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Writing Excuses Retreat 2019 Scholarships! |
Jan. 16, 2019 |
| 2. |
14.03: World of Hats |
Jan. 20, 2019 |
| 3. |
2018 Awards Eligibility; or, The Cool Stuff We Did Last Year |
Jan. 21, 2019 |
| 4. |
14.03: Writing the Other—Bisexual Characters |
Jan. 27, 2019 |
| 5. |
14.5: Viewpoint as Worldbuilding |
Feb. 3, 2019 |
| 6. |
14.6: Fantasy and Science Fiction Races |
Feb. 10, 2019 |
| 7. |
14.7: How Weird is Too Weird? |
Feb. 17, 2019 |
| 8. |
14.8: Worldbuilding Q&A #1 |
Feb. 24, 2019 |
| 9. |
14.9: Showing Off |
March 3, 2019 |
| 10. |
14.10: Magic Systems |
March 10, 2019 |
| 11. |
14.14: When To Tell |
April 7, 2019 |
| 12. |
14.15: Technology |
April 14, 2019 |
| 13. |
2019 Scholarship Winners |
April 16, 2019 |
| 14. |
14.16: Your Setting is a Telegraph |
April 21, 2019 |
| 15. |
14.17: It’s Like “Car Talk” meets “Welcome To Nightvale” |
April 28, 2019 |
| 16. |
Writing Excuses Conference and Retreat 2019 – Mystery Guest Announcement! |
May 2, 2019 |
| 17. |
14.18: Setting as Theme |
May 5, 2019 |
| 18. |
14.19: Religion and Ritual |
May 12, 2019 |
| 19. |
14.20: Allegory in Fiction |
May 19, 2019 |
| 20. |
14.21: Writing The Other — Yes, You Can! |
May 26, 2019 |
| 21. |
14.22: Characters out of Their Depth |
June 2, 2019 |
| 22. |
RSS, iTunes, and other Subscription Issues |
June 9, 2019 |
| 23. |
14.23: Governments Large and Small |
June 9, 2019 |
| 24. |
12.39: Q&A on Short(er) Fiction |
Sept. 24, 2017 |
| 25. |
12.40: Structuring a Novel |
Oct. 1, 2017 |
| 26. |
12.41: Raising the Stakes |
Oct. 8, 2017 |
| 27. |
12.42: Adapting Your Stories for Game Play, with Alan Bahr |
Oct. 15, 2017 |
| 28. |
12.43: Serialized Storytelling |
Oct. 22, 2017 |
| 29. |
12.44: NaNoWriMo 2017 Primer |
Oct. 29, 2017 |
| 30. |
12.45: Structuring a Series |
Nov. 5, 2017 |
| 31. |
12.46: Reinventing Yourself |
Nov. 12, 2017 |
| 32. |
12.47: Screenwriting and the Writers Room, with JD Payne |
Nov. 19, 2017 |
| 33. |
12.48: Q&A on Novels and Series, with Brian McClellan |
Nov. 26, 2017 |
| 34. |
12.49: Non-linear Narratives |
Dec. 3, 2017 |
| 35. |
12.50: Form and Function |
Dec. 10, 2017 |
| 36. |
12.51: Constructed Languages, with Dirk Elzinga |
Dec. 17, 2017 |
| 37. |
12.52: Cross-Genres as Gateways |
Dec. 24, 2017 |
| 38. |
12.53: Writing Excuses True Confessions |
Dec. 31, 2017 |
| 39. |
13.1: Hero, Protagonist, Main Character |
Jan. 7, 2018 |
| 40. |
13.2: Writing Active Characters |
Jan. 14, 2018 |
| 41. |
Writing Excuses Conference and Retreat 2019 |
Jan. 16, 2018 |
| 42. |
Applications Are Open for the 2018 Writing Excuses Retreat Scholarship |
Jan. 16, 2018 |
| 43. |
13.3: What Writers Get Wrong, with Aliette de Bodard |
Jan. 21, 2018 |
| 44. |
13.4: Protagonists Who Aren’t Sympathetic |
Jan. 28, 2018 |
| 45. |
13.5: Villain, Antagonist, Obstacle |
Feb. 4, 2018 |
| 46. |
13.6: External Conflicts for Characters |
Feb. 11, 2018 |
| 47. |
13.7: What Writers Get Wrong, with Lou Perry |
Feb. 18, 2018 |
| 48. |
13.8: Making Characters Distinctive |
Feb. 25, 2018 |
| 49. |
13.9: Quick Characterization |
March 4, 2018 |
| 50. |
13.10: Handling a Large Cast |
March 11, 2018 |
| 51. |
13.11: Writing Secondary Characters, with Charlaine Harris |
March 18, 2018 |
| 52. |
13.12: Q&A on Heroes, Villains, and Main Characters |
