Writing Excuses

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Writing Excuses 5.12: Time Travel! Dec 13, 2010

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Brandon, Dan, and Howard each offer sage advice to their earlier selves.

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Writing Excuses 5.15: Steampunk with Scott Westerfeld Dec 06, 2010

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Scott Westerfeld joins Brandon and Howard for a discussion of Steampunk.

Writing Excuses 5.14: Visual Components of Novels with Scott Westerfeld Nov 29, 2010

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Scott Westerfeld joins Brandon and Howard for a discussion of the visual components of novels.

Writing Excuses 5.13: Writing the Second Book Nov 22, 2010

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John Brown joins Brandon, Dan, and Howard for a discussion of second novels, sequels, and the trick to doing it again.

Writing Excuses 5.12: The Secret of Lincoln’s Gold Nov 22, 2010

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Writing Excuses 5.11: MicroPodcasting 2 Nov 15, 2010

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Brandon, Dan, and Howard field questions about doing bad things to characters, soliciting feedback, creature design, and outlining.

Writing Excuses 5.10: John Brown and the Creative Process Nov 08, 2010

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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 in at some point. You have a problem, so you sit down and try to solve it. BAM. Creativity. With John's help we set out to de-mystify creativity, showing how everybody has to be creative on a regular basis, and how this skill set can be broadened through certain types of behavior, and immersion in particular domains. We explore strategies for developing what feels like a good idea, tactics for getting un-stuck when we're bogged down, and finally figuring out when we're done. Audiobook Pick-of-the-Week: The Hallowed Hunt by Lois McMaster Bujold, read by Marguerite Gavin Writing Prompt: A person gets surgery so in order to imitate He Who Never Sleeps... This episode of Writing Excuses has been brought to you by Audible. Visit http://AudiblePodcast.com/excuse for a free trial membership*. *Note: From the Audible website, here are the terms of the free membership. Read the fine print, please! Audible® Free Trial Details Get your first 14 days of the AudibleListener® Gold membership plan free, which includes one audiobook credit. After your 14 day trial, your membership will renew each month for just $14.95 per month so you can continue to receive one audiobook credit per month plus members-only discounts on all audio purchases. A very small number of titles are more than one credit. Cancel your membership before your free trial period is up and you will not be charged. Thereafter, cancel anytime, effective the next billing cycle. Any unused audiobook credits will be lost at cancellation.

Writing Excuses Bonus Episode! Voting in the Service of a Dark God Nov 02, 2010

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This bonus episode is what happens when there are two things we want to plug, and we decide to try and blend them in a single PSA. Here's the Amazon link for the paperback release of John Brown's first novel, Servant of a Dark God. There is no Amazon link for going out and voting, but what if there were? There. There's your writing prompt: "Election services offered online via an Amazon link." Since NaNoWriMo is already a day old, we hope you don't still need a writing prompt. You're out of excuses. Now go write.

Writing Excuses 5.9: Character Arcs Nov 01, 2010

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John Brown joins us this week for a discussion of plot threads specific to characters. These can be the main plot thread, interesting sub-plots, or just things that shape characters. Sometimes they're things we do deliberately, and sometimes we discovery-write our way into these arcs. We talk about how we do this, and how we know when it is (and isn't!) working well. We ran a little long, but there were four of us, and we put LOTS of nuts-and-bolts stuff in this 'cast. Writing Prompt: Your cast of characters is trapped on an emotionally-responsive roller-coaster that mimics their own emotional arcs. How do they use this knowledge? This Tuesday: John's first novel, Servant of a Dark God, is out in paperback! ALSO This Tuesday: The polls are open for you, you citizens of the United States! Go vote! Audiobook Pick-of-the-Week: The Amulet of Samarkand: The Bartimaeus Trilogy, Book 1, by Jonathan Stroud, read by Simon Jones. This episode of Writing Excuses has been brought to you by Audible. Visit http://AudiblePodcast.com/excuse for a free trial membership*. *Note: From the Audible website, here are the terms of the free membership. Read the fine print, please! Audible® Free Trial Details Get your first 14 days of the AudibleListener® Gold membership plan free, which includes one audiobook credit. After your 14 day trial, your membership will renew each month for just $14.95 per month so you can continue to receive one audiobook credit per month plus members-only discounts on all audio purchases. A very small number of titles are more than one credit. Cancel your membership before your free trial period is up and you will not be charged. Thereafter, cancel anytime, effective the next billing cycle. Any unused audiobook credits will be lost at cancellation.

Writing Excuses 5.8: The Excuses You’re Out Of Oct 25, 2010

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What are the excuses you make when you're not writing? Brandon, Dan, and Howard examine these, and offer advice for getting the writing done anyway.

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