Dan Wells walks us through the seven-point story structure format he uses, and then we demonstrate by brainstorming this on a sample story.
Tools, not rules. For writers, by writers.
Shanna Germain joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard for a frank discussion of love scenes.
RPG Luminary Monte Cook joins us at GenCon Indy 2012 to talk about writing for games, and the perils of trying to adapt game play back into prose.
Mary Robinette Kowal talks in depth about her novel Glamour In Glass, fielding questions from Brandon, Dan, and Howard.
Recorded live at Utah Valley University, here’s another Q&A episode from the LTUE Symposium! The questions: What was Brandon’s plan with Mistborn and the themes regarding establishment? Why does Kelsier shrug so much? (This leads into a fun discussion of “tells.”) How do you know when to stop a chapter?…
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk endings, and how to troubleshoot common problems writers have with them.
Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard each crank out the beginnings of a story from the same set of story seeds.
Lauren Beukes joins the ‘cast for a discussion of writing cultures that you’re not personally a part of.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard field questions from the Twitterverse — commercial publishing, finding balance, structuring stories, defining moments, and more.
The last of our three recorded-live episodes is also the last episode of Writing Excuses Season 4. We took questions from the audience, and answered them with ABSOLUTE APLOMB. Questions asked include: How did we, as beginning writers, manage to write while holding down day-jobs and/or going to school? What…