Line #331 Podcast/WritingExcuses


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2	-->''"Fifteen minutes long...''
3	-->''...because you're in a hurry...''
4	-->''...and we're not that smart!''
5	-->''I'm Brandon!''
6	---->''I'm Dan!''
7	----->''I'm Mary Robinette!''
8	------>''And I'm Howard!"''
9
10	[[SoYouWantTo/WriteAStory So you want to write a story]]? Well you're in luck. ''Writing Excuses'' 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 [[Administrivia/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]].
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12	Each podcast is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin around fifteen minutes long]], not more than twenty. ''Usually'' there are also suggested writing prompts to practice with, especially in the later seasons.
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14	In June 2014, they released ''Shadows Beneath'', an anthology of the stories they brainstormed in seasons 7 and 8, with the intent of showing the process of moving from a first draft to a finished story.
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16	The podcast home page is [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/ here]].
17	The TV Tropes discussion forum about it is [[https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/posts.php?discussion=13336888210A99381000 here]].
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20	!!'''This podcast has discussed the following tropes:'''
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22	[[foldercontrol]]
23
24	[[folder:Season 1]]
25	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/02/10/writing-excuses-episode-1-brainstorming/ Episode 1]] - Brainstorming
26	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/02/17/writing-excuses-episode-2-blending-the-familiar-and-the-original/ Episode 2]] - Blending the Familiar and the Original
27	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/02/24/writing-excuses-episode-4-killing-your-darlings/ Episode 3]] - Killing Your Darlings
28	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/ Episode 4]] - [[BeginningTropes Beginnings]]
29	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/09/writing-excuses-episode-5-heroes-and-protagonists/ Episode 5]] - [[HeroTropes Heroes and Protagonists]]
30	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/16/writing-excuses-episode-6-flaws-vs-handicaps/ Episode 6]] - [[GoodFlawsBadFlaws Flaws versus Handicaps]]
31	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/23/writing-excuses-episode-7-villains/ Episode 7]] - {{Villains}}
32	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/30/writing-excuses-episode-8-sci-fi-genre/ Episode 8]] - Writing ScienceFiction
33	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/04/06/writing-excuses-episode-9-sci-fi-sub-genre/ Episode 9]] - ScienceFiction Sub-genres
34	** {{Cyberpunk}}
35	** Hard Science Fiction
36	** MilitaryScienceFiction
37	** SpaceOpera
38	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/04/13/writing-excuses-episode-10-pacing/ Episode 10]] - Pacing
39	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/04/21/writing-excuses-episode-11-business-of-writing/ Episode 11]] - [[BoringButPractical The Business of Writing]]
40	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/04/27/writing-excuses-episode-12-submitting-to-editors-part-1/ Episode 12]] - Submitting to Editors (Part 1)
41	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/05/04/writing-excuses-episode-13-submitting-to-editors-part-2/ Episode 13]] - Submitting to Editors (Part 2)
42	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/05/12/writing-excuses-episode-14-magic-systems-and-their-rules/ Episode 14]] - [[MagicAIsMagicA Magic Systems And Their Rules]]
43	** Also discusses why it's good that a magic system ''does'' have rules.
44	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/05/18/writing-excuses-episode-15-costs-and-ramifications-of-magic/ Episode 15]] - [[FunctionalMagic Costs and Ramifications of Magic]]
45	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/05/25/writing-excuses-episode-16-butt-in-chair-hands-on-keyboard/ Episode 16]] - Butt In Chair, Hands On Keyboard
46	** Dealing with scheduling time to practice writing so that you actually produce.
47	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/06/01/writing-excuses-episode-17-this-sucks-and-im-a-horrible-writer/ Episode 17]] - [[CreatorBreakdown This Sucks and I'm A Horrible Writer]]
48	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/06/08/writing-excuses-episode-18-qa-at-conduit/ Episode 18]] - Q&A at [=CONduit=]
49	** Character voice
50	** [[NamingConventions Naming things]]
51	** The "Second-Act Slump" (related to TwoPartTrilogy)
52	** Finishing the story
53	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/06/15/writing-excuses-episode-19-plot-twists/ Episode 19]] - PlotTwist[==]s
54	** {{Foreshadowing}}
55	** "The fine art of making your characters miserable" (without going into DiabolusExMachina)
56	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/06/22/writing-excuses-episode-20-more-qa-from-conduit/ Episode 20]] - More Q&A from [=CONduit=] (Guest starring EricJamesStone)
57	** Are PlotTwist[==]s necessary?
58	** Making your protagonists [[GoodIsDumb as interesting]] as [[EvilIsCool your villains]]
59	** Marketing and the web
60	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/06/30/writing-excuses-episode-21-humor/ Episode 21]] - [[ComedyTropes Humor]]
61	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/07/07/writing-excuses-episode-22-when-do-things-that-are-unpopular/ Episode 22]] - Doing the Unpopular
62	** Specifically, "[[WriterRevolt doing things to the reader that they would never do to themselves]]" because the story is better that way.
