15.40: Researching for Writing the Other
Your Hosts: Piper, Dan, and Tempest, with special guests Nisi Shawl and Silvia Moreno-Garcia Writing stories which feature people who are not like you is, in a word, difficult. In another word? Fraug...
4 Okt 202021min
15.39: Translation, with special guest Alex Shvartsman
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, Dan, and Lari, with guest Alex Shvartsman Translation is fantastically complex. In this episode Lari and Alex help us navigate those complexities, both from the standpoint...
27 Sep 202020min
15.38: Depicting Religions That Are Not Your Own
Your Hosts: Piper, Dan, and Tempest, with special guest Nisi Shawl Whether you're writing about a real-world religion, or one you've created for your setting, there are numerous factors to be aware o...
20 Sep 202016min
15.37: Writing Under Deadlines
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard What's it like to write under a deadline which has been set for your project by someone else? What strategies might help you bring the writing in under ...
13 Sep 202019min
15.36: Collaboration, with Shannon and Dean Hale
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, and Dan, with special guests Shannon and Dean Hale We've had several discussions about collaboration, and we've learned that the answer to "how do you collaborate...
6 Sep 202015min
15.35: Tools for Writing and Worldbuilding, with Erin Roberts
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, Lari, and special guest Erin Roberts We've received a number of questions about the 'tools of the trade' for organizing our work, especially with regard to worldbuild...
30 Aug 202021min
15.34: Writing Deliberate Discomfort
Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, Lari, and Erin How do you proceed when the story you want to write includes elements that make you personally uncomfortable? In this episode we step out of our own c...
23 Aug 202015min
15.33: The Long, Dark Second Act of the Soul
Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard Many Writing Excuses listeners have asked us how we muscle through writing second acts, those big, chonky "middles" of our stories. In this episode we a...
16 Aug 202018min
