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Creating Character Arcs in Games Writing

by Natalia Theodoridou Note: This article previously appeared in The Bulletin #216 in October 2021. I should start this craft article with the caveat that I don’t exactly believe in craft articles. Very often, it seems to me as if such pieces faux systematize something that in practice is much more organic. But games are strange beasts, […]

On Trauma-Informed Writing

by Sarah Gailey Note: Over the next several weeks, the SFWA Blog will be running articles, including this one, that first appeared in October 2021 in our SFWA member publication,  The Bulletin #216. We’re pleased to share these instructive and thought-provoking pieces with the wider speculative fiction community. –SFWA Publications I’ve never believed in endings. […]

SFWA Market Report—November 2021

Welcome to the November edition of the SFWA Market Report. Please note: Inclusion of any market in the report below does not indicate an official endorsement by SFWA. The markets included on this list all pay at least $0.08/word in at least one length category of fiction. New Markets CatsCast Never Whistle At Night Currently […]

Sci-Fi Has a Cure Problem

By Ashley Deng I won’t beat around it too much: The context for this essay is our current, global healthcare crisis. Let’s just say that our sci-fi trope of a massive-scale health crisis that can be Fixed With Science has happened to us in the real world. We were all eagerly awaiting the coveted cure–The […]

Level Up: Think Like a Teacher

by Sean R. Robinson   There comes a point in every writer’s life when they stare at the page and realize the story is getting the better of them. An evil voice whispers that maybe they’re not good enough. They realize that in order to tell the story, they need to become a better writer.  […]