Brandon answers “The Way of Kings” questions from Mary, Howard, and Dan.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
In this outlining demonstration Mary reads from an early outline, then Brandon, Dan, and Howard brutally dissect it.
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.
Sarah Pinborough joins Mary and Dan at World Fantasy for a very writerly discussion of London. Also, they discuss using a city as a character.
How do you take a good character and make them evil? And why would you want to do this? Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard answer that second question first, and then walk you through the process of doing this.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about using character foils in building a story.
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about plotting a good mystery, especially as part of a non-mystery-genre book.
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary talk about making characters do dumb things for smart reasons.
Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard each crank out the beginnings of a story from the same set of story seeds.
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary talk about pitching — a critical skill for new and established authors alike.