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Back to SearchWriting Excuses Season 3 Episode 22: Idea to Story
Season 3 Episode 22
You are going to love this episode. Seriously. Brandon throws an idea at Dan and Howard, and then we spend 15 minutes expanding on that idea as if we…
16 years, 10 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 21: Pitfalls of Self Publishing with Larry Correia
Season 3 Episode 21
Larry Correia is either the guy who did everything wrong and then broke into publishing anyway, or he's the exception who proves the rule. He self-pu…
16 years, 10 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 20: Plot- vs. Character-Driven Fiction
Season 3 Episode 20
Larry Correia, whose debut novel Monster Hunter International hit the market this summer, joins us for a discussion of plot-driven vs. character driv…
16 years, 10 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 19: Emotion in Fiction with John Brown
Season 3 Episode 19
John Brown joins us again, and tells us that fiction "is all about guiding an emotional response in a reader." We begin with a discussion of depressi…
16 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 18: How To Not Repeat Yourself
Season 3 Episode 18
John Brown rejoins us for this discussion of repetition. How do we, as writers, avoid repeating ourselves? We're not just talking about the literal r…
16 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 17: Characters & Worldbuilding Q&A with Mary Robinette Kowal
Season 3 Episode 17
Mary is back! We still had a Mary Robinette Kowal episode from WorldCon 67, and now you have it too! We take questions from the audience, and then an…
16 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 16: The Anti-Mary Sue Episode
Season 3 Episode 16
John Brown, debut author of Servant of a Dark God, joins us for this discussion of the avoidance of self-insertion. In polite company we call this th…
16 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses: Parsec Award Acceptance Speech
We won a Parsec Award at Dragon*Con, and it's a darn good thing we weren't there in person to give an acceptance speech. Otherwise this podcast might…
16 years, 11 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 15: Writing Process Q&A, with Mary Robinette Kowal
Season 3 Episode 15
Mary Robinette Kowal joins us again, live at WorldCon 67 in Montreal! This time we fell back on that tried-and-true "Questions from the Audience" for…
16 years, 11 months ago
3.14: The Four Principles of Puppetry, with Mary Robinette Kowal
Season 3 Episode 14
Aside from being a delightful author and a Campbell award winner, Mary Robinette Kowal is a professional puppeteer. She joined us at WorldCon 67 in M…
17 years ago