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Writing Excuses 8.27: Chapter Breakdowns

Season 8 Episode 27

How do we break our books into chapters, and how to we build those chapters to begin with?

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12 years, 8 months ago

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Writing Excuses 8.26: Space Opera

Season 8 Episode 26

What does "space opera" mean, and how might you go about writing it?

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12 years, 9 months ago

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Writing Excuses 8.25: Middle Grade with E.J. Patten

Season 8 Episode 25

E.J. Patten joins us again, this to discuss the particulars of writing middle-grade fiction.

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12 years, 9 months ago

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Writing Excuses 8.24: Project in Depth–Kiss Me Twice

Season 8 Episode 24

Mary walks Brandon, Dan, and Howard through the processes for writing "Kiss Me Twice," her Hugo-nominated novella

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12 years, 9 months ago

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Writing Excuses 8.23: Microcasting

Season 8 Episode 23

Brandon, Dan, Mary, Howard, and guest E.J. Patten answer a slew of questions about writing and the business of writing.

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12 years, 9 months ago

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Writing Excuses 8.22: Pre-writing with E.J. Patten

Season 8 Episode 22

E.J. Patten joins us to talk about pre-writing -- all that work that gets done before the prose happens.

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12 years, 9 months ago

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Writing Excuses 8.21: What the Avengers did Right

Season 8 Episode 21

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard loved "The Avengers," and would like to tell you what they think the film did right.

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12 years, 10 months ago

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Writing Excuses 8.20: The Short Story, with Mary Robinette Kowal

Season 8 Episode 20

Mary Robinette Kowal walks us through writing short stories.

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12 years, 10 months ago

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Writing Excuses 8.19: Writing and Convention Culture

Season 8 Episode 19

Writing Excuses tackles water from the perspective of the fish. Also? The culture surrounding writers.

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12 years, 10 months ago

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Writing Excuses 8.18: Blocking

Season 8 Episode 18

Blocking! What is it, why is it important, and how can you do it well?

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12 years, 10 months ago

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