Writing Excuses 10.38: How Does Context Shape Dialog?
Our second installment for the Master Class's month of context covers the way dialog between characters may change meaning depending upon the context you create for them. This context may be the setti...
20 Sep 201521min
Writing Excuses 10.37: Being a Good Panelist and a Great Moderator, with Susan J. Morris and Marc Tassin
This month's wildcard episode comes to you from the 2015 GenCon Indy Writers' Symposium, where Dan and Howard had the opportunity to interview Susan J. Morris and Marc Tassin. Susan is one of the fine...
13 Sep 201518min
Writing Excuses 10.36: How Does Context Shape Plot Twists?
We've talked about plot twists before. This episode covers the way in which the type of plot twist is dependent on, or signaled by, the context of the story. Getting plot twists right may mean surpris...
6 Sep 201519min
Writing Excuses 10.35: Breaking In, With Charlie N. Holmberg
Charlie N. Holmberg, who was recently signed by Amazon's 47 North imprint, joined us in front of a live audience it Sasquan (the 73rd World Science Fiction Convention) to talk about breaking in to the...
30 Aug 201516min
Writing Excuses 10.34: Q&A on Pacing
We wrap up this month's discussion of pacing with a Q&A. Here are the questions we pulled out of the virtual hat (read: Twitter) for answering during the episode: * What are some early indications o...
23 Aug 201519min
Writing Excuses 10.33: Combat, with Marie Brennan
Marie Brennan joins us again, this time for a discussion about writing combat. She's studied fencing, combat choreography, and is *this close* to having a black belt in shotokan karate, bringing a val...
16 Aug 201519min
Writing Excuses 10.32: How Do I Control the Speed of the Story?
As we said last week, we're talking about pacing, and we've divided the concept into two parts. Last week we covered "sense of progress." This week we're talking about the passage of time. We discuss ...
9 Aug 201519min
Writing Excuses 10.31: How Do I Control the Reader’s Sense of Progress?
This month's Master Class episodes focus on pacing, and we're dividing the concept of pacing into two parts: the first is the sense of progress within the story, and the second is the sense of the pas...
2 Aug 201518min
