Writing Excuses

A while back one of the former storyboard artists at Pixar, Emma Coats, (@lawnrocket on Twitter) started tweeting the "22 Pixar Storytelling Rules" And now the cast of Writing Excuses reviews them, an...

26 Marras 201218min

You were expecting to hear from Howard on Wednesday, right? HAH! That deadline just FLEW by. But Howard is here for you now. It's Black Friday, November 23rd, 2012, and you've probably been counting ...

23 Marras 20122min

What are the things that matter to your characters? What things matter to your readers? After we get the obligatory ambiguity out of the way, we settle into talking about the "stakes" and the escalati...

19 Marras 201217min

Week two is over. You might be asking yourself if it's worth it. Is it worth it? Hey! Dan Wells and his brother Rob are here to tell you why this is worth it. And then, in the spirit of distracting ...

15 Marras 20124min

Spoiler alert! We're going to talk in depth about The Emperor's Soul, which just came out, and if you haven't yet read it but want to, we'd rather not spoil it for you. The e-book is available here. ...

12 Marras 201223min

You're doing NaNoWriMo, right? Well, Brandon and Mary took time out from World Fantasy to record this special message for you. Is it a pep-talk? Sage advice? Or is it just a pronunciation pointer? You...

8 Marras 20122min

It's microcasting time! This week we take a crack at the following listener questions: * What percentage of a rough draft makes it into print? * What are the pitfalls of jumping from novels to shor...

5 Marras 201218min

Jim Zub joins us in front of a live audience at GenCon Indy to talk to us about writing for comics. He's the writer and creator of Skullkickers, writes the newly-launched Pathfinder comic book for Pai...

29 Loka 201217min