Brandon, Dan, and Howard start at the ending and work their way backwards for your enjoyment.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
What do you do when, halfway through the book you’re writing, you realize it needs to be completely rebuilt? More importantly, how do you figure this out in the first place? This podcast came about as a result of a question from a listener, but the question was specific to…
“How do we avoid writing stilted dialog?” asked Brandon adverbially.
James Dashner and Julie Wright join Brandon and Dan at CONduit in Salt Lake City, and may end up wishing they hadn’t. Brandon throws sets of story concepts at the crew, and asks them to quickly frame serious stories with a solid settings and cool characters. The first set of…
Live from CONduit in Salt Lake City, L.E. Modessit Jr. and the Writing Excuses crew answer questions from the audience.
How to approach discovery writing, with your hosts Brandon, Dan, and Howard
How to write multiple viewpoints effectively, using the tool for the right reasons and avoiding pitfalls.
Epic podcast! Except it’s only fifteen minutes long… because you’re in a hurry, and we’ll tell you how to write an epic.
Jessica Day George joins the Writing Excuses crew again, this time for a discussion of writing for young adults, and maybe for teens, or even middle-grade readers. This isn’t a podcast about rigidly defining the boundary between the YA and middle-grade genres, though. That’s publishing. We’re talking about writing. If you…
Jessica Day George joins us again, this time to tell us how to write men. Brace yourselves for the bandying-about of generalities, for painting with broad brushes, and for assorted other potential points of offense! Let’s say, for a moment, that you’re not a man. How do you go about…