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1	Because trope documentation can be hilarious from the writer's end of things too.
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5	* From the Horror podcast: "Today's Podcast/WritingExcuses is brought to you by: Pants. ''Pants'': [[CaptainObvious You Put Them On Your Legs]]."
6	--> "[[{{Squick}} Uh, put - put them all the way up!]]"\
7	"Pants: Put Them Back On, Please."
8	* "Fifteen ''seconds'' long, because you're ''really'' in a hurry... and we are ''all going to die''."
9	* "Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry... and we're apparently all ''high''."
10	* "Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry... and we are going to Hell...or some polytheistic Hell.."
11	* "Fifteen minutes long, because we're in a hurry... and you're not that smart" from [[SelfDemonstratingArticle Offending Your]] [[ShapedLikeItself Readers]]
12	** "Nuke the Blue Monkeys" as a band name, from the same episode.
13	* Howard Taylor describes how to research speech patterns for younger characters...
14	--> '''[[Creator/BrandonSanderson Brandon]]''': ...You're [[MistakenForPedophile following around little kids?]]
15	--> '''[[Webcomic/SchlockMercenary Howard]]''': NO! [[DiggingYourselfDeeper They came over to my house!]]
16	--> '''Brandon''': That's EVEN WORSE!
17	--> '''Howard''': I am not on that list!
18	--> '''Brandon''': ...YET.
19	* "Furry fanfiction by Mary Robinette Koala"
20	* [[QuintessentialBritishGentleman "These marshmallows are delicious!"]]
21	* Season 2, Episode 26. Guest host Nancy Fulda casually insults self-publishing [[InnocentlyInsensitive not realizing]] that Howard self-publishes the Webcomic/SchlockMercenary collections. Howard's sad response "I'm self-published" is hilarious.
22	* Season 4, Episode 14. [[ItMakesSenseInContext "And when the universe's supply of lithium is depleted, an ADHD Cthulhu appears and is VERY distracted."]]
23	* The season 5 bonus episode on Flash Fiction is this, in it's entirety. The entire transcript is below:
24	--> '''Brandon''':This is Writing Excuses, season 5, flash fiction!\
25	'''Howard''': Fifteen seconds long, because you're in a hurry-\
26	'''Dan''': -And we're not that smart!\
27	'''Brandon''': I'm Brandon!\
28	'''Dan''': I'm Dan!\
29	'''Howard''': I'm Howard!\
30	'''Dan''': Be really fast!\
31	'''Brandon''': You're out of excuses, now go write!
32	* The entirety of of the Season 7 ''episode'' called "Writing Excuses." It consists of everyone staying completely in-character and discussing ways to put off writing a book, then they have to cut to a commercial after it gets out of hand (with some {{corpsing) along with a discourse on how all the best sci-fi and fantasy authors have beards and how women need to be growing facial hair in order to break in. The opening says all:
33	--> '''Brandon''': I'm Brandon!\
34	'''Dan''': I'm Dan!\
35	'''Mary''': I'm Mary!\
36	'''Howard''': I'm Howard!\
37	'''Brandon''': And we're going to tell you why you shouldn't be writing!
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