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Back to SearchWriting Excuses 8.30: Writing Reluctant Characters
Season 8 Episode 30
The cast discusses how to make reluctant, non-proactive, non-go-getting characters interesting to read about.
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13 years, 1 month ago
Writing Excuses 8.29: Out of Excuses Retreat Q&A #1
Season 8 Episode 29
The cast answers questions about publishing, formatting, process, and the Evil Nemesis John Scalzi.
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13 years, 1 month ago
Writing Excuses 8.28: Your First Contract
Season 8 Episode 28
The team talks about contracts, and what you as an author staring at a contract should be considering.
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13 years, 1 month ago
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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13 years, 2 months ago
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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13 years, 2 months ago
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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13 years, 2 months ago
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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13 years, 2 months ago
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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13 years, 3 months ago
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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13 years, 3 months ago
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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13 years, 3 months ago