Sara Crowe, literary agent with Harvey Klinger, joins Dan and Howard for a discussion of query letters.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard field questions from the Twitterverse — commercial publishing, finding balance, structuring stories, defining moments, and more.
Brandon, Mary, Dan, & Howard discuss putting character motivations on the page in support of plot, character arcs, and the story in general.
Brandon, Dan, and Howard brainstorm an urban fantasy set in a big-box store in Park City, Utah.
Mary Robinette Kowal and Dave Wolverton join Dan and Howard for a discussion of movie considerations and formulas.
Brandon, Dan, and Howard critique some dialog-only writing exercises from listeners.
Brandon, Dan, and Howard critique some tagless dialog submissions.
John Brown joins Brandon, Dan, and Howard for a discussion of second novels, sequels, and the trick to doing it again.
The now cancer-free John Brown joins us again, this time for a discussion of the creative process. John has presented a seminar on this subject in the past, the focus of which is to teach people to unlock their creativity. At the core of this is the problem-solving we all engage…
John Brown joins us this week for a discussion of plot threads specific to characters. These can be the main plot thread, interesting sub-plots, or just things that shape characters. Sometimes they’re things we do deliberately, and sometimes we discovery-write our way into these arcs. We talk about how we…