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Writing Excuses 9.24: Side Quests

Season 9 Episode 24

Side quests come in a couple of forms -- they may be something inside the book that takes the characters away from the main plotline, or they may be …

11 years, 11 months ago

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Writing Excuses 9.23: World Building Without Breaking Viewpoint

Season 9 Episode 23

How do you describe water from the point of view of a fish?

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11 years, 11 months ago

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Writing Excuses 9.22: Microcasting

Season 9 Episode 22

Prologues, motivations, and research, oh my!

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12 years ago

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Writing Excuses 9.21: Sanderson’s 3rd Law

Season 9 Episode 21

When building your world, go deep rather than going wide.

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12 years ago

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Writing Excuses 9.20: Creator vs Creation

Season 9 Episode 20

How do we interact with readers who find meaning in our works that we don't recall putting in there?

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12 years ago

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Writing Excuses 9.19: Showing Emotion

Season 9 Episode 19

How to go about showing a character's emotions without them seeming emo.

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12 years ago

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Writing Excuses 9.18: Microcasting

Season 9 Episode 18

We answer questions on tropes, narrative styles, editing, rule-breaking and more.

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12 years, 1 month ago

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Writing Excuses 9.17: Microcasting

Season 9 Episode 17

A Q&A episode with Eric James Stone

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12 years, 1 month ago

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Writing Excuses 9.16: Coming up with a New Ending Halfway Through

Season 9 Episode 16

What to do when you discover your planned ending isn't actually going to work...

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12 years, 1 month ago

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Writing Excuses 9.15: Becoming a Writer—Full Disclosure

Season 9 Episode 15

Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard talk about the unpleasant surprises their careers dropped on them.

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12 years, 1 month ago

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