In this week's new Writing Excuses episode, Q&A on Beginnings, we answer some of your questions on the matter. Here are some of the questions:

• What are there differences between the beginnings in different forms?
• How do you begin in media res when you’re not writing action?
• What’s the biggest mistake that can be made when plotting the beginning?
• I ( Read more... )

This afternoon I am heading off to the Sharjah Children's Reading Festival in the United Arab Emirates. For those of you who are in the vicinity, I look forward to seeing you there! So far I've listed a panel on Thursday the 23rd on my events calendar, and I'll try to add more details when they're forthcoming ( Read more... )

There is a new Writing Excuses episode this week: How Much of the Beginning Needs to Come First? We all have cool things we want to put in our stories, which means we need what sets it up earlier. In this episode we talk about how to determine which of these elements needs to come first.

Last week, in Tor.com’s continuing reread posts for Words of ( Read more... )