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

18.48: NaNoWriMo Week 5 – Writing Endings

18.47: NaNoWriMo Week 4 – Climaxes, or OH MY GOD NO

18.46: NaNoWriMo Week 3 – Raising the Stakes

18.45: NaNoWriMo Week 2 – Inciting Incident

Welcome to the first official week of National Novel Writing Month (or, almost the end of this week)! In this episode, we dive into how to write an inciting...

18.44: NaNoWriMo Week 1- Getting Started

18.43: Worldbuilding in Miniature

If you’re writing short fiction, how much of your world do you even need to figure out? Should you have it all written out? Can you just wing it?...

18.42: Creating Magic Outside of a System

How do you write about magic? How do you build a world with magic and spells and potions? We dive into the rules and laws behind magical worlds. We...

18.41: Deep Dive: Erin’s Short Fiction Extravaganza

If you write short stories or enjoy speculative fiction, this episode is for you. Our host Erin Roberts has written short stories, interactive fiction, and has built worlds for...

18.40: How To Make Money From Your Hobby (with special guest Sandra Tayler!)

 Or, The Business of the End of Schlock Mercenary How did Howard start making money from his hobby of drawing and writing comics? How did he self-publish? We have...

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