Writing Excuses 7.26: Q&A at UVU part 2

Recorded live at Utah Valley University, here's another Q&A episode from the LTUE Symposium! The questions: * What was Brandon's plan with Mistborn and the themes regarding establishment? * Why does Kelsier shrug so much? (This leads into a fun discussion of "tells.") * How do you know when to stop a chapter? What about expanding it? * How do you make your prose more transparent? * How do you decide who and what to cut? * What do you do to filter out the extraneous ideas that come while you're writing? * What can collaborators do in order to create a single "voice" for the book? * What's the best way to tackle a long back-story? Want answers? You'll just have to listen...