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Writing Excuses

Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.

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14.50: Write What You… No.

14.50: Write What You… No.

Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Margaret, and Howard We've all heard the adage "write what you know," and in this e... Read more

15 Dec 2019

19mins

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14.51: A Farewell to Worldbuilding

14.51: A Farewell to Worldbuilding

Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard We've spent all year focusing on worldbuilding, and it's time to mo... Read more

22 Dec 2019

21mins

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14.52: Game Mastering and Collaborative Storytelling, with Natasha Ence

14.52: Game Mastering and Collaborative Storytelling, with Natasha Ence

Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Natasha Ence Natasha Ence is a professional gam... Read more

29 Dec 2019

18mins

Ranked #4

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15.03: Self Publishing

15.03: Self Publishing

Your Hosts: Howard, with special guests Victorine Lieske, Tamie Dearen, Bridget E. Baker, and Nandi Taylor Howard leads ... Read more

19 Jan 2020

24mins

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15.09: Choose Your Own Adventurous Publishing Path

15.09: Choose Your Own Adventurous Publishing Path

Your Hosts: Dan, DongWon, Piper, and Howard "Should I go self-pub? Should I go traditional? Can I do both? How do I deci... Read more

1 Mar 2020

24mins

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15.14: Agent Query Trenches

15.14: Agent Query Trenches

Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard The title of this episode comes to us from listener questions along... Read more

5 Apr 2020

21mins

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15.08: Q&A on a Ship

15.08: Q&A on a Ship

Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, DongWon, and Howard At WXR 19 we recorded live, and took audience questions aboard the ... Read more

23 Feb 2020

26mins

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15.11: Digital is Different, with Cory Doctorow

15.11: Digital is Different, with Cory Doctorow

Your Hosts: Mary Robinette, Piper, Howard, and special guest Cory Doctorow "How do you break in?" is one of those questi... Read more

15 Mar 2020

26mins

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15.12: Writing the Other—Being an Ally

15.12: Writing the Other—Being an Ally

Your Hosts: Piper, Tempest, DongWon, with special guest Erin Roberts What can we do to be allies to members of marginali... Read more

22 Mar 2020

22mins

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15.13: Using Elections in Stories

15.13: Using Elections in Stories

Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard, with special guest Daniel Friend Daniel Friend, who edits SF/F, ha... Read more

29 Mar 2020

16mins

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15.05: Setting Goals for Your Career

15.05: Setting Goals for Your Career

Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard What kind of career goal-setting do you do? We had a discussion in this v... Read more

2 Feb 2020

22mins

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15.04: Revision, with Patrick Rothfuss

15.04: Revision, with Patrick Rothfuss

Your Hosts: Dan, Howard, and Mary Robinette, with special guest Patrick Rothfuss We begin our discussion of revision by ... Read more

26 Jan 2020

29mins

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15.02: Writing Between the Lines

15.02: Writing Between the Lines

Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard Victoria Schwab, who also writes as V.E. Schwab, joins us this year, and ... Read more

12 Jan 2020

19mins

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15.07: Creating Chapters

15.07: Creating Chapters

Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard How do you create chapters? What are the rules for carving your manuscrip... Read more

16 Feb 2020

19mins

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15.15: Dialog

15.15: Dialog

Your Hosts: Brandon, Mary Robinette, Dan, and Howard Listener questions drove this episode, and there are only two of th... Read more

12 Apr 2020

17mins

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15.06: Prose and Cons, with Patrick Rothfuss

15.06: Prose and Cons, with Patrick Rothfuss

Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, Howard, with special guest Patrick Rothfuss How do you write beautiful prose? How do yo... Read more

9 Feb 2020

25mins

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15.10: Evaluating Ideas

15.10: Evaluating Ideas

Your Hosts: Brandon, Victoria, Dan, and Howard We've talked in the past about how ideas are cheap, and that it's executi... Read more

8 Mar 2020

20mins

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15.01: Evolution of a Career

15.01: Evolution of a Career

Your Hosts: Dan, DongWon, Mary Robinette, and Howard Season 15 is going to be a bit broader than the previous seasons ha... Read more

5 Jan 2020

27mins

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15.45: Worldbuilding Fantasy, with Patrick Rothfuss

15.45: Worldbuilding Fantasy, with Patrick Rothfuss

Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, and Howard, with Patrick Rothfuss Pat joins us for a discussion of worldbuilding, in wh... Read more

8 Nov 2020

31mins

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15.35: Tools for Writing and Worldbuilding, with Erin Roberts

15.35: Tools for Writing and Worldbuilding, with Erin Roberts

Your Hosts: Dan, Mary Robinette, Lari, and special guest Erin Roberts We've received a number of questions about the 'to... Read more

30 Aug 2020

21mins

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