Mary Robinette Kowal schools Brandon, Dan, and Howard with her outlining system.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
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 walks us through the seven-point story structure format he uses, and then we demonstrate by brainstorming this on a sample story.
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.