings, and what booksellers look for on page one.
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11 years, 4 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.46: Disability in Narrative
Season 9 Episode 46
Charlie Harmon, one of the luminaries of Utah area fandom, joined us to talk about disability in narrative. She's been going blind gradually since sh…
11 years, 4 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.45: Tools for Writing from Oral Storytelling
Season 9 Episode 45
M. Todd Gallowglas is a writer and a storyteller who has spent years doing traditional oral storytelling at renaissance fairs. He joined us at Fantas…
11 years, 4 months ago