Writing Excuses/Funny

Everything About Fiction You Never Wanted to Know.


Because trope documentation can be hilarious from the writer's end of things too.


"Uh, put - put them all the way up!"

"Pants: Put Them Back On, Please."

  • "Fifteen seconds long, because you're really in a hurry... and we are all going to die."
  • "Fifteen minutes long, because you're in a hurry... and we're apparently all high."
  • "Fifteen minutes long, because we're in a hurry... and you're not that smart" from Offending Your Readers
    • "Nuke the Blue Monkeys" as a band name, from the same episode.
  • Howard Taylor describes how to research speech patterns for younger characters...

Brandon: ...You're following around little kids?

Howard: NO! They came over to my house!

Brandon: That's EVEN WORSE!

Howard: I am not on that list!

Brandon: ...YET.

  • "Furry fanfiction by Mary Robinette Koala"
  • "These marshmallows are delicious!"
  • "And when the universe's supply of lithium is depleted, an ADHD Cthulhu appears and is VERY distracted."

Pod to the cast, biznachos.