Imagination Without Images: Aphantasia and SFF Readers and Writers
By Kim Zarins When I was a child, I snuck out to the backyard, made a little circle of stones, […]
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Tips and Tricks For Writing Audio Drama
By Katie Gill In recent years, audio drama has made a comeback in the form of narrative podcasts, which have
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Writing Eyebrows: How to Orchestrate Emotion in Your Story
by Hunter Liguore Creating new characters takes a careful eye. When an idea comes, we might rely on familiar images
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ROMANCING SFF: 5 Ways Fighting and Kissing Scenes Are the Same
by Chelsea Mueller There’s significant power in fighting and kissing scenes. When done well, they’re often reader favorites. Look at
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Tired Disability Tropes In SFF: Do Better
By Anessa Kemna Science fiction and fantasy should be the perfect places for disability representation. Writers make the rules in
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ROMANCING SFF: Why Romance Should Be Part of Your Worldbuilding
by R. K. Thorne Worldbuilding is a fun aspect of writing fantasy and science fiction. It is so tempting to
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Numinous Fantasy
by Gabriel Murray We tend to remember our first brushes with the imaginary vast: when we read our first children’s
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Reimagining Conflict
by Marie Brennan Recently, I’ve seen a number of online discussions about stories without conflict, especially stories from outside the
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Treading on Embers
By Lorraine Wilson Statistics are easy to quote, but difficult to connect to, don’t you think? It’s easy to say
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I Feel Funny: Humor Writing Tips for Novelists
By Kathy Flann We think of humor as something that just … happens. Yet, as someone who writes both humor
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10 Hands-On Tips For Writing Flash Fiction
By Maria Haskins Writing flash fiction—commonly defined as a story of no more than 1,000 or 1,500 words—can seem daunting
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Story Salvage: Finding the Opportunity in Failure
By Jeff Somers It’s often noted that in baseball, making an out 70 percent of the time is considered all-star