Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard brainstorm some fantasy setting elements for you. Need a magic system on the cheap? How about a political power structure?
Tools, not rules. For writers, by writers.
Tools, not rules. For writers, by writers.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard brainstorm some fantasy setting elements for you. Need a magic system on the cheap? How about a political power structure?
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about plotting a good mystery, especially as part of a non-mystery-genre book.
Andrew P. Mayer joins Howard, Mary, and Dan to talk about taking silly ideas and making seriously awesome stuff out of them.
Mur Lafferty joins Howard, Mary, and Dan to talk about ways in which writers can continue their education.
Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard each crank out the beginnings of a story from the same set of story seeds.
Lou Anders joins Dan, Howard, and Mary for a discussion of endings.
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary talk about pitching — a critical skill for new and established authors alike.
Lou Anders joins Mary, Dan, and Howard at Dragon*Con for a discussion of the Hollywood Formula.
Peter Ahlstrom, assistant to Brandon Sanderson, and Valerie Dowbenko, assistant to Pat Rothfuss, join Brandon and Dan to talk about what they do for “their authors.”
Keffy Kehrli joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard at WorldCon 69 for a discussion of gender roles, gender identity, and transsexualism with the objective of being able to write these things believably and accurately.