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Back to SearchWriting Excuses 4.26: Avoiding Stilted Dialog
Season 4 Episode 26
"How do we avoid writing stilted dialog?" asked Brandon adverbially.
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15 years, 10 months ago
Writing Excuses 4.25: Mating Plumage
Season 4 Episode 25
James Dashner and Julie Wright talk covers, titles, and first lines with Brandon and Dan.
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15 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses 4.24: Random Storytelling
Season 4 Episode 24
James Dashner and Julie Wright join Brandon and Dan at CONduit in Salt Lake City, and may end up wishing they hadn't. Brandon throws sets of story co…
15 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses 4.23: How to Break In to the Young Adult Market
Season 4 Episode 23
Janci Patterson and Robison Wells have both sold books very recently. Brandon and Dan put them on the spot and ask how they did it.
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15 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses 4.22: Q&A with L.E. Modesitt, Jr
Season 4 Episode 22
Live from CONduit in Salt Lake City, L.E. Modessit Jr. and the Writing Excuses crew answer questions from the audience.
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15 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses 4.21: Writing Practical Fantasy
Season 4 Episode 21
L.E. Modesitt and Robison Wells join Brandon and Dan for a discussion of "practical" fantasy. Recorded live at CONduit in Salt Lake City.
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16 years ago
Writing Excuses 4.20: Strategies for Getting Published
Season 4 Episode 20
Some new strategies for getting yourself published. Obviously we guarantee exactly none of them.
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16 years ago
Writing Excuses 4.19: Discovery Writing
Season 4 Episode 19
How to approach discovery writing, with your hosts Brandon, Dan, and Howard
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16 years ago
Writing Excuses 4.18: How to Steal for Fun and Profit
Season 4 Episode 18
Forget "Anxiety of Influence." Let's talk about how to borrow, beg, and outright steal from pop culture, history, and mythology.
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16 years ago
Writing Excuses 4.17: Living with the Artist
Season 4 Episode 17
Sandra Tayler, Dawn Wells, and Kenny Pike take over the 'cast with some coaching from Dan (and heckling from Howard) to talk about what it's like to …
16 years ago