Robison Wells joins the ‘cast to talk to us about cliffhangers.
Tools, not rules. For writers, by writers.
It’s been a long few months of writing, applying, and nervously waiting, but the time has come. We have carefully reviewed your applications—all 73 of them—and painstakingly narrowed the field to a few exceptional finalists. Of those we have chosen one winner, whom we notified yesterday, and now that she has…
Last year we announced the first ever Writing Excuses Retreat, and an awesome scholarship to go along with it. We’ve never done an event like this before, but we feel pretty good about it, and we think it will be a big help to a lot of writers, and we…
For your convenience, we’re putting together this list of what works each of us have eligible for the Hugo and Nebula awards. In case, you know, you were looking for things to consider. Related Work Writing Excuses Season 7 Why is this under related work and not podcast? Because as…
For the first time, the Writing Excuses team is hosting a workshop and retreat for our listeners. This week long event gives you one on one time with the hosts, Brandon Sanderson, Dan Wells, Mary Robinette Kowal, and Howard Tayler.
Registration is currently sold out. Please scroll down for information about the waiting list.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
The week kicks off with three full days of intensive workshops taught by the WX hosts. All on-campus meals are included during the week.
WX will also be recording sessions while there, so you will get an opportunity to shape episodes by the questions you ask. Plus you get to watch the team record live.
Starting on Wednesday evening, the remainder of the week is time for you to put what you learned to good use, and write. You’re out of excuses…
Howard brings NaNoWriMo home with a final pep-talk for you. Short version: you’re still out of excuses. Don’t stop writing.
This your third week of NaNoWriMo, and Dan’s here to tell you your wordcount should be at around 38,000. He also tells us how NaNoWriMo helped him write faster and keep to a schedule, and that you (yes YOU) are awesome. Powered by RedCircle
Brandon Sanderson offers a quick pep-talk for NaNoWriMo participants.
Mur Lafferty joins Howard, Mary, and Dan to talk about ways in which writers can continue their education.
Writing Excuses Season 4 has been nominated for a “Best Related Work” Hugo.