Brandon, Dan, and Howard critique some dialog-only writing exercises from listeners.
Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
Brandon, Dan, and Howard critique some tagless dialog submissions.
The now cancer-free John Brown joins us again, this time for a discussion of the creative process. John has presented a seminar on this subject in the past, the focus of which is to teach people to unlock their creativity. At the core of this is the problem-solving we all engage…
Melodrama. What is it? What do people mean when they say something is too melodramatic? Usually they do NOT mean “it’s too much like a classical melodrama,” but it helps if we start with that definition: a melodrama is a story in which each character only expresses one emotion, and/or…
A practical, example-filled look at tuning up rough dialog.
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.
Live from CONduit in Salt Lake City, L.E. Modessit Jr. and the Writing Excuses crew answer questions from the audience.