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Writing Excuses

Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler

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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)

14.5: Viewpoint as Worldbuilding

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Feb 3, 201917:32pending

14.04: Writing the Other—Bisexual Characters

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Jan 27, 201918:36pending

14.03: World of Hats

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Jan 20, 201917:57pending

14.02: Geography and Biomes

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Jan 13, 201918:48pending

14.01: Worldbuilding Begins! Up Front, or On the Fly?

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Jan 6, 201921:12pending

13.52: Working Dad is a Spaceman

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Dec 30, 201820:57pending

13.51: Wrap-up on the Year of Character

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Dec 25, 201825:28pending

13.50: What Writers Get Wrong, with Zoraida Córdova

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Dec 16, 201820:24pending

13.49: How to Finish

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Dec 9, 201819:25pending

13.48: Character Death and Plot Armor

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Dec 2, 201820:17pending

13.47: Q&A on Fixing Characters

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Nov 25, 201818:44pending

13.46: The Unsexy Side of Space, with Bart Smith and Ben Hewett

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Nov 18, 201827:26pending

NaNoWriMo 2018 Bonus Episode, with Mercedes Lackey

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Nov 15, 201816:44pending

13.45: Next Level Narration

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Nov 11, 201821:41pending

NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 2

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Nov 7, 20182:35pending

13.44: Alien Characters

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Nov 4, 201818:36pending

NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 1

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Oct 31, 20185:18pending

13.43: Characters Who Are Smarter Than You Are

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Oct 28, 201825:36pending

13.42: Writing Excuses Talks to an Astronaut, with Special Guest Kjell Lindgren

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Oct 21, 201818:26pending

13.41: Fixing Character Problems, Part II

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Oct 14, 201822:38pending

13.40: Fixing Character Problems, Part I

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Oct 7, 201816:07pending

13.39: What Writers Get Wrong, With Wendy Tolliver

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Sep 30, 201817:48pending

13.38: How to Find and Use Alpha Readers

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Sep 23, 201820:19pending

13.37: What Writers Get Wrong, with J.Y. Yang

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Sep 16, 201820:07pending

13.36: Confronting the Default

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Sep 9, 201818:19pending

13.35: Cliché vs. Archetype

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Sep 2, 201820:31pending

13.34: Q&A on Character Arcs

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Aug 26, 201819:18pending

13.b1: Bonus Episode — Elephants and Death, with Lawrence Schoen

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Aug 22, 201818:11pending

13.33: Reading Outside the Box

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Aug 19, 201820:42pending

13.32: How To Handle Weighty Topics

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Aug 12, 201830:02pending

13.31: Learning to Listen as a Writer

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Aug 5, 201820:47pending

13.30: Project in Depth, THE CALCULATING STARS, with Kjell Lindgren

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Jul 29, 201831:25pending

13.29: Iconic Heroes

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Jul 22, 201818:34pending

13.28: What Writers Get Wrong, with Wildstyle

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Jul 15, 201817:07pending

13.27: Characters as Foils

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Jul 8, 201818:53pending

13.26: Character Relationships

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Jul 1, 201821:24pending

13.25: Our Journey With Character

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Jun 24, 201818:26pending

13.24: What Writers Get Wrong, with Piper, Aliette, and Wesley, with special gue...

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Jun 17, 201822:34pending

13.23: Internal Conflicts

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Jun 10, 201826:46pending

13.22: Character Arcs

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Jun 3, 201816:10pending

13.21: Q&A on Character Depth and Motivation

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May 27, 201820:08pending

13.20: Fear and Writing, with Emma Newman

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May 20, 201819:42pending

13.19: Backstories

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May 13, 201819:33pending

13.18: Naturally Revealing Character Motivation

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May 6, 201819:02pending

13.17: What Writers Get Wrong, with Jamahl Crouch

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Apr 29, 201816:18pending

13.16: Avoiding Flat Characters

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Apr 22, 201816:43pending

13.15: What Writers Get Wrong, with Mike Stop Continues

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Apr 15, 201819:05pending

13.14: Character Nuance

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Apr 8, 201817:46pending

13.13: Character Voice

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Apr 1, 201823:40pending

13.12: Q&A on Heroes, Villains, and Main Characters

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Mar 25, 201817:14pending
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