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		<title>Writing Excuses 4.21: Writing Practical Fantasy</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[L.E. Modesitt and Robison Wells join Brandon and Dan for a discussion of "practical" fantasy. Recorded live at CONduit in Salt Lake City.]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Coming to you &#8220;live&#8221; from CONduit, Writing Excuses is pleased to welcome fantasy superstar L.E. Modesitt (plus a slightly different Howard, by which we mean that Howard was out of town and replaced by Dan&#8217;s brother Rob).</p>
<p>Our topic for this episode is &#8220;practicality,&#8221; which is another way of saying &#8220;fantasy and science fiction may be unrealistic, but they should still be plausible within your definition of reality.&#8221; In other words, if you have an army of 1000 armored knights, you&#8217;d better have an economy and political system capable of producing and supporting them.</p>
<p><strong>Audiobook Pick-of-the-Week: </strong><a href="http://www.audible.com/adbl/site/products/ProductDetail.jsp?productID=BK_TANT_000959&amp;BV_SessionID=@@@@1009818945.1275279629@@@@&amp;BV_EngineID=cccgadekieffmlkcefecekjdffidfjf.0">Imager</a> by L.E. Modesitt, Jr., about a mage so powerful anything he thinks can become reality.</p>
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		<title>Writing Excuses Episode 24: Research</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How much research do you do? Howard&#8217;s answer: &#8220;Just enough to get by.&#8221; In this podcast we talk about why we research, how we research, and when we feel like we&#8217;ve researched enough. We also discuss hiding a lack of knowledge, and finding ways to get by without doing truly exhaustive research. Listen closely and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>How much research do you do? Howard&#8217;s answer: &#8220;Just enough to get by.&#8221; In this podcast we talk about why we research, how we research, and when we feel like we&#8217;ve researched enough. We also discuss hiding a lack of knowledge, and finding ways to get by without doing truly exhaustive research. Listen closely and you&#8217;ll learn why you&#8217;ll never be able to know enough, why the epic fantasy horse is a lot like a motorcycle, and whether or not one of us really needs therapy.</p>
<p>This week&#8217;s Writing Excuses Book of the Week: <em><a href="http://www.brandonsanderson.com/portal/Warbreaker" target="_blank">Warbreaker</a></em>, by Brandon Sanderson</p>
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		<itunes:subtitle>How much research do you do? Howard&#8217;s answer: &#8220;Just enough to get by.&#8221; In this podcast we talk about why we research, how we research, and when we feel like we&#8217;ve researched enough. We also discuss hiding a lack of knowledge,[...]</itunes:subtitle>
		<itunes:summary>How much research do you do? Howard&#8217;s answer: &#8220;Just enough to get by.&#8221; In this podcast we talk about why we research, how we research, and when we feel like we&#8217;ve researched enough. We also discuss hiding a lack of knowledge, and finding ways to get by without doing truly exhaustive research. Listen closely and you&#8217;ll learn why you&#8217;ll never be able to know enough, why the epic fantasy horse is a lot like a motorcycle, and whether or not one of us really needs therapy.
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