History Podcast / WritingExcuses

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/11/11/ Episode 46]] - Project in Depth--''[[TheEmperorsSoul The Emperor's Soul]]''

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/09/07/writing-excuses-episode-31-talking-rpg-and-game-writing-with-steve-jackson/ Episode 31]] - Talking [[TabletopGames RPG and Game Writing]] with [[{{GURPS}} Steve Jackson]]

* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Parallel]]: WebVideo/ExtraCredits addresses game design in much the same way Writing Excuses handles literature.

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/08/07/writing-excuses-6-10-scott-cards-m-i-c-e-quotient/ Episode 10]] - OrsonScottCard’s [[{{Settings}} M]].[[{{Plots}} I]].[[{{Characters}} C]].[[IncitingIncident E]]. Quotient

** GetOnWithItAlready

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/05/25/writing-excuses-episode-16-butt-in-chair-hands-on-keyboard/ Episode 16]] - [[GetOnWithItAlready Butt In Chair, Hands On Keyboard]]

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/06/01/writing-excuses-9-23-world-building-without-breaking-viewpoint/ Episode 23]] - Worldbuilding without Breaking Viewpoint
* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/06/09/writing-excuses-9-24-side-quests/ Episode 24]] - Side Quests
* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/06/15/writing-excuses-9-25-adjusting-character-sympathy/ Episode 25]] - Adjusting Character Sympathy
* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/06/22/writing-excuses-9-26-adjusting-character-competence/ Episode 26]] - Adjusting Character Competence
* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/06/29/writing-excuses-9-27-pre-writing/ Episode 27]] - Prewriting
* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/07/06/writing-excuses-9-28-critiquing-sixth-of-dusk-part-1/ Episode 28]] - Part 2 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/07/13/writing-excuses-9-29-part-2-of-2-critiquing-sixth-of-the-dusk/ Episode 29]] - Critiquing A Fire in the Heavens
* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/07/20/writing-excuses-9-30-critiquing-a-fire-in-the-heavens/ Episode 30]] - Critiquing “An Honest Death”

* Episode 23 - Worldbuilding without Breaking Viewpoint
* Episode 24 - Side Quests
* Episode 25 - Adjusting Character Sympathy
* Episode 26 - Adjusting Character Competence
* Episode 27 - Prewriting
* Episode 28 - Part 2 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
* Episode 29 - Critiquing A Fire in the Heavens
* Episode 30 - Critiquing “An Honest Death”

* [[http://wetranscripts.livejournal.com/%20http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/08/26/writing-excuses-7-36-writing-gaming-fiction-with-monte-cook/ Episode 36]] - Writing Gaming Fiction with Monte Cook

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/11/23/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-7-using-writing-formulas-with-bob-defendi/ Episode 7]] - [[TheSevenBasicPlots Using Writing Formulas]]

[[folder:Season 9 In Progress]]
* Episode 1 - Chronology of a Book Deal with Eric James Stones
* Episode 2 - Hard Science Fiction with Eric James Stone
* Episode 3 - Character Perception vs. Narrative Perception with Nancy Fulda
* Episode 4 - ArtificialIntelligence with Nancy Fulda
* Episode 5 - Hijacking the Knowledge You Already Have, with Mette Ivie Harrison
* Episode 6 - The Experience of Time
* Episode 7 - Last Pass Revisions with Eric James Stone
* Episode 8 - When is your [[HandWave Handwavium]] Good Enough?
* Episode 9 - What to do When Truth is Stranger than Fiction
* Episode 10 - Engaging Characters
* Episode 11 - Microcasting
* Episode 12 - Microcasting! Twice in a row!
* Episode 13 - Three Pronged Character Development
* Episode 14 - How to have an Opinion as a Public Figure
* Episode 15 - Becoming a Writer -- Full Disclosure
* Episode 16 - Coming up with a New Ending Halfway Through
* Episode 17 - Microcasting
* Episode 18 - Microcasting
* Episode 19 - Showing Emotion
* Episode 20 - Creator vs Creation
* Episode 21 - Sanderson's 3rd Law
* Episode 22 - Microcasting

* Episode 43 - Realistic Melee Fighting with Wesley Chu
* Episode 44 - Talking Publishing with Tom Doherty
* Episode 45 - Gencon Q&A with Wesley Chu
* Episode 46 - Editing with Aeryn Rudel
* Episode 47 - [[LoveableRogue Roguishness]] with Scott Lynch
* Episode 48 - Long-Form Storytelling with Sam Logan
* Episode 49 - Hard Social Science Fiction with Joel Shepherd
* Episode 50 - Q&A with Mercedes Lackey
* Episode 51 - Creative non-fiction with Mette Ivie Harrison
* Episode 52 - You Think You Don't Have Time to Write, with Mette Ivie Harrison

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/07/08/writing-excuses-7-28-project-in-depth-glamour-in-glass/ Episode 28]] - Project in Depth--''[[ShadesOfMilkAndHoney Glamour in Glass]]''

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/05/29/writing-excuses-5-39-filking-and-writing-music-with-tom-smith/ Episode 39]] - [[FilkSong Filking]] and writing music with Tom Smith

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/05/15/writing-excuses-season-5-37-parody-and-satire-with-jim-hines/ Episode 37]] - Parody and Satire with JimCHines

[[folder:Season 8 In Progress]]

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/09/writing-excuses-bonus-episode-1-gary-gygax/ A eulogy for]] GaryGygax

-->''I'm [[Creator/BrandonSanderson Brandon]]!''
---->''I'm [[Creator/DanWells Dan]]!''
----->''I'm [[Creator/MaryRobinetteKowal Mary]]!''
------>''And I'm [[Webcomic/SchlockMercenary Howard]]!"''

* [invoked]][[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/04/01/writing-excuses-episode-632-now-that-weve-got-time-travel-what-do-we-do-with-it/ Episode 632]] - [[BizarroEpisode Now That We've Got Time Travel, What Do We Do With It]]?

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/03/04/writing-excuses-7-10-importance-of-criticism/ Episode 10]] - The importance of criticism with DavidBrin

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[[SoYouWantTo/WriteAStory So you want to write a story]]? Well you're in luck. ''WritingExcuses'' is a weekly {{podcast}} by Creator/BrandonSanderson, Howard Tayler of ''Webcomic/SchlockMercenary'', Creator/DanWells, and Creator/MaryRobinetteKowal --formerly a [[GuestStarPartyMember recurring guest host]] and now an official full-time host as of Season 6. Updated every Sunday, each week's episode focuses on a particular aspect of the writing process, from [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/02/10/writing-excuses-episode-1-brainstorming/ brainstorming]] to [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/05/23/writing-excuses-4-20-strategies-for-getting-published/ getting published]], usually responding to particular obstacles that are common for beginning and improving writers. Naturally, numerous tropes have been touched upon along the way, discussed in terms of [[TropesAreTools how to use them to make your book better]] and avoiding bad writing. Often a guest host (usually a recently-published author or a personal/professional friend of one of the authors with ties to the writing world) will join the quartet for an episode or two to add outsider input as well. The series also features a [[EnforcedPlug Book of the Week]] for listeners to read which is often pertinent to the topic being discussed. Or sometimes [[ShamelessSelfPromoter it's just one of their own books]]. [[NowBuyTheMerchandise They gotta make money somehow]].

* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/01/22/writing-excuses-7-4-brevity/ Episode 4]] - [[BrevityIsWit Brevity]]

-> '''Brandon:''' This has been WritingExcuses! You're out of excuses. Now, go write!