63	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/07/14/writing-excuses-episode-23-viewpoint/ Episode 23]] - Viewpoint and Tense (Part 1) [[PointOfView (Viewpoint)]]
64	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/07/20/writing-excuses-episode-24-research/ Episode 24]] - [[ShownTheirWork Research]]
65	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/07/28/writing-excuses-episode-25-viewpoint-and-tense-part-2/ Episode 25]] - Viewpoint and Tense (Part 2) [[UsefulNotes/HowDoIUsedTense (Tense)]]
66	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/08/04/writing-excuses-episode-26-horror/ Episode 26]] - [[HorrorTropes Horror]]
67	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/08/10/writing-excuses-episode-27-world-building-religion/ Episode 27]] - WorldBuilding Religion
68	** TheChurch
69	** CrystalDragonJesus
70	** FantasyPantheon
71	** OhMyGods
72	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/08/18/writing-excuses-episode-28-writing-for-comics-and-graphic-novels/ Episode 28]] - Writing for {{Webcomics}} with [[Webcomic/GirlGenius Phil and Kaja Foglio]]
73	** SteamPunk
74	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/08/24/writing-excuses-episode-29-talking-publishing-with-lou-anders/ Episode 29]] - Talking Publishing with Lou Anders
75	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/09/02/writing-excuses-episode-30-talking-revision-with-moshe-feder/ Episode 30]] - Talking Revision with Moshe Feder
76	* [[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 [[TabletopGame/{{GURPS}} Steve Jackson]]
77	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/09/15/writing-excuses-episodes-32-talking-exposition-with-patrick-rothfuss/ Episode 32]] - Talking {{Exposition}} with [[Literature/TheNameOfTheWind Patrick Rothfuss]]
78	** AsYouKnow
79	** ExpositionBomb
80	** ExpoSpeak
81	** InfoDump
82	** InTheStyleOf
83	** LectureAsExposition
84	** ProlongedPrologue
85	** ShowDontTell
86	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/09/22/writing-excuses-episode-33-side-characters/ Episode 33]] - [[CharactersAsDevice Side Characters]]
87	** Also, a link to Dan's OldShame, ''[[BlackComedy A Night of Blacker Darkness]]''.
88	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/09/29/writing-excuses-episode-34-what-the-dark-knight-did-right/ Episode 34]] - What ''Film/TheDarkKnight'' Did Right
89	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/10/06/writing-excuses-episode-35-voice-tone-and-style/ Episode 35]] - [[SignatureStyle Voice, Tone, and Style]]
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91	This season also had two bonus episodes:
92	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/09/writing-excuses-bonus-episode-1-gary-gygax/ A eulogy for]] Creator/GaryGygax
93	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/23/writing-excuses-bonus-episode-2-rules-of-writing-excuses/ Rules of Writing Excuses podcast]].
94	[[/folder]]
95
96	[[folder:Season 2]]
97	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/10/12/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-1-qa-on-setting-and-characters-at-mountain-con-with-john-brown/ Episode 1]] - Setting and Characters
98	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/10/19/writing-season-2-episode-2-how-to-write-for-children-with-brandon-mull/ Episode 2]] - How to Write for [[YoungAdult Children]]
99	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/10/27/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-3-characters-with-brandon-mull/ Episode 3]] - {{Characters}}
100	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/11/02/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-4view-point-plot-twists-and-being-a-part-time-writer-with-eric-james-stone/ Episode 4]] - Viewpoint, Plot Twists, and Being a Part-Time Writer
101	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/11/10/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-5-writing-groups/ Episode 5]] - Writing Groups
102	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/11/16/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-6-endings/ Episode 6]] - [[EndingTropes Endings]]
103	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/11/23/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-7-using-writing-formulas-with-bob-defendi/ Episode 7]] - [[Literature/TheSevenBasicPlots Using Writing Formulas]]
104	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/12/01/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-8-the-three-act-structure-with-bob-defendi/ Episode 8]] - The Three Act Structure
105	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/12/07/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-9-romance-with-dave-wolverton/ Episode 9]] - {{Romance}}
106	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/12/14/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-10-the-boring-parts/ Episode 10]] - The Boring Parts
107	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/12/21/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-11-talking-publishing-and-writing-with-dave-wolverton/ Episode 11]] - Publishing and Writing
108	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/12/28/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-12-theme/ Episode 12]] - [[CentralTheme Theme]]
109	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/01/04/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-13-violence/ Episode 13]] - [[ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption Violence]]
110	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/01/11/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-14-writing-habits/ Episode 14]] - Writing Habits
111	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/01/18/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-15-knowing-when-to-begin/ Episode 15]] - Knowing When to Begin
112	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/01/25/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-16-non-human-races/ Episode 16]] - [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman Non-Human Races]]
113	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/02/02/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-17-website-marketing-for-authors/ Episode 17]] - Website Marketing for Authors
114	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/02/08/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-18-world-building-governments/ Episode 18]] - WorldBuilding [[TheGovernment Governments]]
115	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/02/16/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-19-do-creative-writing-classes-help/ Episode 19]] - Do Creative Writing Classes Help?
