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.
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Episodes (1996)
19.42: A Close Reading on Structure: Whose Perspective is it Anyways?
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19.41: A Close Reading on Structure: An Overview and Why Fifth Season
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19.40: An Interview on Tension with P. Djèlí Clark
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19.39: A Close Reading on Tension: Tying It All Together
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19.38: A Close Reading on Tension: Anticipation and Subversion
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19.37: A Close Reading on Tension: Movement and Resolution
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19.36: A Close Reading on Tension: Narrative vs. Contextual
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19.35: A Close Reading on Tension: An Overview and Why Ring Shout
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19.34: Grants and Fellowships
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19.33: Workshops and Retreats
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19.32: An Interview on Character with CL Clark
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19.31: A Close Reading on Character: Tying it All Together
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19.30: A Close Reading on Character: Agency vs. Choices
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19.29: A Close Reading on Character: Barriers vs. Stakes
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19.28: A Close Reading on Character: Internal vs External Identity
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19.27: A Close Reading on Character: An Overview and Why We Chose C.L. Clark's S...
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19.26: Bringing Falconry into Writing
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19.25: From the Classroom to the Page
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19.24: An Interview on Worldbuilding with Arkady Martine
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19.23: Tying It All Together (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding)
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19.22: Technology and Identity (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding)
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19.21: Language as a Tool (A Close Reading on Worldbuilding)
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19.20: How to Make Worlds Feel Big Without Overwhelming the Reader (A Close Read...
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19.19: A Close Reading on Worldbuilding: An Overview and why A Memory Called Emp...
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19.18: How to Build Fictional Economies
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19.17: Novellas- the Goldilocks of Publishing
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19.16: An Interview with Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar
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19.15: A Close Reading on Voice: Tying It All Together
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19.14: A Close Reading on Voice- Epistolary Storytelling Through Voice
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19.13: A Close Reading on Voice: Blue's Perspective - Confidence and Vulnerabili...
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19.12: A Close Reading on Voice - Red's Perspective - Muscular Prose
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19.11: A Close Reading on Voice- An Overview, and Why Time War
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19.10: Introducing Our Close Readings Series
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19.09: LIVE Recording - Rituals, Rites, and Traditions
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19.08: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Working with an Editor
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19.07: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Intention
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19.06: NaNoWriMo Revision with Ali Fisher: Length
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19.05: LIVE Recording - Revisions with Mahtab Narsimhan
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19.04: LIVE Recording - Pacing with Guest Fonda Lee
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19.03: Behind The Scenes with our Producer and Recording Engineer
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19.02: Q&A Episode with WX Core Cast
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19.01: Interview with Abraham Verghese
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18.53: Funding the Writing Life
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18.52: Writing Inside The Box
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18.51: So You Wanna Play With Format?
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18.50: The Unreliable Narrator
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18.49: Giving Your Story A Voice
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18.48: NaNoWriMo Week 5 - Writing Endings
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18.47: NaNoWriMo Week 4 - Climaxes, or OH MY GOD NO
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18.46: NaNoWriMo Week 3 - Raising the Stakes
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