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Back to SearchWriting Excuses 6.19: Pitching
Season 6 Episode 19
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary talk about pitching -- a critical skill for new and established authors alike.
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14 years, 5 months ago
6.18: The Hollywood Formula, with Lou Anders
Season 6 Episode 18
Lou Anders joins Mary, Dan, and Howard at Dragon*Con for a discussion of the Hollywood Formula.
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14 years, 5 months ago
Writing Excuses 6.17: Writing Assistants
Season 6 Episode 17
Peter Ahlstrom, assistant to Brandon Sanderson, and Valerie Dowbenko, assistant to Pat Rothfuss, join Brandon and Dan to talk about what they do for …
14 years, 6 months ago
Writing Excuses 6.16: Gender Roles–Black, White, and Gray
Season 6 Episode 16
Keffy Kehrli joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard at WorldCon 69 for a discussion of gender roles, gender identity, and transsexualism with the objective …
14 years, 6 months ago
Writing Excuses 6.15: Writing Other Cultures
Season 6 Episode 15
Lauren Beukes joins the 'cast for a discussion of writing cultures that you're not personally a part of.
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14 years, 6 months ago
Writing Excuses 6.14: Suspension of Disbelief
Season 6 Episode 14
Patrick Rothfuss joins the crew at WorldCon 69 for a discussion of how to get readers to suspend their disbelief.
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14 years, 6 months ago
Writing Excuses 6.13: World Building Communications Technology
Season 6 Episode 13
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary discuss communications technology, and how the ability for characters to communicate is a critical piece of your world…
14 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses 6.12: Revising For Description
Season 6 Episode 12
"The wind rushed across his skin at several hundred miles per second, and registered as an itch." Brandon, Dan, and Mary tear into Howard's two-decad…
14 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses 6.11: Making Your Descriptions Do More Than One Thing
Season 6 Episode 11
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard approach writing descriptions from several different angles and at least five disciplines in order to help you get mor…
14 years, 7 months ago
Writing Excuses 6.10: Scott Card’s M.I.C.E. Quotient
Season 6 Episode 10
Mary walks Brandon, Dan, and Howard through the Milieu, Idea, Character, and Event (M.I.C.E.) quotient from Orson Scott Card, and then they retell th…
14 years, 7 months ago