116	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/02/22/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-20-marketing-101-for-creators/ Episode 20]] - Marketing 101 for Creators
117	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/03/01/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-21-fight-scenes/ Episode 21]] - {{Fight Scene}}s
118	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/03/08/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-22-marketing-201-branding-for-authors/ Episode 22]] - Marketing 201: Branding for Authors
119	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/03/16/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-23-avoiding-the-cliche-with-tracy-hickman/ Episode 23]] - Avoiding the {{Cliche}}
120	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/03/23/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-24-writing-habits-and-qa-with-tracy-hickman/ Episode 24]] - Writing Habits
121	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/03/29/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-25-the-seven-deadly-sins-of-slush-stories/ Episode 25]] - The Seven Deadly Sins of Slush Stories
122	* [[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]]? (Released on AprilFoolsDay)
123	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/04/05/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-26-how-publishing-is-changing-in-the-new-century/ Episode 26]] - How Publishing Is Changing in the New Century
124	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/04/12/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-27-reading-critically/ Episode 27]] - Reading Critically
125	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/04/19/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-28-applying-critical-reading-watchmen/ Episode 28]] - Applying Critical Reading: ''Comicbook/{{Watchmen}}''
126	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/04/26/we-talk-about-how-not-to-end-books-with-the-goal-of-helping-you-fix-them/ Episode 29]] - [[FakeOutFadeOut How]] [[GainaxEnding Not]] [[WhatCliffHanger to]] [[RocksFallEveryoneDies End]] [[ResetButtonEnding Your]] [[AllJustADream Book]]
127	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/03/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-30-the-most-important-thing-howard-learned-in-the-last-year/ Episode 30]] - The Most Important Thing Howard Learned In The Last Year
128	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/10/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-31-the-most-important-thing-brandon-learned-in-the-last-year/ Episode 31]] - The Most Important Thing Brandon Learned In The Last Year
129	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/17/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-32-the-most-important-thing-dan-learned-in-the-last-year/ Episode 32]] - The Most Important Thing Dan Learned In The Last Year
130	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/05/25/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-33-how-to-not-be-overwhelmed/ Episode 33]] - [[AttentionDeficitCreatorDisorder How To Not Be Overwhelmed]]
131
132	Bonus Episodes:
133	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/10/16/writing-excuses-season-2-bonus-episode-1-live-at-the-mistborn-3-release/ Live at the Mistborn 3 Release]]
134	[[/folder]]
135
136	[[folder:Season 3]]
137	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/06/01/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-1-world-building-history/ Episode 1]] - WorldBuilding History
138	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/06/14/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-2-keeping-it-real-with-aprilynne-pike/ Episode 2]] - [[RealityIsUnrealistic Keeping It Real]]
139	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/06/21/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-3-stumping-howard-at-conduit/ Episode 3]] - Stumping Howard at Conduit
140	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/06/08/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-4-non-linear-story-telling/ Episode 4]] - [[AnachronicOrder Non-Linear Storytelling]]
141	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/06/28/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-5-how-to-take-criticism/ Episode 5]] - How to Take Criticism
142	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/07/07/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-6-dramatic-breaks/ Episode 6]] - [[ActBreak Dramatic Breaks]]
143	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/07/12/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-7-genre-blending/ Episode 7]] - [[GenreMashup Genre Blending]]
144	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/07/20/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-8-what-star-trek-did-right/ Episode 8]] - What ''[[Film/StarTrek2009 Star Trek]]'' Did Right
145	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/07/26/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-9-attending-conventions-part-i/ Episode 9]] - Conventions You Should Be Attending
146	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/08/02/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-10-the-dos-and-donts-of-attending-cons/ Episode 10]] - The Do's and Don't's of Attending Cons
147	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/08/08/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-11-trimming/ Episode 11]] - Trimming
148	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/08/16/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-12-subplots/ Episode 12]] - Subplots
149	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/08/23/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-13-dialects-and-in-world-jargon/ Episode 13]] - [[JargonDebate Dialects and In-World Jargon]]
150	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/08/30/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-14-the-four-principles-of-puppetry-with-mary-robinette-kowal/ Episode 14]] - The Four Principles of Puppetry, with Mary Robinette Kowal
151	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/09/06/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-15-writing-process-qa-with-mary-robinette-kowal/ Episode 15]] - The Writing Process
152	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/09/13/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-16-the-anti-mary-sue-episode/ Episode 16]] - The [[JustifiedTrope Anti]]-MarySue Episode
153	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/09/20/writing-excuses-episode-3-season-17-characters-worldbuilding-qa-with-mary-robinette-kowal/ Episode 17]] - Characters and WorldBuilding
154	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/09/27/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-18-how-to-not-repeat-yourself/ Episode 18]] - How to Not Repeat Yourself
155	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/10/04/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-19-emotion-in-fiction-with-john-brown/ Episode 19]] - [[EmotionTropes Emotion]] in Fiction
156	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/10/11/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-20-plot-vs-character-driven-fiction/ Episode 20]] - Plot- vs. Character-Driven Fiction
157	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/10/18/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-21-pitfalls-of-self-publishing-with-larry-correia/ Episode 21]] - Pitfalls of [[VanityPublishing Self-Publishing]] with Larry Correia
158	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/10/25/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-22-idea-to-story/ Episode 22]] - Idea to Story
159	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/11/01/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-23-how-to-write-without-twists/ Episode 23]] - How to Write Without Twists
160	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/11/08/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-24-writing-comics-with-jake-black/ Episode 24]] - [[ComicBookTropes Writing Comics]] with Jake Black
161	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/11/15/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-25-the-business-of-writing-comics/ Episode 25]] - The Business of Writing Comics
162	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/11/22/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-26-nanowrimo/ Episode 26]] - UsefulNotes/NaNoWriMo
163	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/12/01/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-27-mixing-humor-with-drama-and-horror/ Episode 27]] - Mixing [[CasualDangerDialogue Humor]] with [[DramaTropes Drama]] and [[HorrorTropes Horror]]
164	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/12/06/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-28-world-building-gender-roles/ Episode 28]] - WorldBuilding [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy Gender Roles]]
165	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/12/20/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-29-antiheroes/ Episode 29]] - [[AntiHero Antiheroes]]
166	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/12/13/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-30-unreliable-narrators/ Episode 30]] - {{Unreliable Narrator}}s
167	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/12/27/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-31-tragedy/ Episode 31]] - {{Tragedy}}
168	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/01/03/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-32-collaboration/ Episode 32]] - Collaboration
169
170	Bonus Episodes:
171	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/09/13/writing-excuses-parsec-award-acceptance-speech/ Parsec Award Acceptance Speech]]
172	[[/folder]]
173
174	[[folder:Season 4]]
175	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/01/11/writing-excuses-4-1-types-of-humor/ Episode 1]] - Types of Humor
176	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/01/17/writing-excuses-4-2-heroism/ Episode 2]] - Heroism
177	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/01/24/writing-excuses-4-3-how-to-manage-your-influences/ Episode 3]] - How to Manage Your Influences
178	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/01/31/writing-excuses-4-4-agents-do-you-need-one/ Episode 4]] - Agents: Do You Need One?
