Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 9: Romance, with Dave Wolverton
This week (and for the following two weeks) the Writing Excuses crew is joined by author Dave Wolverton, who also writes under the name David Farland. This week's topic? ROMANCE. What can four adult m...
8 Des 200816min
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 8: The Three Act Structure with Bob Defendi
With Brandon still mysteriously missing, Professor Bob Defendi returns to take Dan and Howard on a magical journey through the three-act format: every step, every element, every nuance of this very co...
1 Des 200818min
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 7: Using Writing Formulas with Bob Defendi
Howard, Dan, and guest Bob Defendi open this episode with some high literary humor. Bob fills in for Brandon as we discuss formulas writers use in crafting stories. But how do we prevent those stories...
24 Nov 200816min
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 6: Endings
Episode 6, recorded live at Dragon's Keep opens with monkey noises and greeting-card pith, and ends with... well, we'll just let you listen. Is it a storybook ending? What IS a storybook ending? What ...
17 Nov 200816min
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 5: Writing Groups
So you've got a fantastic idea for a book or a short story, but where do you go from there? Who can give the incentive to write, the support to keep going when it gets hard, and the tough love to let ...
11 Nov 200817min
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 4:View point, Plot Twists and Being a Part-Time Writer with Eric James Stone
Eric James Stone joins us for our final Mountain-Con episode. This Q&A covers writing part-time (and Dan disqualifies himself from answering this question in future episodes), setting deadlines for yo...
3 Nov 200817min
Writing Excuses Season 2 Episode 3: Characters with Brandon Mull
No matter how grand your setting, how intense your conflicts, or how tight your plot, at some point you're going to need characters. Join us as we discuss what makes a character interesting, memorable...
27 Okt 200817min
Writing Season 2 Episode 2: How to Write for Children with Brandon Mull
Kids these days with their long hair and their love of reading. It's like, get off my lawn, am I right? But in other news, kids (meaning anything from chapter books to mature YA) read a TON, and someb...
20 Okt 200820min
