Writing Excuses9 Jun 2008

Writing Excuses Episode 18: Q&A at Conduit

While at CONduit, we recorded three episodes of Writing Excuses in front of an audience, and this is the first of those. In this episode we have Dan Willis join us as we take questions from the crowd. The four of us discuss voicing characters, naming things, writing Act II, and how you set about finishing your book.

Oh, and for all of you who have complained that fifteen minutes is not long enough... we ran clear out to 17:30 on this one. Enjoy!

Liner notes:
You can find Dan Willis' website here: http://www.dansrealm.com/Dans_Realm/Home/Home.html
Orson Scott Card's Essays on naming:
http://www.hatrack.com/writingclass/lessons/2003-03-05-1.shtml and http://www.hatrack.com/writingclass/lessons/2003-03-05-2.shtml
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