179	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/02/07/writing-excuses-4-5-roleplaying-games-as-a-tool-for-story-telling/ Episode 5]] - [[RolePlayingGame Roleplaying Games]] as Tools for Story Telling
180	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/02/14/writing-excuses-4-6-pacing-with-james-dashner/ Episode 6]] - Pacing with [[Literature/TheMazeRunner James Dashner]]
181	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/02/21/writing-excuses-4-7-qa-with-james-dashner/ Episode 7]] - Q&A with James Dashner
182	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/02/28/writing-excuses-4-8-working-with-editors/ Episode 8]] - Working With Editors
183	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/03/07/writing-excuses-4-9-how-to-write-men-with-jessica-day-george/ Episode 9]] - [[MostWritersAreMale How to Write Men]] With Jessica Day George
184	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/03/14/writing-excuses-4-10-writing-for-young-adults/ Episode 10]] - Writing for {{Young Adult}}s
185	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/03/21/writing-excuses-4-11-brainstorming-examples/ Episode 11]] - [[RippedFromTheHeadlines Brainstorming From Headlines]]
186	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/03/28/writing-excuses-4-12-writing-epics/ Episode 12]] - [[TheEpic Writing An Epic]]
187	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/04/04/writing-excuses-4-13-juggling-multiple-viewpoints/ Episode 13]] - [[ThirdLineSomeWaiting Juggling Multiple Viewpoints]]
188	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/04/11/writing-excuses-4-14-brainstorming-science-ideas/ Episode 14]] - [[HollywoodScience Brainstorming Science Ideas]]
189	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/04/18/writing-excuses-4-15-visual-compenents-of-storytelling/ Episode 15]] - Visual Components of Storytelling
190	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/04/25/writing-excuses-4-16-breaking-the-fourth-wall/ Episode 16]] - [[BreakingTheFourthWall Breaking the]] FourthWall
191	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/05/02/writing-excuses-4-17-living-with-the-artist/ Episode 17]] - [[CreatorCouple Living with the Artist]]
192	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/05/09/writing-excuses-4-18-how-to-steal-for-fun-and-profit/ Episode 18]] - [[PlagiarismInFiction How to Steal for Fun and Profit]]
193	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/05/16/writing-excuses-4-19-discovery-writing-2/ Episode 19]] - Discovery Writing
194	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/05/23/writing-excuses-4-20-strategies-for-getting-published/ Episode 20]] - Strategies for Getting Published
195	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/05/30/writing-excuses-4-21-writing-practical-fantasy/ Episode 21]] - Writing [[BoringButPractical Practical Fantasy]]
196	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/06/06/writing-excuses-4-22-qa-with-l-e-modesitt-jr/ Episode 22]] - Q&A with L.E. Modesitt, Jr
197	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/06/13/writing-excuses-4-23-how-to-break-in-to-the-young-adult-market/ Episode 23]] - How to Break In to the YoungAdult Market
198	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/06/20/writing-excuses-4-24-random-storytelling/ Episode 24]] - Random Storytelling
199	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/06/27/writing-excuses-4-25-mating-plumage/ Episode 25]] - [[CoversAlwaysLie Mating Plumage]]
200	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/07/05/writing-excuses-4-26-avoiding-stilted-dialog/ Episode 26]] - Avoiding Stilted Dialog
201	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/07/11/writing-excuses-4-27-major-overhauls-to-broken-stories/ Episode 27]] - Major Overhauls to Broken Stories
202	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/07/18/writing-excuses-4-28-brainstorming-the-end-and-working-backwards/ Episode 28]] - Brainstorming The End and Working Backwards
203	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/07/25/writing-excuses-4-29-line-editing/ Episode 29]] - Line Editing
204	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/08/01/writing-excuses-4-30-worldbuilding-the-future/ Episode 30]] - WorldBuilding the Future
205	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/08/08/writing-excuses-4-31-line-editing-dialog/ Episode 31]] - Line Editing Dialog
206	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/08/15/writing-excuses-4-32-first-paragraphs/ Episode 32]] - First Paragraphs
207	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/08/22/writing-excuses-4-33-trunk-novels/ Episode 33]] - Trunk Novels
208	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/08/29/writing-excuses-4-34-qa-at-dragons-fairy-tales/ Episode 34]] - Q&A at Dragons and Fairy Tales
209	[[/folder]]
210
211	[[folder:Season 5]]
212	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/09/07/we-5-1-third-person-limited/ Episode 1]] - [[PointOfView Third Person Limited]]
213	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/09/12/we-5-2-character-quirks/ Episode 2]] - Character Quirks
214	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/09/19/writing-excuses-5-3-first-person-viewpoint/ Episode 3]] - [[PointOfView First Person Viewpoint]]
215	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/09/26/writing-excuses-5-4-creating-suspense/ Episode 4]] - Creating Suspense
216	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/03/writing-excuses-5-5-writing-the-unfamiliar/ Episode 5]] - Writing the Unfamiliar
217	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/10/writing-excuses-5-6-micropodcasts/ Episode 6]] - [=MicroPodcasts=]
218	** [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/12/writing-excuses-5-6-01-flash-fiction/ Episode 6.01]] - Flash Fiction
219	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/17/writing-excuses-5-7-avoiding-melodrama/ Episode 7]] - Avoiding {{Melodrama}}
220	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/24/writing-excuses-5-8-the-excuses-youre-out-of/ Episode 8]] - The Excuses You're Out Of
221	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/10/31/writing-excuses-5-9-character-arcs/ Episode 9]] - Character Arcs
222	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/11/07/writing-excuses-5-10-john-brown-and-the-creative-process/ Episode 10]] - John Brown and the Creative Process
223	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/11/14/writing-excuses-5-11-micropocasting-2/ Episode 11]] - [=MicroPodcasts=] 2
224	* [[LostEpisode Episode 12 - The Secret Of Lincoln's Gold]]
225	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/11/21/writing-excuses-5-13-writing-the-second-book/ Episode 13]] - Writing the [[{{Sequel}} Second Book]]
226	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/11/28/writing-excuses-5-14-visual-components-of-novels-with-scott-westerfeld/ Episode 14]] - [[FantasyWorldMap Visual Components]] of Novels with Creator/ScottWesterfeld
227	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/12/05/writing-excuses-5-15-steampunk-with-scott-westerfeld/ Episode 15]] - {{Steampunk}} with Creator/ScottWesterfeld
228	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/12/12/writing-excuses-5-12-time-travel/ Episode 12]] - TimeTravel!
