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Back to SearchWriting Excuses 7.17: Guns and Fiction
Season 7 Episode 17
Guest and gun-nut Larry Correia joins the Writing Excuses crew to talk firearms, fiction, and common mistakes.
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14 years, 4 months ago
Writing Excuses 7.16: Continuing with Mary’s Outline
Season 7 Episode 16
In this second part a VERY SPECIAL two-part session of Writing Excuses Brandon, Dan, and Howard continue to tear into Mary's first novel outline.
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14 years, 4 months ago
Writing Excuses 7.15: Editing Mary’s Outline
Season 7 Episode 15
In this outlining demonstration Mary reads from an early outline, then Brandon, Dan, and Howard brutally dissect it.
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14 years, 4 months ago
Writing Excuses 7.14: Writing Excuses
Season 7 Episode 14
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard tell you all the reasons why you shouldn't actually be writing, and why, especially at this time of the year, these wr…
14 years, 5 months ago
Writing Excuses 7.13: Man Vs. Nature
Season 7 Episode 13
Brandon and Mary school Howard on "Man vs. Nature." They might school the rest of us, too.
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14 years, 5 months ago
Writing Excuses 7.12: Writing the Omniscient Viewpoint
Season 7 Episode 12
Brandon, Mary, and Howard talk about the strengths of the omniscient POV, how to use it well, and what pitfalls to avoid.
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14 years, 5 months ago
Writing Excuses 7.11: More Microcasting
Season 7 Episode 11
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard field seven questions in fifteen minutes and forty-two seconds: a new land-speed record!
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14 years, 5 months ago
Writing Excuses 7.10: Importance of Criticism, with David Brin
Season 7 Episode 10
David Brin joins Mary and Dan for a discussion of the importance of criticism.
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Writing Excuses 7.9: Microcasting
Season 7 Episode 9
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard field questions from Twitter, including what to do if you don't like your characters, keeping your plot on track, and …
14 years, 6 months ago
Writing Excuses 7.8: The City as a Character
Season 7 Episode 8
Sarah Pinborough joins Mary and Dan at World Fantasy for a very writerly discussion of London. Also, they discuss using a city as a character.
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14 years, 6 months ago