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By Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, Dan Wells
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Podcast Description
Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Daniel Wells discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced, 15-minute format.
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Writing Excuses 7.21: Project In Depth — Force Multiplication | Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Daniel Wells discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced, 15-minute format. | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing Excuses 7.20: Cathartic Horror | Michael R. Collings and Michaelbrent Collings discuss cathartic horror with Brandon, Dan, and Mary in front of a live audience at UVU. | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing Excuses 7.19: Q&A at UVU | A Q&A with James Dashner covering paragraph edits, plotting, writing prequels to existing series, and more. | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing Excuses 7.18: Discovering your Voice | What is your "voice" and how do you identify it? James Artimus Owen joins us for this discussion before a live audience at Life, The Universe, and Everything at Utah Valley University. | 4/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing Excuses 7.17: Guns and Fiction | Guest and gun-nut Larry Correia joins the Writing Excuses crew to talk firearms, fiction, and common mistakes. | 4/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing Excuses 7.16: Continuing with Mary’s Outline | In this second part a VERY SPECIAL two-part session of Writing Excuses Brandon, Dan, and Howard continue to tear into Mary's first novel outline. | 4/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing Excuses 7.15: Editing Mary’s Outline | Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Daniel Wells discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced, 15-minute format. | 4/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing Excuses 7.14: Writing Excuses | Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Daniel Wells discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced, 15-minute format. | 4/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing Excuses 7.13: Man Vs. Nature | Brandon and Mary school Howard on "Man vs. Nature." They might school the rest of us, too. | 3/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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Writing Excuses 7.12: Writing the Omniscient Viewpoint | Brandon, Mary, and Howard talk about the strengths of the omniscient POV, how to use it well, and what pitfalls to avoid. | 3/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 10 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Less is More, but I still want MORE!
I almost wish I had discovered this podcast later, after they had more episodes stocked up. I love the 15 minute format a lot more than I thought I would, but at the same time I wish there were more episodes to listen to. If you are thinking of trying this podcast out, 15 minute podcast download pretty fast. By the time you finish reading these reviews you could have already downloaded one and made up your own mind! Get to it.
Extremely helpful!
These three are really informative and interesting at the same time, talking about brainstorming and outlining in a way that's universally helpful. They remain focus the whole 15 minutes and don't go rambling off on a tangent somewhere. Any fledging writer would be smart to tune in!
Top Five for Writing Podcasts
Brandon Sanderson is the only host that I've actually heard of, as a successful Fantasy author, but that is far beside the point. Howard Taylor and Dan Wells are just as knowledgable as Brandon, who sort of plays the host and lets the other two answer the questions more often. They've really hit the time factor extremely well, saying "Fifteen minutes because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart." I love a podcast that gets to the point and doesn't belabor things. This is one of those shows that kicks you in the butt and just motivates you to get busy. They don't waste time with navel-gazing and philosophical debates. They are professionals with work to produce, and if you ever want to get paid for your writing, you've got to do the work. Practicality is the name of the day, with things you can immediately apply to your writing life, in digestable chunks that aren't difficult to process. Good for advice, and great for a laugh, this podcast is well worth the listening if you're a writer of any persuasion.
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