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Writing Excuses

Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler

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

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19:46

Writing Excuses 10.30: Q&A on Middles, with Marie...

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2015/07/26

Marie Brennan joins us again, this time to help us field your questions about middles. Here are the questions we collected from the various social media feeds: How do you maintain interest without having something explode every other chapter? In short fiction, how do you prevent try-fail cycles from bloating the story? How do you prevent the introduction of POVs during the middle of the story from being jarring? How do you keep subplots from turning into side quests? In longer stories, how important

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17:37

Writing Excuses 10.29: Why Should My Characters Fail...

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2015/07/19

Character failure is a big part of making the middle of a story work. We talk about why, and offer tips about how to make this work well for you.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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20:34

Writing Excuses 10.28: Polytheism in Fiction, with...

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2015/07/12

Marie Brennan joins us for a discussion of polytheism (and really any belief system) in our fiction.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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17:18

Writing Excuses 10.27: Why Can’t I Just Jump to the...

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2015/07/05

Lots of people struggle with the middles of their books. One way to look at the middle is that it's the point where you're no longer working on that new project that has you excited, but haven't yet gotten to the cool ending that has you excited. We talk about why the middle is important, and how you can make it enjoyable not just for the reader, but for you.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries:

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18:20

Writing Excuses 10.26: Q&A on Scenes and Description

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2015/06/28

How do you "show, don't tell" a character's thoughts? We answer this question, and more!Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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18:38

Writing Excuses 10.25: What Makes a Scene?

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2015/06/21

We talk about how we define and structure scenes in our writing, and we make reference to Scene/Sequel format, the MICE quotient, and pacing.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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17:25

Writing Excuses 10.24: Hooking Younger Readers

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2015/06/14

Media Specialist Kiley Snyder joins us to talk about hooking young readers.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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20:11

Writing Excuses 10.23: Can You Tell Me How To Show?

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2015/06/07

Instead of saying "show, don't tell," we say "here's how to show."Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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30:45

Writing Excuses 10.22: Project-in-Depth—Of Noble Family

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2015/05/31

Spoilers ahead! We dig into Of Noble Family, by Mary Robinette Kowal, focusing on language, culture, and the extensive research Mary did.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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18:15

Writing Excuses 10.21: Q&A on World Building

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2015/05/24

We answer questions about consistency, alternate histories, and the Great Spoke Plague of '77Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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16:54

Writing Excuses 10.20: How Do I Write a Story, Not an...

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2015/05/17

You've done piles of world building. How do you convey this world to reader without infodumping? We talk about the different skill levels involved, and then the techniques that you'll be using as you get better and better at what is probably the most critical skill unique to genre fiction writers.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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18:38

Writing Excuses 10.19: Intrigue

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2015/05/10

What's the difference between intrigue, suspense, and mystery? We talk about this, and then drill down on intrigue.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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20:57

Writing Excuses 10.18: Build an Entire World? Are You...

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2015/05/03

This one's for all you folks who like to do some world building on-the-fly.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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20:16

Writing Excuses 10.17: Q&A on Beginnings

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2015/04/26

We've talked beginnings all month. Now we take your questions about them.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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17:14

Writing Excuses 10.16: What Do I Do With All This...

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2015/04/19

Let's get that first page written in a way that will bring the reader to all the rest of the pages.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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16:03

Writing Excuses 10.15: Worldbuilding Wilderness with...

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2015/04/12

Wes Chu, author and adventurer, recently climbed Mount Kilimanjaro, and has some things to say about all the wilderness trekking that our characters do in the books we write, and how we often forget to say anything about sleeping on inclines, altitude sickness, or packing toilet paper. The salient point: we need to remember that our characters are experiencing these wilderness treks, and they have interesting opinions about them.Support this podcast at —

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17:46

Writing Excuses 10.14: How Much of the Beginning...

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2015/04/05

How do you know which bits of your story have to come first?Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/exclusive-contentAdvertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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18:04

Writing Excuses 10.13: Where is My Story Going?

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2015/03/30

Any discussion of story structure must necessarily take a look at that big, long bit between the beginning and the end, that piece where almost everything actually happens. In this episode we talk about the middles of stories, and how formulaic structures will help you get them to do all of the things that you need for them to do, and this can be done without the story feeling formulaic. We got things a bit out of order here -- this was supposed to be the SECOND episode of March, rather than the

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22:06

Writing Excuses 10.12: Story structure Q&A, with...

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2015/03/23

Wes Chu joins us again for a Q&A about this month's topic: story structure! Here are the questions: Do you make a conscious decision about how to structure your story before you begin writing? Is it necessary to use multiple structures (three-act, Hollywood formula, etc) in order to ensure that your story works? What tools do you use to view your story's structure? What do you think about cliffhangers? How do you come up with plot twists for your stories? (Answer: A blast from the past

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20:23

Writing Excuses 10.11: Project In Depth: “Parallel...

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2015/03/15

If you haven't yet read "Parallel Perspectives," from Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel, we have a PDF for you to download and read before you start listening to this episode. It's a 33mb file in a public DropBox folder. Parallel Perspectives PDF for Writing Excuses listeners Got the file? Done reading? Okay, let's go... This week is a Project in Depth episode focusing on a 13-page graphic story ("comic book") found at the end of Schlock Mercenary: Massively Parallel,

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