Writing Excuses 8.25: Middle Grade with E.J. Patten
Eric Patten joins us for a cast on Middle Grade fiction. His series, The Hunter Chronicles (Return to Exile and The Legend Thief have both been released) is delightful. As Dan points out, there's no ...
23 Juni 201318min
Writing Excuses 8.24: Project in Depth–Kiss Me Twice
Mary's story "Kiss Me Twice," is a murder mystery featuring an artificial intelligence using Mae West as an avatar. It appeared on the ballot for the 2012 Hugo Awards in the Best Novella category (our...
16 Juni 201322min
Writing Excuses 8.23: Microcasting
Microcasting! It's what we've taken to calling a Q&A. Eric Patten joins us for this one. Here are the questions: * What's your first step in the rewriting process? * How do you write Artificial Int...
9 Juni 201316min
Writing Excuses 8.22: Pre-writing with E.J. Patten
E.J. "Eric" Patten joins us for a discussion of pre-writing. His first book, Return to Exile, came out in 2011, and The Legend Thief released in March of 2013. What is pre-writing? Eric walks us thro...
2 Juni 201318min
Writing Excuses 8.21: What the Avengers did Right
We here at Writing Excuses enjoyed Marvel's The Avengers. This isn't a movie review, though. This is a discussion of what the movie did right from a writer's standpoint. The things we focus on? * Di...
26 Maj 201320min
Writing Excuses 8.20: The Short Story, with Mary Robinette Kowal
The number one request we got when we asked you what you'd like us to talk about? Short story writing. Mary is our resident expert, and if she weren't already a member of the cast, she'd our go-to exp...
19 Maj 201317min
Writing Excuses 8.19: Writing and Convention Culture
There are numerous local cultures surrounding writers, writing groups, and the conventions that writers attend. These cultural peculiarities influence the writing that emerges from those areas. As wr...
12 Maj 201317min
Writing Excuses 8.18: Blocking
Blocking! What is it, why is it important, and how can you do it well? We begin with a definition (blocking is the part of the narrative that tells the reader where the characters are, where the scen...
6 Maj 201318min
