tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-14:3071550 Writing Excuses Transcripts Writing Excuses Transcripts 2011-01-27T22:36:00Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2017-04-14:3071550:1424 ext_88293 2011-01-27T22:36:00Z 2011-01-27T22:36:00Z Stay, Sugarland working public 0 Posted by: <span lj:user='mbarker.livejournal.com' style='white-space: nowrap;' class='ljuser'><a href='https://www.dreamwidth.org/profile?userid=92151&amp;t=I'><img src='https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/openid.png' alt='[identity profile] ' width='16' height='16' style='vertical-align: text-bottom; border: 0; padding-right: 1px;' /></a><a href='http://mbarker.livejournal.com/' rel='nofollow'><b>mbarker.livejournal.com</b></a></span><br /><br />Writing Excuses Episode 4: Beginnings<br /><a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/">http://www.writingexcuses.com/2008/03/02/writing-excuses-episode-4-beginnings/</a><br />starring Brandon Sanderson, Howard Tayler, and Dan Wells<br /><span class="cut-wrapper"><span style="display: none;" id="span-cuttag___1" class="cuttag"></span><b class="cut-open">(&nbsp;</b><b class="cut-text"><a href="https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/1424.html#cutid1">Ze bits and pieces . . .</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br />The short form: don't try to write your first line first. Do make sure that your first line makes a promise that the rest of your book fulfills. Get to character and conflict fast.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wetranscripts&ditemid=1424" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments