The 4 Best Writing Excuses Podcast Episodes
1) 14.35: What You Leave Out
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard The advice commonly given to writers is to worldbuild an iceberg, but only to show the reader the tip. This is still too much work. Icebergs are bi...Show More
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I didn't think I'd like a writing-advice podcast, but this show really makes good and digest able episodes. I am entertained by their advice...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.2) 12.51: Constructed Languages, with Dirk Elzinga
Your Hosts: Howard, Mary, Dan, with guest host Beth Meacham Dirk Elzinga, an associate professor of linguistics, joined us live at LTUE to talk about constructed languages, and how we, as writers, mig...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.3) 13.1: Hero, Protagonist, Main Character
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard 2018 is our Year of Character, and we kick it off with a quick exploration of the differences between heroes, protagonists, and main characters. Beginning wi...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.4) 12.43: Serialized Storytelling
Your Hosts: Brandon, Piper, Dan, and Howard We’re talking about the extreme long-form serial story here, and how to keep things interesting without forcing the main characters into an absurdly h...Show More
AUDIO REMOVED: The podcast creator has removed the audio for this episode.5) 18.17: Build Your Author Brand, 2023 Edition
Dolly Parton once said "figure out who you are, and then do it on purpose." One of DongWon Song's newsletter installments riffs on this, and in this episode we riff further, exploring good principles ...Show More
6) 18.16: Deep Dive: Publishing is Hard, by DongWon Song
Publishing is hard. Also, Publishing is Hard is a newsletter from DongWon Song. He launched it in 2019 as an outlet for his experiences in the publishing industry. In this episode we explore thi...Show More
7) 18.15: Building a Mystery, Now With More Tools
Back in February, with Episode 18.8, we began exploring the process of writing a mystery story. That episode led us into a series of six episodes about tension, and the tools we use to create and mana...Show More
8) 18.14: Heavy Lifting with Microtension
Let's take all our tension tools and apply them in tiny ways. A big application of tension might be an argument between two characters about a course of plot-important action. Microtension might be th...Show More
9) 18.13: Finding the Core Conflict
In our ongoing exploration of tension, the time has come to examine conflict. It can be shaped and delivered in numerous ways, but you have to know the core conflict before you can make anybody feel t...Show More
10) 18.12: The Long Shadow of Unanswered Questions
Our continuing exploration of tension has taken us to a favorite technique: unanswered questions. Sure, this obviously applies to mysteries, but consider the question posed in romances: “will they get...Show More