Comments on: Guest Post: 60 Rules for Short SF (and Fantasy) http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Tue, 21 May 2013 17:46:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Joseph Finley http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/#comment-69108 Joseph Finley Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:14:17 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=16286#comment-69108 I found # 3 among the most interesting. It’s the absolute key to SF (which I don’t write, but enjoy reading). I also think its important to good fantasy.

]]> By: The Victory-3 and other things « Angels of Retribution http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/#comment-68865 The Victory-3 and other things « Angels of Retribution Sun, 17 Jul 2011 12:37:20 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=16286#comment-68865 [...] guest post on their site titled: 60 Rules for Short Science-Fiction and Fantasy, which you can find here. There are some interesting points there, and a few I agree with and some I don’t agree with. [...]

]]> By: Jimmy Hoffman http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/#comment-68802 Jimmy Hoffman Sat, 16 Jul 2011 23:13:39 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=16286#comment-68802 I agree with most of the rules but some I won’t use. It’s my story. Rule 42. Time travel doesn’t require a paradox and I have explained that away in my last story.
Good advice I will use most of it.

]]> By: “The sun, it isn’t hiding when it sets on you.” | Sarah Brand http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/#comment-67662 “The sun, it isn’t hiding when it sets on you.” | Sarah Brand Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:32:24 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=16286#comment-67662 [...] few days ago, the SFWA blog reposted Terry Bisson’s article “60 Rules for Short SF (and Fantasy).” Given that Mr. Bisson has sold many a short story, whereas I am tiny and unpublished (so [...]

]]> By: Saturday Smash-Up #11 « Terrell Mims University http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/#comment-67601 Saturday Smash-Up #11 « Terrell Mims University Sun, 10 Jul 2011 18:54:57 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=16286#comment-67601 [...] Do you write Science Fiction or Fantasy. Terry Bisson graces us with 60 Rules to write Short SF or Fantasy. [...]

]]> By: Gareth Owens http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/#comment-67231 Gareth Owens Sat, 09 Jul 2011 01:41:31 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=16286#comment-67231 By the time I got to number ten I was about ready to give this bloke a metaphorical smack in the kisser and skipped out, fortunately I dropped back in in-time to read 59 and 60, and then worked backwards through the list laughing harder all the way. (well smiling harder anyway)

Good to see you still on form. Sold the new book to me, well that and “Harper’s, Socialism & Democracy” a publication I must admit to not being that familiar with but I want to live in a universe where I could get one.

]]> By: Linkdump for July 7th | found drama http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/#comment-66985 Linkdump for July 7th | found drama Thu, 07 Jul 2011 15:01:32 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=16286#comment-66985 [...] Guest Post: 60 Rules for Short SF (and Fantasy) by Terry Bisson (tagged: writing creativity scifi todo ) [...]

]]> By: The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: July 7, 2011 http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/#comment-66964 The Great Geek Manual » Geek Media Round-Up: July 7, 2011 Thu, 07 Jul 2011 11:47:34 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=16286#comment-66964 [...] Terry Bisson shares 60 Rules for Short SF (and Fantasy) [...]

]]> By: Ellen Klages http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/#comment-66932 Ellen Klages Thu, 07 Jul 2011 06:30:17 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=16286#comment-66932 Hmm. I only diagree with half of this. Given our divergent prose styles, that seems about right.

]]> By: M. David Blake http://www.sfwa.org/2011/07/guest-post-60-rules-for-short-sf-and-fantasy/#comment-66925 M. David Blake Thu, 07 Jul 2011 05:20:12 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=16286#comment-66925 My favorite is the capstone of the piece: “60. Peril is the SF short story writer’s accomplice, adversary, and friend.”

Embracing peril seems to be the only rule I can observe with any consistency…

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