Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk endings, and how to troubleshoot common problems writers have with them.

Archive Seasons 1-6 – Writing Excuses

Writing Excuses 6.30: Help! I Can’t End My Book!

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about using character foils in building a story.

Writing Excuses 6.29: Character Foils

Ellen Kushner and Delia Sherman from the Interstitial Arts Foundation join Mary Robinette Kowal and Dan Wells to talk about the gaps between genres.

Writing Excuses 6.28: Interstitial Art

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard brainstorm some fantasy setting elements for you. Need a magic system on the cheap? How about a political power structure?

Writing Excuses 6.27: Fantasy Setting Yard Sale

Brandon, Dan, Mary, and Howard talk about plotting a good mystery, especially as part of a non-mystery-genre book.

Writing Excuses 6.26: Mystery Plotting

Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary talk about making characters do dumb things for smart reasons.

Writing Excuses 6.25: When Characters do Dumb Things

Andrew P. Mayer joins Howard, Mary, and Dan to talk about taking silly ideas and making seriously awesome stuff out of them.

Writing Excuses 6.24: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

Jonathan Maberry joins Howard, Dan, and Mary to discuss pigeonholes -- specifically, not ending up in one.

Writing Excuses 6.23: Pigeon Holes

Mur Lafferty joins Howard, Mary, and Dan to talk about ways in which writers can continue their education.

Writing Excuses 6.22: Continuing Education for Writers

Brandon, Mary, Dan, and Howard each crank out the beginnings of a story from the same set of story seeds.

Writing Excuses 6.21: Brainstorming From Story Seeds

Lou Anders joins Dan, Howard, and Mary for a discussion of endings.

Writing Excuses 6.20: Endings

Brandon, Dan, Howard, and Mary talk about pitching -- a critical skill for new and established authors alike.

Writing Excuses 6.19: Pitching

Peter Ahlstrom, assistant to Brandon Sanderson, and Valerie Dowbenko, assistant to Pat Rothfuss, join Brandon and Dan to talk about what they do for "their authors."

Writing Excuses 6.17: Writing Assistants

Keffy Kehrli joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard at WorldCon 69 for a discussion of gender roles, gender identity, and transsexualism with the objective of being able to write these things believably and accurately.

Writing Excuses 6.16: Gender Roles–Black, White, and Gray

Lauren Beukes joins the 'cast for a discussion of writing cultures that you're not personally a part of.

Writing Excuses 6.15: Writing Other Cultures

Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart.

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Archive Seasons 1-6 – Writing Excuses

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