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)
15.03: Self Publishing
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15.02: Writing Between the Lines
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15.01: Evolution of a Career
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14.52: Game Mastering and Collaborative Storytelling, with Natasha Ence
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14.51: A Farewell to Worldbuilding
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14.50: Write What You… No.
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14.49: Customs and Mores
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14.48: How to Practice Worldbuilding
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14.47: Writing Characters With Physical Disabilities
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14.46: Unusual Resources
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14.45: Economics
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14.44: Realism vs. Rule-of-Cool
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14.43: Sequencing Your Career Genome
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14.42: Alternate History
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14.41: History
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14.40: Deep vs. Wide
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14.39: Positioning Your Book in the Marketplace
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14.38: Volunteer Opportunities for Writers, with Jared Quan
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14.37: Outlandish Impossibilities
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14.36: Languages and Naming
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14.35: What You Leave Out
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14.34: Author Branding
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14.33: Writing Imperfect Worlds
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Worldbuilding Gender Roles
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14.31: Cultural Setting as Conflict
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14.30: Eating Your Way to Better Worldbuilding
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14.29: Field Research
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14.28: Warfare and Weaponry
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14.27: Natural Setting as Conflict
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14.26: Lessons from Aristotle, with Rob Kimbro
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14.25: Choosing Your Agent
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14.24: Political Intrigue
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14.23: Governments Large and Small
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14.22: Characters out of Their Depth
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14.21: Writing The Other — Yes, You Can!
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14.20: Allegory in Fiction
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14.19: Religion and Ritual
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14.18: Setting as Theme
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14.17: It’s Like “Car Talk” meets “Welcome To Nightvale”
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14.16: Your Setting is a Telegraph
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14.15: Technology
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14.14: When To Tell
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WX 14.13: Obstacles vs. Complications
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14.12: Writing The Other — Latinx Representation
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14.11: Magic Without Rules
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14.10: Magic Systems
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14.9: Showing Off
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14.8: Worldbuilding Q&A #1
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14.7: How Weird is Too Weird?
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14.6: Fantasy and Science Fiction Races
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