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- Writing Excuses 7.34: How to Start the Next One
Finishing one project means it's time to start the next one. And no, it's not necessarily going to get easier...
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Emote! Now do it authentically! In this episode we'll explain how we do it, and hopefully help you do it better.
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Eric James Stone joins the cast to talk astronomy as a tool for world-building
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Spoilers galore as we discuss "Hollow City," in depth, with author Dan Wells
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The crew fields questions about criticism, suspension of disbelief, tension, and more.
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What do you do when your villain is more interesting and engaging than your hero? The first step? Admit that this is a problem...
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Do we value originality too much? What does it mean to be original, and how can we, as authors, write wonderful things when all of the good ideas have already been used?
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Recorded live at Utah Valley University, here's another Q&A episode from the LTUE Symposium! The questions: What was Brandon's plan with Mistborn and the themes regarding establishment? Why does Kelsier shrug so much? (This leads into a fun discussion of "tells.") How do you know when to stop a chapter? What about expanding it? How do you make your prose more transparent? How do you decide who and what to cut? What do you do to filter out the extraneous ideas that come while you're writing? What can collaborators do in order to create a single "voice" for the book? What's the best way to tackle a long back-story? Want answers? You'll just have to listen...
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Capers and Heists as a plot form, with lots of movies cited as examples.
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