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)
14.5: Viewpoint as Worldbuilding
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14.04: Writing the Other—Bisexual Characters
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14.03: World of Hats
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14.02: Geography and Biomes
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14.01: Worldbuilding Begins! Up Front, or On the Fly?
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13.52: Working Dad is a Spaceman
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13.51: Wrap-up on the Year of Character
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13.50: What Writers Get Wrong, with Zoraida Córdova
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13.49: How to Finish
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13.48: Character Death and Plot Armor
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13.47: Q&A on Fixing Characters
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13.46: The Unsexy Side of Space, with Bart Smith and Ben Hewett
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NaNoWriMo 2018 Bonus Episode, with Mercedes Lackey
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13.45: Next Level Narration
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NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 2
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13.44: Alien Characters
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NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 1
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13.43: Characters Who Are Smarter Than You Are
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13.42: Writing Excuses Talks to an Astronaut, with Special Guest Kjell Lindgren
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13.41: Fixing Character Problems, Part II
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13.40: Fixing Character Problems, Part I
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13.39: What Writers Get Wrong, With Wendy Tolliver
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13.38: How to Find and Use Alpha Readers
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13.37: What Writers Get Wrong, with J.Y. Yang
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13.36: Confronting the Default
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13.35: Cliché vs. Archetype
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13.34: Q&A on Character Arcs
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13.b1: Bonus Episode — Elephants and Death, with Lawrence Schoen
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13.33: Reading Outside the Box
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13.32: How To Handle Weighty Topics
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13.31: Learning to Listen as a Writer
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13.30: Project in Depth, THE CALCULATING STARS, with Kjell Lindgren
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13.29: Iconic Heroes
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13.28: What Writers Get Wrong, with Wildstyle
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13.27: Characters as Foils
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13.26: Character Relationships
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13.25: Our Journey With Character
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13.24: What Writers Get Wrong, with Piper, Aliette, and Wesley, with special gue...
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13.23: Internal Conflicts
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13.22: Character Arcs
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13.21: Q&A on Character Depth and Motivation
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13.20: Fear and Writing, with Emma Newman
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13.19: Backstories
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13.18: Naturally Revealing Character Motivation
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13.17: What Writers Get Wrong, with Jamahl Crouch
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13.16: Avoiding Flat Characters
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13.15: What Writers Get Wrong, with Mike Stop Continues
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13.14: Character Nuance
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13.13: Character Voice
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13.12: Q&A on Heroes, Villains, and Main Characters
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