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.
Tools, not rules. For writers, by writers.
Guest and gun-nut Larry Correia joins the Writing Excuses crew to talk firearms, fiction, and common mistakes.
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.
In this outlining demonstration Mary reads from an early outline, then Brandon, Dan, and Howard brutally dissect it.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard tell you all the reasons why you shouldn’t actually be writing, and why, especially at this time of the year, these writing excuses are so critically important to your career.
Brandon and Mary school Howard on “Man vs. Nature.” They might school the rest of us, too.
Brandon, Mary, and Howard talk about the strengths of the omniscient POV, how to use it well, and what pitfalls to avoid.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard field seven questions in fifteen minutes and forty-two seconds: a new land-speed record!
David Brin joins Mary and Dan for a discussion of the importance of criticism.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard field questions from Twitter, including what to do if you don’t like your characters, keeping your plot on track, and how grounded in real geography your urban fantasy should be. There is also a question about bacon.