Writing Excuses · Mary Robinette Kowal, DongWon Song, Erin Roberts, Dan Wells, and Howard Tayler
20.18: LIVE: The Art of Teaching
May 4, 2025·26 min·2 clips
Mark explains how teaching writing made him realize he knew more than he thought.
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Teaching becomes a practical lens for listening and stronger dialogue.
The episode treats teaching as a craft problem: how to explain, how to listen, and how to turn observation into usable page work. Recorded live on the cruise with a live audience, it moves from speaking to your younger self to listening to teenagers and using that attention to…
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