Writing Excuses

Writing Excuses
Presentation
Hosted by Dan Wells, Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, Mary Robinette Kowal
Publication
Debut 02/10/2008
Website www.writingexcuses.com

Writing Excuses is a (nominally) fifteen-minute-long podcast hosted by authors Dan Wells, Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal and web cartoonist Howard Tayler. Promoted as "fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart",[1] the four hosts discuss different topics involved in the creation and production of genre writing and webcomics.

Premise

Writing Excuses began in 2008 with three hosts – Sanderson, Tayler, and Wells – accompanied by Brandon's brother, Jordan Sanderson, who serves as producer. The show aims to cover a single writing-related topic in each podcast, in a format short enough to be listened to on a morning commute or during a lunch break.

The single topic is discussed in a back-and-forth by the hosts for fifteen minutes. Halfway through the podcast the hosts introduce a book of the week, either a favorite of the hosts or one of their own works. Writing Excuses has been sponsored by Audible since October 2009.[2] On numerous occasions, often at conventions, the hosts invite guest authors and industry professionals on board for podcast episodes.

After making a number of guest appearances, Mary Robinette Kowal joined the permanent cast as a new host at the beginning of season 6.[3]

Shadows Beneath anthology

Shadows Beneath, an anthology of four stories written by the members of Writing Excuses, was published in 2014.[4] The anthology's bonus material is intended to show some of the processes of story creation. The stories were brainstormed on the podcast and the first drafts later critiqued; transcripts of the podcasts, along with the first drafts of the stories, are included.[5] The stories are:

Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Writing Excuses". Writing Excuses. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  2. ↑ "Season 3 Episode 22: Idea to Story". Writing Excuses. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  3. ↑ "6.1: Can Creativity be Taught?". Writing Excuses. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  4. ↑ Wells, Dan; Tayler, Howard; Kowal, Mary Robinette; Sanderson, Brandon. Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology. Dragonsteel Entertainment. ASIN B00LDOM8A2.
  5. ↑ Sanderson, Brandon (June 30, 2014). "Shadows Beneath". brandonsanderson.com.
  6. ↑ "2014 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  7. ↑ "2013 Hugo Award Winners". World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 2013-02-09.
  8. ↑ "2012 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  9. ↑ "2011 Hugo Awards". World Science Fiction Society. Retrieved 2014-04-20.
  10. ↑ One Technologies, LLC. "PodCastAwards.com". PodCastAwards.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09.
  11. ↑ "2010 Parsec Awards Winners & Finalists". parsecawards.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09
  12. ↑ "2009 Parsec Award Winners & Finalists". parsecawards.com. Retrieved 2012-11-09

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