Do you need arcs and development for side-characters?
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
How do you give a personality to the animal or animals in your story? How do you do it without being a crazy cat lady?
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary talk about the Hero’s Journey. Finally.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard each take a look at some changing aspect of the industry, and how they’re reacting to that change.
How is “Men in Black” like “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?” This week on Writing Excuses we talk about Secret History, and how to do it well.
Mary invites Brandon, Dan, and Howard to brainstorm a story with her.
We’ve talked about where to start. Now Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about how to start — what goes “in” when you’re going “in late, out early.”
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary review some of Emma Coats’ “Pixar Rules” for storytelling
What are the things that matter to your characters? What things matter to your readers? After we get the obligatory ambiguity out of the way, we settle into talking about the “stakes” and the escalation thereof.
Dan Wells and Robison Wells give you a pep talk for the second week of NaNoWriMo.