Prologues, motivations, and research, oh my!
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
What to do when you discover your planned ending isn’t actually going to work…
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, Dan, Mary, and Howard field questions from Twitter, including what to do if you don’t like your characters, keeping your plot on track, and how grounded in real geography your urban fantasy should be. There is also a question about bacon.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk endings, and how to troubleshoot common problems writers have with them.
Lou Anders joins Dan, Howard, and Mary for a discussion of endings.
Patrick Rothfuss joins the crew at WorldCon 69 for a discussion of how to get readers to suspend their disbelief.
Mary walks Brandon, Dan, and Howard through the Milieu, Idea, Character, and Event (M.I.C.E.) quotient from Orson Scott Card, and then they retell the Billy Goats Gruff four times.
Sara Crowe, literary agent with Harvey Klinger, joins Dan and Howard for a discussion of query letters.
Brandon, Dan, and Howard critique some dialog-only writing exercises from listeners.