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''I'm [[Brandon Sanderson|Brandon]]!''<br />

''I'm [[I Am Not a Serial Killer|Dan]]!''<br />

''I'm [[Shades of Milk and Honey|Mary]]!''|''And I'm [[Schlock Mercenary|Howard]]!"''}}

[[So You Want To/Write a Story|So you want to write a story]]? Well you're in luck. ''[[Writing Excuses]]'' is a weekly [[Podcast]] by [[Brandon Sanderson]], [[Schlock Mercenary|Howard Tayler]], [[I Am Not a Serial Killer|Dan Wells]], and [[Shades of Milk and Honey|Mary Robinette Kowal]]--formerly—formerly a [[Guest Star Party Member|recurring guest host]] and now an official full-time host as of Season 6. Updated every Sunday, each week's episode focuses on a particular aspect of the writing process, from [http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/02/10/writing-excuses-episode-1-brainstorming/ brainstorming] to [http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/05/23/writing-excuses-4-20-strategies-for-getting-published/ getting published], usually responding to particular obstacles that are common for beginning and improving writers. Naturally, numerous tropes have been touched upon along the way, discussed in terms of [[Tropes Are Tools|how to use them to make your book better]] and avoiding bad writing. Often a guest host (usually a recently-published author or a personal/professional friend of one of the authors with ties to the writing world) will join the quartet for an episode or two to add outsider input as well. The series also features a [[Enforced Plug|Book of the Week]] for listeners to read which is often pertinent to the topic being discussed. Or sometimes [[Shameless Self Promoter|it's just one of their own books]]. [[Now Buy the Merchandise|They gotta make money somehow]].

=== '''{{tropelist|This podcast has discussed the following tropes:''' ===}}

* [http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/03/01/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-21-fight-scenes/ Episode 21] - [[Fight Scene|Fight Scenes]]s

* [http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/04/01/writing-excuses-episode-632-now-that-weve-got-time-travel-what-do-we-do-with-it/ Episode 632] - [[BLAMNon Sequitur Episode|Now That We've Got Time Travel, What Do We Do With It]]?

* [http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/12/13/writing-excuses-season-3-episode-30-unreliable-narrators/ Episode 30] - [[Unreliable Narrator|Unreliable Narrators]]s

* [http://www.writingexcuses.com/2010/03/14/writing-excuses-4-10-writing-for-young-adults/ Episode 10] - Writing for [[Young Adult|Young Adults]]s

* [http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/09/18/writing-excuses-6-16-gender-roles-black-white-and-gray/ Episode 16] - [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy|Gender Roles]]--Black—Black, White, and Gray

* [http://www.writingexcuses.com/2011/11/27/writing-excuses-6-26-mystery-plotting/ Episode 26] - [[File talk:Mystery Fiction|Mystery]] Plotting

{{quote|'''Brandon:''' This has been [[Writing Excuses]]! You're out of excuses. Now, go write!}}

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