Writing Excuses

354 Episodes

1. 16.48: Believable Worlds Part 2: Creating Texture

   Published: 11/28/2021
2. 16.47: Believable Worlds Part 1: The Illusion of Real

   Published: 11/21/2021
3. 16.46: World and Plot: The Only Constant is Change

   Published: 11/14/2021
4. 16.45: World and Character Part 2: Moral Frame

   Published: 11/7/2021
5. 16.44: World and Character Part 1: All Your Characters Are Biased

   Published: 10/31/2021
6. 16.43: The Narrative Holy Trinity of World, Character, and Plot, with Fonda Lee

   Published: 10/24/2021
7. 16.42: M.I.C.E. Quotient, After the Fact

   Published: 10/17/2021
8. 16.41: Middles and Conflicts with M.I.C.E. Structure

   Published: 10/10/2021
9. 16.40: Nesting Threads in the M.I.C.E. Quotient

   Published: 10/3/2021
10. 16.39: Deep Dive into “Event”

    Published: 9/26/2021
11. 16.38: Deep Dive into “Character”

    Published: 9/19/2021
12. 16.37: Deep Dive Into “Inquiry”

    Published: 9/12/2021
13. 16.36: Deep Dive into “Milieu”

    Published: 9/5/2021
14. 16.35: What is the M.I.C.E. Quotient?

    Published: 8/29/2021
15. 16.34: Novels Are Layer Cakes

    Published: 8/22/2021
16. 16.33: Tell, Don’t Show

    Published: 8/15/2021
17. 16.32: First Page Fundamentals—THE KILLING FLOOR, by Lee Childs

    Published: 8/8/2021
18. 16.31: First Page Fundamentals—MOBY DICK

    Published: 8/1/2021
19. 16.30: First Page Fundamentals—THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE

    Published: 7/25/2021
20. 16.29: Building Trust

    Published: 7/18/2021