March 25, 2018 |
| 53. |
13.13: Character Voice |
April 1, 2018 |
| 54. |
13.14: Character Nuance |
April 8, 2018 |
| 55. |
13.15: What Writers Get Wrong, with Mike Stop Continues |
April 15, 2018 |
| 56. |
Announcing the 2018 Writing Excuses Scholarship Recipients! |
April 17, 2018 |
| 57. |
13.16: Avoiding Flat Characters |
April 22, 2018 |
| 58. |
13.17: What Writers Get Wrong, with Jamahl Crouch |
April 29, 2018 |
| 59. |
13.18: Naturally Revealing Character Motivation |
May 6, 2018 |
| 60. |
13.19: Backstories |
May 13, 2018 |
| 61. |
13.20: Fear and Writing, with Emma Newman |
May 20, 2018 |
| 62. |
13.21: Q&A on Character Depth and Motivation |
May 27, 2018 |
| 63. |
13.22: Character Arcs |
June 3, 2018 |
| 64. |
13.23: Internal Conflicts |
June 10, 2018 |
| 65. |
13.24: What Writers Get Wrong, with Piper, Aliette, and Wesley, with special guest Ken Liu |
June 17, 2018 |
| 66. |
13.25: Our Journey With Character |
June 24, 2018 |
| 67. |
13.26: Character Relationships |
July 1, 2018 |
| 68. |
13.27: Characters as Foils |
July 8, 2018 |
| 69. |
13.28: What Writers Get Wrong, with Wildstyle |
July 15, 2018 |
| 70. |
13.29: Iconic Heroes |
July 22, 2018 |
| 71. |
13.30: Project in Depth, THE CALCULATING STARS, with Kjell Lindgren |
July 29, 2018 |
| 72. |
13.31: Learning to Listen as a Writer |
Aug. 5, 2018 |
| 73. |
13.32: How To Handle Weighty Topics |
Aug. 12, 2018 |
| 74. |
13.33: Reading Outside the Box |
Aug. 19, 2018 |
| 75. |
13.b1: Bonus Episode — Elephants and Death, with Lawrence Schoen |
Aug. 22, 2018 |
| 76. |
13.34: Q&A on Character Arcs |
Aug. 26, 2018 |
| 77. |
13.35: Cliché vs. Archetype |
Sept. 2, 2018 |
| 78. |
13.36: Confronting the Default |
Sept. 9, 2018 |
| 79. |
13.37: What Writers Get Wrong, with J.Y. Yang |
Sept. 16, 2018 |
| 80. |
13.38: How to Find and Use Alpha Readers |
Sept. 23, 2018 |
| 81. |
13.39: What Writers Get Wrong, With Wendy Tolliver |
Sept. 30, 2018 |
| 82. |
13.40: Fixing Character Problems, Part I |
Oct. 7, 2018 |
| 83. |
13.41: Fixing Character Problems, Part II |
Oct. 14, 2018 |
| 84. |
13.42: Writing Excuses Talks to an Astronaut, with Special Guest Kjell Lindgren |
Oct. 21, 2018 |
| 85. |
13.43: Characters Who Are Smarter Than You Are |
Oct. 28, 2018 |
| 86. |
NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 1 |
Oct. 31, 2018 |
| 87. |
13.44: Alien Characters |
Nov. 4, 2018 |
| 88. |
NaNoWriMo 2018 Mini-Episode 2 |
Nov. 7, 2018 |
| 89. |
13.45: Next Level Narration |
Nov. 11, 2018 |
| 90. |
NaNoWriMo 2018 Bonus Episode, with Mercedes Lackey |
Nov. 15, 2018 |
| 91. |
13.46: The Unsexy Side of Space, with Bart Smith and Ben Hewett |
Nov. 18, 2018 |
| 92. |
13.47: Q&A on Fixing Characters |
Nov. 25, 2018 |
| 93. |
WXR 2019 Cyber Monday/Tuesday Sale! |
Nov. 27, 2018 |
| 94. |
13.48: Character Death and Plot Armor |
Dec. 2, 2018 |
| 95. |
13.49: How to Finish |
Dec. 9, 2018 |
| 96. |
Writing Excuses Conference and Retreat 2019 |
Dec. 14, 2018 |
| 97. |
13.50: What Writers Get Wrong, with Zoraida Córdova |
Dec. 16, 2018 |
| 98. |
13.51: Wrap-up on the Year of Character |
Dec. 25, 2018 |
| 99. |
13.52: Working Dad is a Spaceman |
Dec. 30, 2018 |
| 100. |
14.01: Worldbuilding Begins! Up Front, or On the Fly? |
Jan. 6, 2019 |
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