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Back to SearchWriting Excuses Season 3 Episode 4: Non Linear Story Telling
Season 3 Episode 4
Don't you just hate it when things unfold out of order? Why do writers do that? We explain why they do it, and how they do it, and then we discuss ho…
17 years, 2 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 1: World-Building History
Season 3 Episode 1
Welcome to Season 3 of Writing Excuses! With eighteen hours and fourteen months of podcasting history behind us, it seems appropriate for us to talk …
17 years, 3 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 33: How To Not Be Overwhelmed
Season 2 Episode 33
And here we are, at the final episode of Writing Excuses, Season 2. As promised, this episode is going to be super-useful to new writers, but it's go…
17 years, 3 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 32: The Most Important Thing Dan Learned In The Last Year
Season 2 Episode 32
This the third in our series of retrospective episodes. The most important thing Dan learned this year? Being a full-time author is a lot different t…
17 years, 3 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 31: The Most Important Thing Brandon Learned In The Last Year
Season 2 Episode 31
Here's the second part of our three-part "what we learned this year" series. This time around Brandon tells us the most important thing he learned th…
17 years, 3 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 30: The Most Important Thing Howard Learned In The Last Year
Season 2 Episode 30
This is the first of a three-part series in which Brandon, Dan, and Howard tell each other (and you, of course) about the most important thing each o…
17 years, 3 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 29: How not to end your book
Season 2 Episode 29
Let's talk about failure... but let's talk about it so that we can avoid it. How do you know if your ending has flopped? What kind of approaches to e…
17 years, 4 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 28: Applying Critical Reading: “Watchmen”
Season 2 Episode 28
Last week we talked about reading critically, reading as writers. This week we decided to apply that critical reading skill to Watchmen, the Hugo awa…
17 years, 4 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 27: Reading Critically
Season 2 Episode 27
As a writer you obviously know how to read. But being a writer changes how you read, and what you read, and even why you read. Do you read more, or l…
17 years, 4 months ago
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 26: How Publishing is Changing in the new Century
Season 2 Episode 26
Nancy Fulda, assistant editor at Baen's Universe and editor-in-chief and founder of Anthology Builder, joins us again while Dan Wells is out celebrat…
17 years, 4 months ago