The Writing Excuses Crew fields questions about crossed genres, literary fiction, magical realism, and more.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Mary, Howard, Dan, and Brandon talk about the things we do to feel like professionals.
Robison Wells discusses writing mentally ill characters with Brandon, Mary, and Dan.
Do you need arcs and development for side-characters?
Last year we announced the first ever Writing Excuses Retreat, and an awesome scholarship to go along with it. We’ve never done an event like this before, but we feel pretty good about it, and we think it will be a big help to a lot of writers, and we…
We’re back for the New Year, and we start by answering all your questions. Or at least eight of them.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard each take a look at some changing aspect of the industry, and how they’re reacting to that change.
A fast-paced Q&A covering discouragement, magic systems, ideas, and our embarrassing early projects.
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary review some of Emma Coats’ “Pixar Rules” for storytelling
It’s microcasting time! This week we take a crack at the following listener questions: What percentage of a rough draft makes it into print? What are the pitfalls of jumping from novels to short fiction, and vice versa? Do you need to start with short fiction first? (This answer involves…