Writing Excuses
Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler
Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced format. A weekly podcast about the craft and business of writing.
Episodes (1996)
13.11: Writing Secondary Characters, with Charlaine Harris
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13.10: Handling a Large Cast
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13.9: Quick Characterization
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13.8: Making Characters Distinctive
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13.7: What Writers Get Wrong, with Lou Perry
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13.6: External Conflicts for Characters
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13.5: Villain, Antagonist, Obstacle
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13.4: Protagonists Who Aren’t Sympathetic
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13.3: What Writers Get Wrong, with Aliette de Bodard
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13.2: Writing Active Characters
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13.1: Hero, Protagonist, Main Character
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12.53: Writing Excuses True Confessions
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12.52: Cross-Genres as Gateways
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12.51: Constructed Languages, with Dirk Elzinga
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12.50: Form and Function
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12.49: Non-linear Narratives
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12.48: Q&A on Novels and Series, with Brian McClellan
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12.47: Screenwriting and the Writers Room, with JD Payne
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12.46: Reinventing Yourself
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12.45: Structuring a Series
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12.44: NaNoWriMo 2017 Primer
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12.43: Serialized Storytelling
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12.42: Adapting Your Stories for Game Play, with Alan Bahr
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12.41: Raising the Stakes
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12.40: Structuring a Novel
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12.39: Q&A on Short(er) Fiction
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12.38: What Do Editors Really Want, with Toni Weisskopf and Cat Rambo
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12.37: Subplots
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12.36: Structuring a Mid-Length Piece
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12.35: Short Fiction Markets, with Spencer Ellsworth and guest host Beth Meacham
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12.34: Fulfilling the Reader’s Fantasy, with Brian McClellan
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12.33: How to be Brief, Yet Powerful
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12.32: Structuring a Short Piece
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12.31: What Makes a Good Monster, with Courtney Alameda
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12.30: Tools for Writers
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12.29: “Oh Crap, the Cops are Here!” with Joe McKinney
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12.28: Trimming and Expanding
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12.27: Choosing a Length
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12.26: Q&A on Outlining and Discovery Writing
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12.25: Hiring an Editor, with Callie Stoker
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12.24: Creating Great Outlines
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12.23: Proposals, Pitches, and Queries
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12.22: Hybrid Outlining and Discovery Writing
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12.21: Narrative Bumper Pool, with Bill Fawcett and Carrie Patel
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12.20: Retrofitting Structure into a First Draft
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12.19: Structure on the Fly
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12.18: Gendered Dialect, with J.R. Johansson
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12.17: Q&A on Style, Diction, and Paragraphing
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12.16: Writing Crime Fiction with Brian Keene
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12.15: Pacing With Chapters
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