Writing Excuses Episode 20: More Q&A from Conduit
Writer Eric James Stone joins the Writing Excuses crew for our third Conduit installment. We tackle questions from the audience again (except for when Brandon throws a question AT the audience, which ...
23 Jun 200818min
Writing Excuses Episode 19: Plot Twists
Michael Stackpole, author and podcaster, joined us at CONduit, and the four of us tackled plot twists in front of a live audience. Whether you write from a solid outline or discover your plot as you g...
16 Jun 200815min
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....
9 Jun 200817min
Writing Excuses Episode 17: This Sucks and I’m a Horrible Writer
The Writing Excuses crew tackles writer's block again, this time approaching the "This Sucks And I'm A Horrible Writer" mindset. Dan relates his Neil Gaiman anecdote, Brandon explains why he'd written...
2 Jun 200815min
Writing Excuses Episode 16: Butt In Chair, Hands On Keyboard
Howard kicks this off with his own sure-fire cure for Writers' Block, "BIC HOK:" Butt In Chair, Hands On Keyboard. The Writing Excuses team takes off from there, discussing the different kinds of Writ...
26 Mai 200815min
Writing Excuses Episode 15: Costs and Ramifications of Magic
This week the Writing Excuses team discusses magic again, this time focusing on the cost of magic. Whether or not your magic system has internally-consistent rules your readers can follow (per Sanders...
19 Mai 200815min
Writing Excuses Episode 14: Magic Systems and their Rules
Does magic need rules? Sometimes yes and sometimes no; our intrepid podcasters talk about how to know which situation is which, and explore the pros and cons of each method. We'll also yak for a while...
12 Mai 200815min
Writing Excuses Episode 13: Submitting to Editors Part 2
In part two of our chat with editor Stacy Whitman, we discuss more about how to interact with editors: how to approach them at cons, how to inquire about work you've already submitted, and how to butt...
5 Mai 200814min
