https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/ Writing Excuses Transcripts - Dreamwidth Studios Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:33:00 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios wetranscripts community https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/16874.html Thu, 10 Feb 2011 21:33:00 GMT https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/16874.html 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 Season Two Episode 25: The Seven Deadly Sins of Slush Stories<br /><br />From <a href="http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/03/29/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-25-the-seven-deadly-sins-of-slush-stories/">http://www.writingexcuses.com/2009/03/29/writing-excuses-season-2-episode-25-the-seven-deadly-sins-of-slush-stories/</a><br /><br />Key Points: use standard manuscript formats. Not technicolor, not fancy fonts, not multiple sizes. Follow the writer's guidelines for your market. Avoid Star Trek and other fanfic, obvious grammar errors, run-on sentences.<br /><br />The seven deadly sins are:<br />1. Infodumping (a.k.a. a story is not a lecture)<br />2. Staff Meetings (a.k.a. infodumping in dialogue is still infodumping)<br />3. Incomprehensible actions (a.k.a. lack of setup)<br />4. Navel contemplation (a.k.a. non sequitur infodumping and no action)<br />5. White room syndrome (a.k.a. lack of setting)<br />6. Dystopias (a.k.a. the all-disgusting background)<br />7. Dark and gritty (a.k.a. all the disgusting little details)<br /><br />Recommended: Revise, revise, revise. And write your passion.<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/16874.html#cutid1">Lots of good stuff</a></b><b class="cut-close">&nbsp;)</b></span><div style="display: none;" id="div-cuttag___1" aria-live="assertive"></div><br />[Brandon] Thank you very much, Nancy. This has been good information. This has been Writing Excuses. Do you have a Writing Prompt, Howard?<br />[Howard] Write something...<br />[Nancy] That you're passionate about.<br />[Howard] About an egg.<br />[Brandon] A passionate egg!<br />[Howard] Oh, no. No. Those... oh, dear.<br />[Brandon] This is Writing Excuses. Thanks for listening.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=wetranscripts&ditemid=16874" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments https://wetranscripts.dreamwidth.org/16874.html navel contemplation passion dark and gritty infodumping staff meetings revision slush stories jbu incomprehensible actions white room syndrome dystopias jumping public ext_88293 0