229	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/12/19/writing-excuses-5-16-critiquing-dans-first-novel/ Episode 16]] - Critiquing Dan’s [[OldShame First Novel]]
230	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/12/27/writing-excuses-5-17-dialog-exercises/ Episode 17]] - Dialog Exercises
231	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/01/02/writing-excuses-5-18-offending-your-readers/ Episode 18]] - Offending Your Readers
232	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/01/09/writing-excuses-5-19-fulfilling-promises-to-your-readers/ Episode 19]] - Fulfilling Promises to Your Readers
233	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/01/16/writing-excuses-5-20-more-dialog-exercises/ Episode 20]] - More Dialog Exercises
234	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/01/23/writing-excuses-5-21-alternate-history/ Episode 21]] - AlternateHistory
235	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/01/30/writing-excuses-5-22-film-considerations/ Episode 22]] - Film Considerations
236	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/02/06/writing-excuses-5-23-life-day/ Episode 23]] - Life Day!
237	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/02/13/writing-excuses-5-24-the-authors-responsibility-to-the-reader/ Episode 24]] - Author's Responsibility to the Reader
238	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/02/20/writing-excuses-5-25-writing-in-other-peoples-universes/ Episode 25]] - [[FanFiction Writing In Other People's Universes]]
239	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/02/27/writing-excuses-5-26-scared-for-the-characters/ Episode 26]] - Scared For The Characters
240	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/03/06/writing-excuses-5-27-perseverance/ Episode 27]] - [[{{Determinator}} Perseverance]]
241	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/03/13/writing-excuses-5-28-e-publishing/ Episode 28]] - E-Publishing
242	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/03/20/writing-excuses-5-29-rewriting/ Episode 29]] - Rewriting
243	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/03/27/writing-excuses-5-30-writing-action/ Episode 30]] - Writing Action
244	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/04/03/writing-excuses-5-31-writing-romance/ Episode 31]] - Writing {{Romance}}
245	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/04/10/writing-excuses-5-32-urban-fantasy/ Episode 32]] - UrbanFantasy
246	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/04/17/writing-excuses-5-33-alpha-readers/ Episode 33]] - Alpha Readers
247	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/04/24/writing-excuses-5-34-story-bibles/ Episode 34]] - Story Bibles
248	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/05/01/writing-excuses-5-35-brainstorming-urban-fantasy/ Episode 35]] - Brainstorming an UrbanFantasy
249	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/05/08/writing-excuses-5-36-non-traditional-settings-with-saladin-ahmed/ Episode 36]] - Non-traditional Settings with Saladin Ahmed
250	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/05/15/writing-excuses-season-5-37-parody-and-satire-with-jim-hines/ Episode 37]] - Parody and Satire with Creator/JimCHines
251	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/05/22/writing-excuses-5-38-dialog-with-john-scalzi/ Episode 38]] - Dialog with John Scalzi
252	* [[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 Music/TomSmith
253
254
255	Bonus Episodes:
256
257	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/11/01/writing-excuses-bonus-episode-voting-in-the-service-of-a-dark-god/ Voting In The Service Of A Dark God]]
258	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/04/24/writing-excuses-on-the-2011-hugo-ballot/ Writing Excuses on the 2011 Hugo Ballot]]
259
260	[[/folder]]
261
262	[[folder:Season 6]]
263	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/06/05/writing-excuses-6-1-can-creativity-be-taught/ Episode 1]] - Can Creativity be Taught?
