Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchWriting Excuses 9.34: Science Fiction as Science Education
Season 9 Episode 34
Brad "Doctor Zombie" Voytek talks to us about making science accessible and attractive through science fiction.
Our Sponsors:
* Check out HomeServe: ht…
11 years, 9 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.33: Microcasting
Season 9 Episode 33
Q&A in which we cover proofreading, writing time, career stuff, and no, you can't have any of our DNA.
Our Sponsors:
* Check out HomeServe: https://www…
11 years, 9 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.32: Adjusting Character Proactivity
Season 9 Episode 32
We talk about how to make characters more or less proactive in the stories we tell.
Our Sponsors:
* Check out HomeServe: https://www.homeserve.com
* Che…
11 years, 9 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.31: Critiquing “An Honest Death”
Season 9 Episode 31
The fourth of the SHADOWS BENEATH critique episodes, in which Howard is stuck...
Our Sponsors:
* Check out HomeServe: https://www.homeserve.com
* Check …
11 years, 10 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.30: Critiquing A Fire in the Heavens
Season 9 Episode 30
The third of the SHADOWS BENEATH critique episodes, in which Mary schools us with Milford...
Our Sponsors:
* Check out HomeServe: https://www.homeserve…
11 years, 10 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.29: Part 2 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
Season 9 Episode 29
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 o…
11 years, 10 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.28: Part 1 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
Season 9 Episode 28
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…
11 years, 10 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.27: Pre-writing
Season 9 Episode 27
Pre-writing: It's like pre-cooking, only with more abandoned prologues and fewer refried beans.
Our Sponsors:
* Check out HomeServe: https://www.homese…
11 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.26: Adjusting Character Competence
Season 9 Episode 26
In which we discuss adjusting how competent our characters appear...
Our Sponsors:
* Check out HomeServe: https://www.homeserve.com
* Check out MasterCl…
11 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses 9.25: Adjusting Character Sympathy
Season 9 Episode 25
In which we discuss adjusting how sympathetic the reader is toward a particular character...
Our Sponsors:
* Check out HomeServe: https://www.homeserve…
11 years, 11 months ago