19.47: Final Thoughts on Our Close Reading Series

Writing Excuses

Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler

Fiction, Business, Careers

4.7 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2024

⏱️ 26 minutes

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We reminisce on when we were on a writing retreat on a cruise in 2023, planning this close reading series. We have loved how this series grounded our conversations, allowing us to dive into works that were complex in specific ways. We have loved wading into the waters of voice, world-building, character, tension, and structure while talking about these phenomenal works of science fiction and fantasy.

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Credits: Your hosts for this episode were Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, and Howard Tayler. It was produced by Emma Reynolds, recorded by Marshall Carr, Jr., and mastered by Alex Jackson.

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0:00.0	Hey there, if you missed out on the very cool special edition of one of our close read books for this season,
0:06.3	I'm talking about the orbit gold edition of the Broken Earth trilogy by N.K. Jimison. This is so
0:11.9	beautiful. And we've arranged for you to still get 20% off. Listen, the set includes an exclusive
0:18.7	box illustrated by Justin Cherry Nephilimancer, a signed copy of the fifth season, fabric-bound, hardcover editions of the trilogy, gilded silver edges, color end paper art, which I love, brand new foil-stamped covers, a ribbon bookmark, and an exclusive bonus scene from the fifth season.
0:39.7	You need to read this scene. All you have to do is visit orbitgoldeditions.com to order
0:44.7	and use the code excuses for 20% off, and to let them know we sent you.
0:51.3	This episode of writing excuses has been brought to you by our listeners, patrons, and friends.
0:56.8	If you would like to learn how to support this podcast, visit www. patreon.com slash writing excuses.
1:06.5	Season 19, episode 47.
1:11.4	This is writing excuses.
1:13.9	Our final thoughts on the close reading series.
1:16.8	15 minutes long, because you're in a hurry.
1:19.2	And we need to read more.
1:21.5	I'm Mary Robinette.
1:22.9	I'm Dongwan.
1:23.8	I'm Erin.
1:24.6	And I still need to read more.
1:27.2	I'm Howard. Yeah, so this is, we've come to the end of
1:33.2	this season of writing excuses, where we took you all through very detailed readings of five
1:40.3	different works that we love through five different aspects of the craft of writing.
1:45.6	And we just wanted to chat a little bit about how we felt about it, you know, things that we
1:49.7	thought were highlights, any low lights that came up. But for me, I had the best time in the world
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