Writing Excuses

Writing Excuses 9.38: Q&A at Westercon


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Peter Orullian joins us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 for a Q&A. The questions include:

* As a writer, how do you handle reviewing other people's books?
* How do you compartmentalize your writing to prevent that obsession from displacing everything else?

* (Here are the signs we talked about)


* How do you create frightening, unique creatures?
* What are the basics about networking at a convention?
* Is there a yield for the average story idea?
* What rules do you follow and what rules do you break when writing epic fantasy?
* What can you do in critique groups to teach craft if you're avoiding prescriptive critique?
* How strongly do you believe that the audience won't remember what you've told them, but will remember how you said it?

 
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Writing ExcusesBy Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler