Writing Excuses 9.38: Q&A at Westercon

Published: Sept. 15, 2014, 2:17 a.m.

b'Peter Orullian\\xa0joins us in front of a live audience at Westercon 67 for a Q&A. The questions include:
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\\n\\t* As a writer, how do you handle reviewing other people\'s books?
\\n\\t* How do you compartmentalize your writing to prevent that obsession from displacing everything else?
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\\n\\t* (Here are the signs we talked about)
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\\n\\t* How do you create frightening, unique creatures?
\\n\\t* What are the basics about networking at a convention?
\\n\\t* Is there a yield for the average story idea?
\\n\\t* What rules do you follow and what rules do you break when writing epic fantasy?
\\n\\t* What can you do in critique groups to teach craft if you\'re avoiding prescriptive critique?
\\n\\t* How strongly do you believe that the audience won\'t remember what you\'ve told them, but will remember how you said it?
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