Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
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, Dan, Howard, and Mary talk about pitching — a critical skill for new and established authors alike.
Mary Robinette Kowal and Eric Flint join Howard and Dan for a discussion of Alternate history – what, why, and how.
Question: Can you write a good book without a plot twist? Better question: is it a good book if your readers predicted what was coming? Best question: is a podcast about predictable prose itself predictable? No, seriously… the best question is “how can we use predictable, formulaic plotting effectively?” We…
