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)
12.14: Controlling Pacing with Structure
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12.13: Beautiful Prose, Purple Prose
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12.12: Words as Words, with Linda Addison
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12.11: Diction
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12.10: Developing Your Own, Personal Style
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12.9: Q&A on Viewpoint
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12.8 Short Stories as Exploration, with Tananarive Due
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12.7: Description Through the Third Person Lens
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12.6: Variations on Third Person
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12.5: Literary Fiction
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12.4: Hybrid Viewpoints
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12.3: Project in Depth, “Risk Assessment,” by Sandra Tayler
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12.2: How to Nail Character Voice in First Person
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12.1: Variations on First Person
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11.52: Elemental Ensemble Q&A, With Claudia Gray
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11.51: Ensemble as a Sub-Genre, with Lynne M. Thomas
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11.50: Hand-Selling Your Book to Potential Readers, with Michael R. Underwood
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11.49: Elemental Ensemble, with Michael Damien Thomas
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11.Bonus-04: Fantasy Food, with Elizabeth Bear and Scott Lynch
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11.48: Elemental Issue Q&A, with DongWon Song
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11.47: Issue as a Subgenre, with Steven Barnes
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11.46: Colonialism, with Steven Barnes, Tempest Bradford, DongWon Song, and Shve...
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11.45: Elemental Issue, with Desiree Burch
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11.Bonus-03: Some Books Have Maps in the Front, with Maurice Broaddus, Mur Laffe...
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11.Bonus-02: Horrifying the Children, with Darren Shan
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11.44: Project in Depth, GHOST TALKERS, by Mary Robinette Kowal
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11.43: Elemental Drama Q&A, with Tananarive Due
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11.42: Elemental Drama as a Sub-Genre
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11.Bonus-01: Characterization and Differentiation, with Robin Hobb
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11.41: The Editor’s Wish List, with Navah Wolfe
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11.40: Elemental Drama
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11.39: Elemental Relationship Q&A, with Greg van Eekhout
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11.38: The Elemental Relationship as a Sub-Genre
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11.37: Casting Your Book, with Gama Martinez
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11.36: The Elemental Relationship
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11.35: Elemental Humor Q&A with Victoria Schwab
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11.34: Humor as a Sub-Genre
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11.33: Crossover Fiction, with Victoria Schwab
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11.32: The Element of Humor
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11.31: Futurism, with Trina Marie Phillips
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11.30: Elemental Thriller Q&A
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11.29: Elemental Thriller as a Subgenre
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11.28: Impostor Syndrome, with Alyssa Wong
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11.27: The Elemental Thriller
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11.26: Elemental Mystery Q&A
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11.25: Elemental Mystery is Everywhere
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11.24: Stakes!
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11.23: The Element of Mystery
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11.22: Examining Unconscious Biases, with Shannon Hale
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11.21: Q&A on Elemental Horror, with Steve Diamond
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