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Writing Excuses 7.5: Sensory Writing

Season 7 Episode 5

Sam Sykes joins Dan Wells and Mary Robinette Kowal for a discussion of sound, smell, taste, and touch in prose.

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14 years, 2 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.4: Brevity

Season 7 Episode 4

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard help you keep it short and simple.

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14 years, 2 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.3: Fauna and Flora

Season 7 Episode 3

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard tackle worldbuilding flora and fauna again, this time through negative examples, pizza-trees, and a can of worms.

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14 years, 2 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.2: World Building Flora and Fauna

Season 7 Episode 2

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about fictional ecologies.

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14 years, 2 months ago

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Writing Excuses 7.1 When Good Characters Go Bad

Season 7 Episode 1

How do you take a good character and make them evil? And why would you want to do this? Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard answer that second question fi…

14 years, 2 months ago

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Writing Excuses 6.30: Help! I Can’t End My Book!

Season 6 Episode 30

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk endings, and how to troubleshoot common problems writers have with them.

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14 years, 3 months ago

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Writing Excuses 6.29: Character Foils

Season 6 Episode 29

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about using character foils in building a story.

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14 years, 3 months ago

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Writing Excuses 6.28: Interstitial Art

Season 6 Episode 28

Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman from the Interstitial Arts Foundation join Mary Robinette Kowal and Dan Wells to talk about the gaps between genres.

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14 years, 3 months ago

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Writing Excuses 6.27: Fantasy Setting Yard Sale

Season 6 Episode 27

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard brainstorm some fantasy setting elements for you. Need a magic system on the cheap? How about a political power struct…

14 years, 3 months ago

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NaNoWriMo Pep-talk from Howard

Season 6

Howard brings NaNoWriMo home with a final pep-talk for you. Short version: you're still out of excuses. Don't stop writing.

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14 years, 4 months ago

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