Brandon, Dan, and Howard critique some tagless dialog submissions.
Tools, not rules. For writers, by writers.
Late last season we took a look at Brandon’s first novel and did some line-editing and critiquing. It was so much fun we decided that Dan needed to take a turn in the dunking booth. He totally gets wet. In the course of dunking Dan we cover beginnings, descriptions, character…
Scott Westerfeld joins Brandon and Howard for a discussion of Steampunk.
Scott Westerfeld joins Brandon and Howard for a discussion of the visual components of novels.
Brandon, Dan, and Howard field questions about doing bad things to characters, soliciting feedback, creature design, and outlining.
L.E. Modesitt and Robison Wells join Brandon and Dan for a discussion of “practical” fantasy. Recorded live at CONduit in Salt Lake City.
How to approach discovery writing, with your hosts Brandon, Dan, and Howard
What’s the fourth wall? What happens when you break it? Should you be breaking it at all?
A discussion of art and design elements and how they work with the stories we write.
Roll for initiative, folks! Brandon, Dan, and Howard all play tabletop role-playing games, and sometimes even play together. The question of the hour (well… quarter-hour) is “how can these games help your world building, storytelling, and anything else having to do with good writing?” If this ‘cast doesn’t make you…