Writing Excuses

Hosted ByBrandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells & Howard Tayler

Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Howard Tayler, and Daniel Wells discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced, 15-minute format.


All Episodes

19:03: Behind The Scenes with our Producer and Recording Engineer

A few months ago, we were on a cruise ship in Alaska recording podcast episodes for 2024! This live recording features a Q&A with cruise attendees, who were given...

19:02: Q&A Episode with WX Core Cast

We have a LIVE podcast recording from September 2023, when we were hosting one of our writing retreats on a cruise ship in Alaska! (To learn about our next...

19.01: Interview with Abraham Verghese

In our first episode of 2024, we interviewed author and physician Abraham Verghese, who most recently published “The Covenant of Water.” We talked with Verghese about how to convey...

18.53: Funding the Writing Life

Rent isn’t paid in words alone. How do all of us, in various stages of our careers, keep ourselves afloat as we go about the writing life? We’re getting...

18.52: Writing Inside The Box

“Your short story should definitely be a novel.” It’s something writers are often told when they write short stories. What tips and tricks can you use to keep your...

18.51: So You Wanna Play With Format?

Are you interested in experimenting with different writing forms? Do you want to try an unusual or different way of writing? Well this week, we have an episode dedicated...

18.50: The Unreliable Narrator

All unreliable narrators aren’t unreliable in the same way. How do they differ and how does that change the way that we write them? Erin shares her unified theory...

18.49: Giving Your Story A Voice

What does it mean if your writing is voice-y?  How do you give your character a natural voice? We approach this question from the high-level perspective of craft, and...

18.48: NaNoWriMo Week 5 – Writing Endings

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