Writing Excuses » A Calculus of Angels http://www.writingexcuses.com Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 03:51:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 2008-2011 Dragonsteel Entertainment howard.tayler@gmail.com (Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler) howard.tayler@gmail.com (Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler) Writing books 1440 http://www.writingexcuses.com/graphics/cover_small.jpg Writing Excuses http://www.writingexcuses.com 144 144 15 minutes long because you're in a hurry, and we're not that smart. Fantasy Novelist Brandon Sanderson, science-fiction cartoonist Howard Tayler, and horror writer Daniel Wells discuss writing techniques in a fast-paced, 15-minute format. writing, books, how, to, write, Brandon, Sanderson, Howard, Tayler, Dan, Wells, Mary Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler howard.tayler@gmail.com no no Writing Excuses Season 3 Episode 16: The Anti-Mary Sue Episode http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/09/13/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-16-the-anti-mary-sue-episode/ http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/09/13/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-16-the-anti-mary-sue-episode/#comments Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:54:37 +0000 Writing Excuses http://www.writingexcuses.com/?p=114 John Brown, debut author of Servant of a Dark God, joins us for this discussion of  the avoidance of self-insertion. In polite company we call this the “Mary Sue,” because it’s difficult to say “self-insertion” in polite company, much less with a straight face.

In broader terms, what we’re covering is voice, and how to make our characters sound like themselves rather than us.

This week’s Writing Excuses is Brought to you by Servant of a Dark God by John Brown.

]]> http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/09/13/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-16-the-anti-mary-sue-episode/feed/ 35 0:17:43 John Brown, debut author of Servant of a Dark God, joins us for this discussion of  the avoidance of self-insertion. In polite company we call this the “Mary Sue,” because it’s difficult to say “self-insertion” in polit[...] John Brown, debut author of Servant of a Dark God, joins us for this discussion of  the avoidance of self-insertion. In polite company we call this the “Mary Sue,” because it’s difficult to say “self-insertion” in polite company, much less with a straight face. In broader terms, what we’re covering is voice, and how to make our characters sound like themselves rather than us. This week’s Writing Excuses is Brought to you by Servant of a Dark God by John Brown. Characters, Guest Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler no no