Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard brainstorm a science-fiction short story featuring artificial intelligence
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
How is “Men in Black” like “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?” This week on Writing Excuses we talk about Secret History, and how to do it well.
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary review some of Emma Coats’ “Pixar Rules” for storytelling
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.
Brandon talks in depth about his novella “The Emperor’s Soul”
Jim Zub talks writing comics with Brandon, Howard, and Mary at GenCon Indy
Maurice Broaddus joins us to talk about “writing the other” — writing other cultures, races, genders — basically anybody who isn’t much like you.
Finishing one project means it’s time to start the next one. And no, it’s not necessarily going to get easier…
What do you do when your villain is more interesting and engaging than your hero? The first step? Admit that this is a problem…
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?…