Writing Excuses 10.6: The Worldbuilding Revolves Around Me (“The Magical 1%”)
Max Gladstone joins us to talk about worldbuilding, and how many genre settings seem to revolve around whatever gifted, magical, or otherwise special sort of people our heroes and villains happen to b...
9 Feb 201517min
Writing Excuses 10.5: What Do You Mean My Main Character is Boring?
Characters are the focus of the Writing Excuses Master Class during February, and we lead off with an exploration of a common problem: the main character is often the least interesting person in the s...
2 Feb 201519min
Writing Excuses 10.4: Q&A on Ideas
At the Out of Excuses Workshop and Retreat we premiered the Season 10 concept, and we invited our attendees to give us the questions we need this month. (They'll also be the ones providing our questio...
25 Jan 201516min
2015 Hugo Award Eligibility – SHADOWS BENEATH
The Hugo Awards voters have honored us by nominating the Writing Excuses podcast in the Best Related Work category several times in the past, and two years ago Writing Excuses won! This is something w...
21 Jan 20151min
Writing Excuses 10.3: Lovecraftian Horror
Cherie Priest joins us for our "wildcard" episode on Lovecraftian horror this month. We're still doing the master class format, and part of that format is that once per month we'll have a guest, or ot...
20 Jan 201519min
Writing Excuses 10.2: I Have an Idea; What Do I Do Now?
Writing Excuses Season 10, the podcasted master-class, continues with this exploration of that critical second step: what do do once you've got an idea that has story-legs. (Note: When we say "two we...
12 Jan 201518min
Writing Excuses 10.1: Seriously, Where Do You Get Your Ideas?
Season 10 begins! We wanted to do something different this year. Something special. As we brainstormed we kept returning to something a listener said years ago: "Writing Excuses is like a master clas...
5 Jan 201519min
Writing Excuses 9.54: Capstone to Season 9
As 2014 draws to a close we say goodbye to Season 9, and talk a bit about what we've each learned this year. * Howard explained the surprising changes that came with a change in his work space * Ma...
29 Dec 201429min
