Writing Excuses 9.17: Microcasting

What this episode covers

Eric James Stone joins Brandon, Mary, and Howard to answer questions from our listeners. Here are the questions: * Should you submit your prologue along with the first chapters? * What do you do when you've got some professional sales under your belt, but can't seem to get more? * How do you manage scene/sequel format in a multi-POV novel? * Is passive voice really that bad? How do you tell if you're using it too much? * What is the threshold for deus ex machina? * How do you maximize the emotional impact of a character death? * If you're a discovery writer, how do you go about becoming an outliner? * When someone asks what you do for a living, how do you answer them? * How do you get out of the beat-by-beat, this-then-that blocking of action? Here is the Grammar Girl episode we mentioned.   Our Sponsors: * Check out HomeServe and use my code homeserve.com/excuses for a great deal: https://www.homeserve.com * Check out MasterClass and use my code masterclass.com/EXCUSES for a great deal: https://MasterClass.com * Check out Talkiatry and use my code Talkiatry.com/WX for a great deal: https://www.talkiatry.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/writing-excuses2130/donations Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

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