Shadows Beneath: The Writing Excuses Anthology

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Dragonsteel Entertainment, LLC, 2014 - Fantasy fiction, American - 366 pages
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From the Hugo Award-winning hosts of the Writing Excuses writing advice show comes a collection of all-new stories of the fantastic, with beautiful illustrations and a behind the scenes look at each storys creation. For years the hosts of Writing Excuses have been offering tips on brainstorming, drafting, workshopping, and revision, and now they offer an exhaustive look at the entire process. Not only does Shadows Beneath have four beautifully illustrated fantastic works of fiction, but it also includes transcripts of brainstorming and workshopping sessions, early drafts of the stories, essays about the stories creation, and details of all the edits made between the first and final drafts.

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User Review  - Stevil2001 - LibraryThing

When I was teaching my science fiction creative writing class this fall, I found myself skimming the transcripts of the podcast Writing Excuses for writing exercises to do in class, or just insights ... Read full review

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User Review  - Katya0133 - LibraryThing

This is a collection of short fiction from four well-established speculative fiction authors (Brandon Sanderson, Mary Robinette Kowal, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler). However, it also includes the ... Read full review

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About the author (2014)

Brandon Sanderson was born on December 19, 1975 in Lincoln, Nebraska. He received a bachelor's degree in English and a master's degree in creative writing from Brigham Young University. His first book, Elantris, was published in 2005. His other works include the Mistborn series, the Stormlight Archive series, Alcatraz Versus the Evil Librarians series, and the Reckoners series. In 2007, he was chosen by Harriet Rigney to complete A Memory of Light, book twelve in Robert Jordan's Wheel of Time series. He has continued the series with Towers of Midnight and A Memory of Light. In 2018 his title, White Sand Volume 2, made the Best Seller List.

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