A fast-paced Q&A covering discouragement, magic systems, ideas, and our embarrassing early projects.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Mary invites Brandon, Dan, and Howard to brainstorm a story with her.
Mary Robinette Kowal schools Brandon, Dan, and Howard with her outlining system.
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 Sanderson and Mary Robinette Kowal provide last-minute writing advice to you NaNoWriMo’ers out there…
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.
Brandon talks in depth about his novella “The Emperor’s Soul”
It’s microcasting time! This week we take a crack at the following listener questions: What percentage of a rough draft makes it into print? What are the pitfalls of jumping from novels to short fiction, and vice versa? Do you need to start with short fiction first? (This answer involves…