October 2009 – Writing Excuses: Recent Episodes
Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler
You are going to love this episode. Seriously. Brandon throws an idea at Dan and Howard, and then we spend 15 minutes expanding on that idea as if we were going to base a story around it. You people who keep asking where we get our ideas? You’re asking the wrong question. Ideas are easy … Continue reading Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 22: Idea to Story →
Larry Correia is either the guy who did everything wrong and then broke into publishing anyway, or he’s the exception who proves the rule. He self-published Monster Hunter International, and then got picked up by Baen Books. If you’re considering self-publishing, this is the podcast for you. This week’s episode of Writing Excuses is brought … Continue reading Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 21: Pitfalls of Self Publishing with Larry Correia →
Larry Correia, whose debut novel Monster Hunter International hit the market this summer, joins us for a discussion of plot-driven vs. character driven fiction. We start with a definition of terms and a discussion of the battlefield. Then we dive into the nuts and bolts of how to write what it is you want to … Continue reading Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 20: Plot- vs. Character-Driven Fiction →
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. He tells us about the paths for emotional response, and how a beginning writer can end up in … Continue reading Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 19: Emotion in Fiction with John Brown →