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Writing Excuses 5.38: Dialog with John Scalzi

Season 5 Episode 38

John Scalzi joins Brandon and Howard for a discussion of dialog and how genre fiction writers can learn to do a better job with it.

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14 years, 10 months ago

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Writing Excuses 5.37: Parody and Satire with Jim Hines

Season 5 Episode 37

Jim Hines suffers abuse from Howard and Brandon as the three of them discuss parody, satire, and humor in front of a live audience at Penguicon.

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14 years, 10 months ago

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Writing Excuses 5.36: Non-Traditional Settings with Saladin Ahmed

Season 5 Episode 36

Saladin Ahmed, Nebula- and Campbell-award nominee joins Brandon and Howard for a discussion of setting -- specifically, setting an epic fantasy in so…

14 years, 10 months ago

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Writing Excuses 5.35: Brainstorming Urban Fantasy

Season 5 Episode 35

Brandon, Dan, and Howard brainstorm an urban fantasy set in a big-box store in Park City, Utah.

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14 years, 10 months ago

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Writing Excuses 5.34: Story Bibles

Season 5 Episode 34

Let's talk about bibles. Specifically, story bibles. What are they, why do we use them, why might we NOT use them, and what tools are working for us?…

14 years, 11 months ago

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Writing Excuses on the 2011 Hugo Ballot

Season 5

Writing Excuses Season 4 has been nominated for a "Best Related Work" Hugo.

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14 years, 11 months ago

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Writing Excuses 5.33: Alpha Readers

Season 33 Episode 5

Brandon, Dan, and Howard discuss what an alpha reader is, is not, and where one might find these marvelous creatures.

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14 years, 11 months ago

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Writing Excuses 5.32: Urban Fantasy

Season 5 Episode 32

We begin our discussion of Urban Fantasy with a discussion of definitions, which quickly devolves into an argument over what we are actually supposed…

14 years, 11 months ago

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Writing Excuses 5.31: Writing Romance

Season 5 Episode 31

Sarah Eden and Robison Wells join Dan and Howard at LTUE to talk about writing romance. Sarah writes in the romance genre, but we're not focusing on …

14 years, 11 months ago

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Writing Excuses 5.30: Writing Action

Season 5 Episode 30

Dan and Howard are joined by Larry Correia and Robison Wells, and with the enthusiastic support of a live audience at LTUE they discuss writing actio…

15 years ago

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