Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 19: Emotion in Fiction with John Brown
John Brown joins us again, and tells us that fiction “is all about guiding an emotional response in a reader.” We begin with a discussion of depression, which John (like many of us) had to deal with....
View ArticleWriting Excuses Season 3 Episode 25: The Business of Writing Comics
Dan and Howard are again joined by Jake Black, who writes comics (and some other things) for a living. Jake tells us how he got into the business, and we talk about how this might be applied to other...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 4.6: Pacing with James Dashner
This episode was recorded live at Life, The Universe, & Everything 28, The BYU Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy, and features, among other things, our largest audience ever. Oh, and James...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 4.19: Discovery Writing
In previous episodes we’ve established the dichotomy between discovery writing and outline writing. In our ‘casts about process, we’ve mostly talked about outlining, working from an outline, and the...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 4.25: Mating Plumage
James Dashner and Julie Wright join Brandon and Dan for an episode about what Lou Anders called “Mating Plumage” back in this 2008 episode of Writing Excuses recorded at Denvention. Lou was just...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 6.10: Scott Card’s M.I.C.E. Quotient
Orson Scott Card’s M.I.C.E. quotient is a concept from his books Character and Viewpoint and How to Write Science Fiction. M.I.C.E. stands for Milieu, Idea, Character, and Event, and can serve as a way...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 6.22: Continuing Education for Writers
Mur Lafferty, the Grand Dame of SF podcasting, joins Howard, Mary, and Dan to talk about ways in which writers can continue their educations. We’ve said time and again that nothing improves your...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 7.2: World Building Flora and Fauna
Let’s build the plants and animals for your science fiction or fantasy book! We begin with a discussion about naming, and about deciding how much evolutionary biology to put into creating cool...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 7.49: Beginnings Revisited
We haven’t discussed beginnings this in a while, and when we did, we summed it up with “in late, out early.” Now we’re going to talk about what needs to be present when you’re “in.” We talk about tone,...
View ArticleWriting Excuses Season 3 Episode 19: Emotion in Fiction with John Brown
John Brown joins us again, and tells us that fiction “is all about guiding an emotional response in a reader.” We begin with a discussion of depression, which John (like many of us) had to deal with....
View ArticleWriting Excuses Season 3 Episode 25: The Business of Writing Comics
Dan and Howard are again joined by Jake Black, who writes comics (and some other things) for a living. Jake tells us how he got into the business, and we talk about how this might be applied to other...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 4.6: Pacing with James Dashner
This episode was recorded live at Life, The Universe, & Everything 28, The BYU Symposium on Science Fiction and Fantasy, and features, among other things, our largest audience ever. Oh, and James...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 4.19: Discovery Writing
How to approach discovery writing, with your hosts Brandon, Dan, and Howard The post Writing Excuses 4.19: Discovery Writing appeared first on Writing Excuses.
View ArticleWriting Excuses 4.25: Mating Plumage
James Dashner and Julie Wright talk covers, titles, and first lines with Brandon and Dan. The post Writing Excuses 4.25: Mating Plumage appeared first on Writing Excuses.
View ArticleWriting Excuses 6.10: Scott Card’s M.I.C.E. Quotient
Mary walks Brandon, Dan, and Howard through the Milieu, Idea, Character, and Event (M.I.C.E.) quotient from Orson Scott Card, and then they retell the Billy Goats Gruff four times. The post Writing...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 6.22: Continuing Education for Writers
Mur Lafferty joins Howard, Mary, and Dan to talk about ways in which writers can continue their education. The post Writing Excuses 6.22: Continuing Education for Writers appeared first on Writing...
View ArticleWriting Excuses 7.2: World Building Flora and Fauna
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about fictional ecologies. The post Writing Excuses 7.2: World Building Flora and Fauna appeared first on Writing Excuses.
View ArticleWriting Excuses 7.49: Beginnings Revisited
We've talked about where to start. Now Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about how to start -- what goes "in" when you're going "in late, out early." The post Writing Excuses 7.49: Beginnings...
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