Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.
So, what is publishing for, anyway? The question may seem glib, but DongWong Song raised it in their newsletter, and in this episode we answer (or at least refine our asking of) the question. Liner Notes: The Publishing Question Credits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan…
Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, Dan, Amal, and Howard This is how we begin our master classon poetry, with Amal El-Mohtar:With not one question, but two. What is poetry? What is prose? Yes, both questions are a trap.Or maybe two traps.But definitely a beginning. Credits: This episode was recorded by Marshall Carr,…
Your Hosts: Howard, Mary Robinette, and Dan, with special guest Patrick Rothfuss Did we have too much fun applying ironic humor to the title of this episode? Possibly! Patrick Rothfuss joins us to talk about economy of phrase, and the ways in which big ideas can be expressed with a…
Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary, Mary Anne, and Wesley Let’s talk about word choice. And when we say “let’s” we mean “we’re going to talk to you about it. You don’t actually get to talk back.” So maybe “let’s” wasn’t the best of the possible openers. Our discussion covers what we…
A Q&A covering editing, rule-breaking, writing the other, gift-giving, and more.
Mette Ivie Harrison joins us to discuss creative non-fiction, the genre in which the tools of creative writing are applied to factually accurate narratives.
The cast talks about making dialogue, blocking, and description work together for exposition and story-telling.
Blocking! What is it, why is it important, and how can you do it well?
Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary talk about the Hero’s Journey. Finally.
A Q&A with James Dashner covering paragraph edits, plotting, writing prequels to existing series, and more.
