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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

19.19: A Close Reading on Worldbuilding: An Overview and why A Memory Called Empire

Why is worldbuilding is essential in your writing? Today, we answer this question and dive into some working definitions of... more

12 May 2024 · 28 minutes
19.18: How to Build Fictional Economies

Sometimes we know the action and themes of your story, but you don’t know how to build an economy that... more

05 May 2024 · 26 minutes
19.17: Novellas- the Goldilocks of Publishing

How do you find the right size for your story? And speaking of size, what do novellas do differently than... more

28 Apr 2024 · 28 minutes
19.16: An Interview with Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar

Today we get to talk to the inimitable Max Gladstone and Amal El-Mohtar. Amal and Max are on the podcast... more

21 Apr 2024 · 47 minutes
19.15: A Close Reading on Voice: Tying It All Together

As we conclude our first deep dive of our close reading series, we want to explore how the evolution of... more

14 Apr 2024 · 25 minutes
19.14: A Close Reading on Voice- Epistolary Storytelling Through Voice

What's epistolary writing? Well, it's writing through letters. But it's also a lot more than that. As we continue to... more

07 Apr 2024 · 25 minutes
19.13: A Close Reading on Voice: Blue's Perspective - Confidence and Vulnerability

On our third episode diving into Voice through the novella “This Is How You Lose The Time War,” we begin... more

31 Mar 2024 · 23 minutes
19.12: A Close Reading on Voice - Red's Perspective - Muscular Prose

Today, we are doing a very close read of Red's opening narration and how Red’s voice communicates both character and... more

24 Mar 2024 · 26 minutes
19.11: A Close Reading on Voice- An Overview, and Why Time War

The book that became a New York Times Bestseller because of a tweet. Well, it won LOTS of awards when... more

17 Mar 2024 · 24 minutes
19.10: Introducing Our Close Readings Series

You’ve probably seen us posting about our Close Reading Series, and in his episode, we finally officially introduce it! For most... more

10 Mar 2024 · 23 minutes
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