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Writing Excuses
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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Episodes

19.49: Getting to Know You

As we wrap up our Close Reading Series, we’re shifting our focus towards helping you integrate what you’ve learned. For... more

08 Dec 2024 · 22 minutes
19.48: Beginning With A Thrill

As we wrap up our Close Reading Series, we’re shifting our focus towards helping you integrate what you’ve learned. For... more

01 Dec 2024 · 20 minutes
19.47.5: Interview with Andrew Buckley of the StoryCentric podcast (BONUS EPISODE)

What does it mean to be building a career as an author in this day and age? We talk with... more

27 Nov 2024 · 32 minutes
19.47: Final Thoughts on Our Close Reading Series

We reminisce on when we were on a writing retreat on a cruise in 2023, planning this close reading series.... more

24 Nov 2024 · 25 minutes
19.46: An Interview on Structure with N.K. Jemisin

We had the pleasure of sitting down with N.K. Jemisin to talk about the structures and processes that helped create... more

17 Nov 2024 · 51 minutes
19.45: A Close Reading on Structure: Tying It All Together

We’ve loved doing our close reading series throughout 2024, and The Fifth Season has been no different. Today, we’re reflecting... more

10 Nov 2024 · 22 minutes
19.44: A Close Reading on Structure: Tradition and Innovation

Today we’re zooming out to see where N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season fits into the canon of fantasy literature. How... more

03 Nov 2024 · 26 minutes
19.43: A Close Reading on Structure: Parallelism and Inversion

The structure of The Fifth Season features both mirroring and inversion. How do these structural shifts interact with the three... more

27 Oct 2024 · 23 minutes
19.42: A Close Reading on Structure: Whose Perspective is it Anyways?

Structure and POV (point of view) are often intertwined. In N.K. Jemisin’s The Fifth Season, we see this in the... more

20 Oct 2024 · 21 minutes
19.41: A Close Reading on Structure: An Overview and Why Fifth Season

Just a reminder that we will be talking about a lot of spoilers, so if you haven’t read The Fifth... more

13 Oct 2024 · 21 minutes
Writing Excuses
19.49: Getting to Know You
Writing Excuses