264	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/06/12/writing-excuses-6-2-internal-motivations/ Episode 2]] - Internal Motivations
265	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/06/19/writing-excuses-6-3-professional-organizations/ Episode 3]] - Professional Organizations
266	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/06/26/writing-excuses-6-4-microcasting/ Episode 4]] - Microcasting
267	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/07/03/writing-excuses-6-5-query-letters/ Episode 5]] - Query Letters
268	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/07/10/writing-excuses-6-6-cyberpunk/ Episode 6]] - {{Cyberpunk}}
269	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/07/17/writing-excuses-6-7-brainstorming-a-cyberpunk-story/ Episode 7]] - Brainstorming a Cyberpunk Story
270	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/07/24/writing-excuses-6-8-what-an-agent-does/ Episode 8]] - What an Agent Does
271	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/07/31/writing-excuses-6-9-microcasting-2-electric-boogaloo/ Episode 9]] - Microcasting [[OddlyNamedSequel2ElectricBoogaloo 2 Electric Boogaloo]]
272	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/08/07/writing-excuses-6-10-scott-cards-m-i-c-e-quotient/ Episode 10]] - Creator/OrsonScottCard’s [[{{Settings}} M]].[[{{Plot}} I]].[[{{Characters}} C]].[[IncitingIncident E]]. Quotient
273	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/08/14/writing-excuses-6-11-making-your-descriptions-do-more-than-one-thing/ Episode 11]] - [[LeftFieldDescription Making Your Descriptions Do More Than One Thing]]
274	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/08/21/writing-excuses-6-12-revising-for-description/ Episode 12]] - Revising For Description
275	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/08/28/writing-excuses-6-13-world-building-communications-technology/ Episode 13]] - WorldBuilding [[SubSpaceAnsible Communications Technology]]
276	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/09/04/writing-excuses-6-14-suspension-of-disbelief/ Episode 14]] - [[WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief Suspension of Disbelief]]
277	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/09/11/writing-excuses-6-15-writing-other-cultures/ Episode 15]] - Writing Other Cultures
278	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/09/18/writing-excuses-6-16-gender-roles-black-white-and-gray/ Episode 16]] - [[MasculineGirlFeminineBoy Gender Roles]]--Black, White, and Gray
279	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/09/25/writing-excuses-6-17-writing-assistants/ Episode 17]] - Writing Assistants
280	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/10/02/writing-excuses-6-18-hollywood-formula/ Episode 18]] - The Hollywood Formula
281	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/10/09/writing-excuses-6-19-pitching/ Episode 19]] - Pitching
282	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/10/16/writing-excuses-6-20-endings/ Episode 20]] - [[EndingTropes Endings]]
283	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/10/23/writing-excuses-6-21-brainstorming-from-story-seeds/ Episode 21]] - [[InspiredBy Brainstorming from Story Seeds]]
284	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/10/30/writing-excuses-6-22-continuing-education-for-writers/ Episode 22]] - Continuing Education for Writers
285	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/11/06/writing-excuses-6-23-pigeon-holes/ Episode 23]] - [[TypeCasting Pigeon Holes]] with Jonathan Maberry
286	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/11/13/writing-excuses-6-24-from-the-ridiculous-to-the-sublime/ Episode 24]] - [[DeconstructorFleet From the Ridiculous to the Sublime]] with Andrew P. Meyer
287	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/11/20/writing-excuses-6-25-when-characters-do-dumb-things/ Episode 25]] - When Characters do [[IdiotBall Dumb Things]]
288	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/11/27/writing-excuses-6-26-mystery-plotting/ Episode 26]] - [[MysteryFiction Mystery]] Plotting
289	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/12/04/writing-excuses-6-27-fantasy-setting-yard-sale/ Episode 27]] - [[StandardFantasySetting Fantasy Setting]] Yard Sale
290	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/12/11/writing-excuses-6-28-interstitial-art/ Episode 28]] - [[GenreBusting Interstitial Art]]
291	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/12/18/writing-excuses-6-29-character-foils/ Episode 29]] - [[{{Foil}} Character Foils]]
292	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/12/25/writing-excuses-6-30-help-i-cant-end-my-book/ Episode 30]] - [[NoEnding Help! I Can't End My Book!]]
293	[[/folder]]
294
295	[[folder:Season 7]]
296	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/01/01/writing-excuses-7-1-when-good-characters-go-bad/ Episode 1]] - [[FaceHeelTurn When Good Characters Go Bad]]
297	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/01/08/writing-excuses-7-2-world-building-flora-and-fauna/ Episode 2]] - WorldBuilding Flora and Fauna
298	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/01/15/writing-excuses-7-3-fauna-and-flora/ Episode 3]] - [[BizarreAlienBiology Flora and Fauna]]
299	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/01/22/writing-excuses-7-4-brevity/ Episode 4]] - [[Administrivia/BrevityIsWit Brevity]]
300	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/01/29/writing-excuses-7-5-sensory-writing/ Episode 5]] - Sensory Writing with Sam Sykes
301	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/02/05/writing-excuses-7-6-behind-the-marshmallow/ Episode 6]] - Behind the scenes / Meet the cast episode
302	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/02/12/writing-excuses-7-7-historical-fantasy/ Episode 7]] - HistoricalFantasy
303	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/02/19/writing-excuses-7-8-the-city-as-a-character/ Episode 8]]- City as a character with Sarah Pinborough
304	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/02/26/writing-excuses-7-9-microcasting/ Episode 9]] - Microcasting
305	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/03/04/writing-excuses-7-10-importance-of-criticism/ Episode 10]] - The importance of criticism with Creator/DavidBrin
306	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/03/11/writing-excuses-7-11-more-microcasting/ Episode 11]] - More Microcasting
307	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/03/18/writing-excuses-7-12-writing-the-omniscient-viewpoint/ Episode 12]] - Writing the Omniscient Viewpoint
308	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/03/25/writing-excuses-7-13-man-vs-nature/ Episode 13]] - [[{{Conflict}} Man Vs. Nature]]
309	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/04/01/writing-excuses-7-14-writing-excuses/ Episode 14]] - [[AprilFoolsDay Writing Excuses]]
310	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/04/08/writing-excuses-7-15-editing-marys-outline/ Episode 15]] - Editing Mary's Outline
311	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/04/15/writing-excuses-7-16-continuing-with-marys-outline/ Episode 16]] - Continuing with Mary's Outline
312	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/04/22/writing-excuses-7-17-guns-and-fiction/ Episode 17]] - [[GunsAndGunplayTropes Guns and Fiction]]
