Writing Excuses

By Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard TaylerBusiness Fiction Careers

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June 30, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.26: Space Opera
What does "space opera" mean, and how might you go about writing it?

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21 min
June 23, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.25: Middle Grade with E.J. Patten
E.J. Patten joins us again, this to discuss the particulars of writing middle-grade fiction.

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19 min
June 16, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.24: Project in Depth–Kiss Me Twice
Mary walks Brandon, Dan, and Howard through the processes for writing "Kiss Me Twice," her Hugo-nominated novella

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23 min
June 09, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.23: Microcasting
Brandon, Dan, Mary, Howard, and guest E.J. Patten answer a slew of questions about writing and the business of writing.

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17 min
June 02, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.22: Pre-writing with E.J. Patten
E.J. Patten joins us to talk about pre-writing -- all that work that gets done before the prose happens.

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19 min
May 26, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.21: What the Avengers did Right
Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard loved "The Avengers," and would like to tell you what they think the film did right.

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21 min
May 19, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.20: The Short Story, with Mary Robinette Kowal
Mary Robinette Kowal walks us through writing short stories.

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18 min
May 12, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.19: Writing and Convention Culture
Writing Excuses tackles water from the perspective of the fish. Also? The culture surrounding writers.

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18 min
May 06, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.18: Blocking
Blocking! What is it, why is it important, and how can you do it well?

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19 min
April 28, 2013 Writing Excuses 8.17: Microcasting
The Writing Excuses Crew fields questions about crossed genres, literary fiction, magical realism, and more.

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18 min