Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 1: Q&A on Setting and Characters at Mountain Con with John Brown
You didn't think we'd just keep going with the same old stuff forever, did you? Well, actually we are, but now we're calling it Season 2. This season begins with a series of episodes recorded at Mount...
13 Okt 200815min
Writing Excuses Episode 35: Voice, Tone and Style
Everyone says you can't teach style--each writer just has to figure it out on his or her own. Well, we here at Writing Excuses have never met an ultimatum we didn't immediately challenge, so today we...
6 Okt 200816min
Writing Excuses Episode 34: What The Dark Knight Did Right
Like all right-thinking people, we loved The Dark Knight--but because we are also writers obsessed with the craft of storytelling, we liked it for very specific, very nerdy reasons. Join us as we take...
29 Sep 200816min
Writing Excuses Episode 33: Side Characters
Just as no burger is complete without its fries, no protagonist is complete without his sidekick, or his mother, or his entomologist, or whatever side character you decide to give him. This week we ta...
22 Sep 200816min
Writing Excuses Episodes 32: Talking Exposition with Patrick Rothfuss
In this, the last of our WorldCon 66 episodes, Brandon, Dan, and Howard interview Name of the Wind author Patrick Rothfuss. We discuss exposition, and how not to bore people as you move them through t...
15 Sep 200818min
Writing Excuses Episode 31: Talking RPG and Game Writing with Steve Jackson
One of the biggest areas of professional creative writing these days is game writing, and who better to talk to about it than Steve Jackson--yes, THE Steve Jackson. We start off trying to talk about g...
8 Sep 200815min
Writing Excuses Episode 30: Talking Revision with Moshe Feder
Last week we talked to an editor, this week we talk to OUR editor: Brandon's and Dan's editor at Tor, Moshe Feder. It's a great opportunity to learn more about how an author and editor work together t...
2 Sep 200816min
Writing Excuses Episode 29: Talking Publishing with Lou Anders
So what exactly does an editor, do, anyway? We've already talked about the process of submitting to an editor; today we talk about the millions of vital things that happen after an editor says "I want...
25 Aug 200816min
