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Last week we talked about character death. This week we talk about other, less fatal ways in which a character story can be finished, and how we, as writers, can tell when we’re done with a character arc. The characters we create are not all destined for long lives. Sure, some are, but a great many of them are on paths that will end in an abrupt fatality of one kind or another, and in this episode we’ll talk about how we choose which characters to put on those paths, and We also talk about characters who walk perilous paths and emerge unscathed (sometimes thanks less to their pluck and wit, and more due written and illustrated by Howard Tayler, with colors by Travis Walton (available to read free online beginning here CyberMonday. (Yes, it’s Tuesday.) This code is good until 11:59pm Central on Tues, Nov 27, because that’s how we roll. Looking for a holiday gift for your writer? Or yourself? How about a writing workshop and retreat wrapped inside a Caribbean vacation? Sep 13 to Sun, Sep 22. We’ll leave out of Galveston, TX on Royal Caribbean’s Liberty of the Seas, and we’ll travel to Cozumel, You had questions about fixing character problems. We had had answers! Here are the questions: Cheeto McFlair: Who are they, and why are they asking questions of the Writing Excuses team? When we talk about space travel we’re usually talking about rocket scientists and astronauts. In this episode we spoke with our guests Bart Smith and Ben Hewett, about the “unse*y” (read: possibly boring but don’t be de*eived) side of the space program—budgeting, logistics, and procurement. RFI and RFP, with toilets, hammers, and business cards; that’s this episode. Write a story in which a budget an*lyst and a procurement intern save the day NaNoWriMo 2018 is half-way over today. Are you stuck? Do you need to get unstuck? Mercedes Lackey joined us at GenCon Indy back in 2017 to talk about writer’s block, and how it’s very likely a symptom of something else. In this episode we discuss the interpretation of those