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Writing Excuses
Listening In On Other Writers
19 March 2020
Visit writingexcuses.com and you are welcomed to start listening with Episode 1, Season Ten. They give a resonable explanation:
"We mean it! Please do not start by listening to our earliest episodes. We have spent eight years becoming better writers and better podcasters than the people we were when we recorded those. There’s some good stuff back there, sure, but you want to start with the best stuff, right?"
And I'm nothing if not reasonable.
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Most of the time. But when I was first made aware of this podcast (thanks, reddit), I was in a terrible place. I was mentally exhausted. I hadn't written anything in months. I felt utterly alone.
So, I consider it neither a mistake nor a waste of my time that I started out by timetravelling to 2008. Because what I got out of it wasn't purely educational. (Although it totally was. Season 11 alone unlocked a whole new level for me.) I also got to spend time with a group of like-minded people, absolutely free of the need to interact on any level. Bliss for the socially inept. It was what I needed at the time.
Today, I have what feels like a firmer grasp on writing, and in addition, I got to see the careers of four writers evolve over the span of years. Bottom line: worth it. Every minute.
That being said, if you don't suffer from crippling anxiety when faced with the risk of missing out on some crucial bit of information (like me in 2017): DO NOT DO AS I DID!
Start at episode ten point fucking one. You're welcome.
Youtube
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2020-03
I'm preparing a list.
Books on the Craft
The list is shamefully short and still in development.
2020-03
Working on it.