313	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/04/29/writing-excuses-7-18-discovering-your-voice/ Episode 18]] - Discovering Your Voice
314	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/05/06/writing-excuses-7-19-qa-at-uvu/ Episode 19]] - Q&A at UVU
315	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/05/13/writing-excuses-7-20-cathartic-horror/ Episode 20]] - [[EmotionalTorque Cathartic]] Horror
316	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/05/20/writing-excuses-7-21-project-in-depth-force-multiplication/ Episode 21]] - Project in Depth--''[[Webcomic/SchlockMercenary Force Multiplication]]''
317	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/05/27/writing-excuses-7-22-microcasting/ Episode 22]] - Microcasting
318	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/06/03/writing-excuses-7-23-time-travel/ Episode 23]] - TimeTravel
319	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/06/10/writing-excuses-7-24-project-in-depth-way-of-kings/ Episode 24]] - Project in Depth--''[[Literature/TheStormlightArchive The Way of Kings]]''
320	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/06/17/writing-excuses-7-25-writing-capers/ Episode 25]] - Writing [[TheCaper Capers]]
321	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/06/24/writing-excuses-7-26-qa-at-uvu-part-2/ Episode 26]] - Q&A at UVU, Part 2
322	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/07/02/writing-excuses-7-27-the-problem-of-originality/ Episode 27]] - The Problem of Originality
323	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/07/08/writing-excuses-7-28-project-in-depth-glamour-in-glass/ Episode 28]] - Project in Depth--''[[Literature/ShadesOfMilkAndHoney Glamour in Glass]]''
324	* [[invoked]] [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/07/15/writing-excuses-7-29-the-villain-problem/ Episode 29]] - The [[EvilIsCool Villain]] [[VillainsActHeroesReact Problem]]
325	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/07/22/writing-excuses-7-30-micocasting-again/ Episode 30]] - Microcasting, Again
326	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/07/29/writing-excuses-7-31-project-in-depth-hollow-city/ Episode 31]] - Project in Depth--''[[Creator/DanWells The Hollow City]]''
327	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/08/05/writing-excuses-7-32-astronomy-101-for-writers/ Episode 32]] - [[ArtisticLicenseSpace Astronomy 101]] for Writers
328	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/08/12/writing-excuses-7-33-authentic-emotion/ Episode 33]] - Authentic [[EmotionTropes Emotion]]
329	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/08/19/writing-excuses-7-34-how-to-start-the-next-one/ Episode 34]] - How to Start the Next One
330	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/08/26/writing-excuses-7-36-writing-gaming-fiction-with-monte-cook/ Episode 36]] - Writing Gaming Fiction with Monte Cook
331	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/09/02/writing-excuses-7-35-brainstorming-with-dan/ Episode 35]] - Brainstorming with [[OurDemonsAreDifferent Dan]]
332	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/09/09/writing-excuses-7-37-pantsing/ Episode 37]] - [[WritingByTheSeatOfYourPants Pantsing]]
333	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/09/16/writing-excuses-7-38-writing-love-scenes/ Episode 38]] - Writing Love Scenes
334	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/09/23/writing-excuses-7-39-death/ Episode 39]] - [[DeathTropes Death]]
335	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/09/30/writing-excuses-7-40-writing-the-other/ Episode 40]] - [[RaceTropes Writing the Other]]
336	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/10/07/ Episode 41]] - Seven-Point Story Structure
337	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/10/14/ Episode 42]] - Contemporary YA Fiction
338	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/10/21/ Episode 43]] - [[TieInNovel Tie-in]] Fantasy Fiction
339	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/10/28/ Episode 44]] - [[ComicBookTropes Writing for Comics]] with [[Webcomic/{{Skullkickers}} Jim Zub]]
340	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/11/11/ Episode 46]] - Project in Depth--''Literature/TheEmperorsSoul''
341	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/11/18/ Episode 47]] - [[MatterOfLifeAndDeath Raising the Stakes]]
342	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/11/25/ Episode 48]] - Creator/{{Pixar}} Rules for Writing a Compelling Story
343	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/12/02/ Episode 49]] - [[BeginningTropes Beginnings]] Revisited
344	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/12/09/ Episode 50]] - Outlining the Mary Way
345	[[/folder]]
346
347	[[folder:Season 8]]
348	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2012/12/16/ Episode 1]] - Microcasting
349	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/01/13/ Episode 2]] - TheHerosJourney
350	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/01/21/ Episode 3]] - [[{{Familiar}} Pets]] with Personality
351	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/01/27/ Episode 4]] - [[ADayInTheLimelight Side Character Arcs]]
352	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/02/03/ Episode 5]] - Breaking the Rules
353	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/02/10/ Episode 6]] - Retellings and [[MediaAdaptationTropes Adaptations]]
354	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/02/17/ Episode 7]] - {{Cliffhanger}}s and [[JigsawPuzzlePlot Iceburgs]] with Robison Wells
355	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/02/24/ Episode 8]] - Writing and Personal Health
356	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/03/03/ Episode 9]] - Brainstorming with Howard
357	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/03/10/ Episode 10]] - Brainstorming with Howard (Again)
358	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/03/17/ Episode 11]] - [[MadnessTropes Abnormal Psychology]]
359	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/03/24/ Episode 12]] - Project in Depth--''[[Webcomic/SchlockMercenary Deus ex Nauseam]]''
360	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/03/31/ Episode 13]] - Fake It Till You Make It
361	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/03/31/ Episode 14]] - Brainstorming With Brandon
362	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/04/14/ Episode 15]] - Narrative Rhythm
363	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/04/21/ Episode 16]] - Brainstorming With Brandon Again
364	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/04/28/ Episode 17]] - Microcasting
365	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/05/05/ Episode 18]] - Blocking
366	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/05/12/ Episode 19]] - Writing And Convention Culture
367	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/05/19/ Episode 20]] - The Short Story
368	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/05/26/ Episode 21]] - What The Avengers Did Right
369	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/06/02/ Episode 22]] - Pre-Writing
370	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/06/09/ Episode 23]] - Microcasting
371	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/06/16/ Episode 24]] - Project in Depth--''Kiss Me Twice''
372	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/06/23/ Episode 25]] - Middle Grade with E.J. Paten
