## Writing Excuses podcast

* Author: u/embrodski *
* URL: http://www.writingexcuses.com/
* Score: 5

* Created: 2014-12-15T22:14:34

### Post:

[Link to content](http://www.writingexcuses.com/)

### Comments:

> **u/embrodski** [+4]  (2 minutes later)
> 
> As I know a few of us here try our hand at writing from time to time, I wanted to share this podcast. It's short and pretty dense. Part handy information, and part inspiration/motivation. I generally want to go and write whenever I'm done listening to an episode. It's hosted by Brandon Sanderson, author of the Mistborn trilogy (among a number of others).

> **u/None** [+2]  (17 minutes later)
> 
> Definitely a good podcast (and handy for me on the rather long drives I have to make semi-often; there's just so much there!). Brandon Sanderson has three laws of magic, the first of which you can find [here](http://brandonsanderson.com/sandersons-first-law/) (and he first originated them in the podcast), that I find very helpful when creating a magic system.

>> **u/Kysle** [+1]  (6 hours later)
>> 
>> An entire semester's worth of his ectures (a creative writing course from a few years ago) are available online for free, as well. They're pretty useful.

> **u/notmy2ndopinion** [+1]  *Concent of Saunt Edhar* (a day later)
> 
> I only subscribed to this podcast a month ago and I missed out on seasons 1-8.
> 
> Unlike the HPMOR podcast, which carefully and lovingly includes the whole stream, it looks like Writing Excuses may be hidden behind a pay wall for older seasons.
> 
> Is it worth it to purchase the old seasons on CD?

>> **u/alexanderwales** [+3]  *Time flies like an arrow* (a day later)
>> 
>> They look like they're [all available to download](http://www.writingexcuses.com/season001/) to me.

>>> **u/notmy2ndopinion** [+1]  *Concent of Saunt Edhar* (23 days later)
>>> 
>>> thanks, i only looked on their front page and from there, I jumped straight to the podcast feed.

>> **u/embrodski** [+1]  (a day later)
>> 
>> To be honest I've only been listening for the past month or so myself. I haven't heard the previous seasons so I can't say.

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