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Writing Excuses 7.50: Outlining the Mary Way

Season 7 Episode 50

Mary Robinette Kowal schools Brandon, Dan, and Howard with her outlining system.

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13 years, 5 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.49: Beginnings Revisited

Season 7 Episode 49

We've talked about where to start. Now Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about how to start -- what goes "in" when you're going "in late, out early…

13 years, 5 months ago

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NaNoWriMo 2012: Bonus Episode 4, with Mary & Brandon

Season 7

Brandon Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal provide last-minute writing advice to you NaNoWriMo'ers out there...

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13 years, 6 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.48: Pixar Rules for Writing a Compelling Story

Season 7 Episode 48

Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary review some of Emma Coats' "Pixar Rules" for storytelling

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13 years, 6 months ago

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NaNoWriMo 2012: Bonus Episode 3, with Howard

Season 7

Howard Tayler gives NaNoWriMo participants a pep-talk on their way into the last week of the month.

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13 years, 6 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.47: Raising the Stakes

Season 7 Episode 47

What are the things that matter to your characters? What things matter to your readers? After we get the obligatory ambiguity out of the way, we sett…

13 years, 6 months ago

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NaNoWriMo 2012: Bonus Mini-Episode 2, with Dan & Rob

Season 7

Dan Wells and Robison Wells give you a pep talk for the second week of NaNoWriMo.

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13 years, 6 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.46: Project in Depth The Emperor’s Soul

Season 7 Episode 46

Brandon talks in depth about his novella "The Emperor's Soul"

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13 years, 6 months ago

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NaNoWriMo 2012: Bonus Mini-Episode 1, with Brandon & Mary

Season 7

Brandon and Mary take time out from World Fantasy to encourage everyone participating in NaNoWriMo.

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13 years, 6 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.45: Microcasting

Season 7 Episode 45

It's microcasting time! This week we take a crack at the following listener questions: What percentage of a rough draft makes it into print? What are…

13 years, 6 months ago

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