373	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/06/30/ Episode 26]] - SpaceOpera
374	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/07/07/ Episode 27]] - Chapter Breakdowns
375	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/07/14/ Episode 28]] - Your First Contract
376	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/07/21/ Episode 29]] - Out Of Excuses Retreat Q&A #1
377	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/07/28/ Episode 30]] - Writing Reluctant Characters
378	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/08/04/ Episode 31]] - Combining Dialogue, Blocking, and Description
379	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/08/11/ Episode 32]] - Microcasting
380	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/08/18/ Episode 33]] - Making Non-Human Characters Relatable
381	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/08/25/ Episode 34]] - Survivorship Bias
382	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/09/01/ Episode 35]] - Digging Yourself Out Of Holes with Jeph Jacques
383	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/09/08/ Episode 36]] - Transitioning Characters in Prominence
384	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/09/15/ Episode 37]] - When Fail Happens in Your Career
385	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/09/22/ Episode 38]] - Out Of Excuses Retreat Q & A #2
386	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/09/29/ Episode 39]] - Dystopian Fiction with Cherie Priest
387	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/10/06/ Episode 40]] - Publishing with Bill Schafer
388	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/10/14/ Episode 41]] - Out of Excuses Retreat Microcasting
389	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/10/20/ Episode 42]] - The Internal Heckler vs. The Internal Editor
390	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/10/27/ Episode 43]] - Realistic Melee Fighting with Wesley Chu
391	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/11/03/ Episode 44]] - Talking Publishing with Tom Doherty
392	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/11/10/ Episode 45]] - Gencon Q&A with Wesley Chu
393	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/11/17/ Episode 46]] - Editing with Aeryn Rudel
394	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/11/24/ Episode 47]] - [[LoveableRogue Roguishness]] with Scott Lynch
395	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/12/01/ Episode 48]] - Long-Form Storytelling with Sam Logan
396	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/12/08/ Episode 49]] - Hard Social Science Fiction with Joel Shepherd
397	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/12/15/ Episode 50]] - Q&A with Mercedes Lackey
398	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/12/22/ Episode 51]] - Creative non-fiction with Mette Ivie Harrison
399	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2013/12/29/ Episode 52]] - You Think You Don't Have Time to Write, with Mette Ivie Harrison
400	[[/folder]]
401
402	[[folder:Season 9]]
403	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/01/05/ Episode 1]] - Chronology of a Book Deal with Eric James Stones
404	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/01/12/ Episode 2]] - Hard Science Fiction with Eric James Stone
405	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/01/19/ Episode 3]] - Character Perception vs. Narrative Perception with Nancy Fulda
406	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/01/26/ Episode 4]] - ArtificialIntelligence with Nancy Fulda
407	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/02/02/ Episode 5]] - Hijacking the Knowledge You Already Have, with Mette Ivie Harrison
408	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/02/09/ Episode 6]] - The Experience of Time
409	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/02/16/ Episode 7]] - Last Pass Revisions with Eric James Stone
410	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/02/23/ Episode 8]] - When is your [[HandWave Handwavium]] Good Enough?
411	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/03/02/ Episode 9]] - What to do When Truth is Stranger than Fiction
412	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/03/09/ Episode 10]] - Engaging Characters
413	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/03/16/ Episode 11]] - Microcasting
414	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/03/23/ Episode 12]] - Microcasting! Twice in a row!
415	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/03/30/ Episode 13]] - Three Pronged Character Development
416	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/04/03/ Episode 14]] - How to have an Opinion as a Public Figure
417	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/04/06/ Episode 15]] - Becoming a Writer -- Full Disclosure
418	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/04/16/ Episode 16]] - Coming up with a New Ending Halfway Through
419	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/04/20/ Episode 17]] - Microcasting
420	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/04/27/ Episode 18]] - Microcasting
421	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/05/04/ Episode 19]] - Showing Emotion
422	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/05/11/ Episode 20]] - Creator vs Creation
423	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/05/18/ Episode 21]] - Sanderson's 3rd Law
424	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/05/25/ Episode 22]] - Microcasting
425	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/06/01/ Episode 23]] - Worldbuilding without Breaking Viewpoint
426	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/06/09/ Episode 24]] - Side Quests
427	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/06/15/ Episode 25]] - Adjusting Character Sympathy
428	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/06/22/ Episode 26]] - Adjusting Character Competence
429	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/06/29/ Episode 27]] - Prewriting
430	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/07/06/ Episode 28]] - Part 2 of 2, Critiquing Sixth of the Dusk
431	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/07/13/ Episode 29]] - Critiquing A Fire in the Heavens
432	* [[http://www.writingexcuses.com/2014/07/20/ Episode 30]] - Critiquing “An Honest Death”
433	[[/folder]]
434
435	!!The podcast has ''demonstrated'' the following tropes:
436	* InterfaceScrew: The podcast on NonLinearStorytelling is episode 4 in the season, [[SelfDemonstrating immediately after episode 1 and right before episode 2]].
437	* MadLibsCatchPhrase: The two reasons the episode is fifteen minutes long vary. You're almost always in a hurry, but Howard often comes up with something thematically appropriate for the second half... or [[ThrowItIn just screws it up]].
438	* MakesSenseInContext: Mary: Sometimes you have to take the underwear off the puppet.
439	* SelfDeprecation: They really are that smart. Don't believe their lies.
440	* [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Parallel]]: WebAnimation/ExtraCredits addresses game design in much the same way Writing Excuses handles literature.
441	----
442	-> '''Brandon:''' This has been Writing Excuses! You're out of excuses. Now, go write!

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