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Writing Excuses 7.54: Four Ways the Industry is Changing

Season 7 Episode 54

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard each take a look at some changing aspect of the industry, and how they're reacting to that change.

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13 years, 8 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.53: Secret History

Season 7 Episode 53

How is "Men in Black" like "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?" This week on Writing Excuses we talk about Secret History, and how to do it well.

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13 years, 8 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.52: Microcasting

Season 7 Episode 52

A fast-paced Q&A covering discouragement, magic systems, ideas, and our embarrassing early projects.

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13 years, 8 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.51: Brainstorming with Mary

Season 7 Episode 51

Mary invites Brandon, Dan, and Howard to brainstorm a story with her.

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13 years, 8 months ago

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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, 8 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, 9 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, 9 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, 9 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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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, 9 months ago

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