A Writer’s Guide to Understanding the Copyeditor
by Terry McGarry Originally appeared in the Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, Spring 1995. Copyright […]
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Murder Your Darlings
It’s the nature of writers to fall in love with words, particularly their own. Clever turns of phrase excite us; we beam like proud parents when our protagonists take on lives of their own; a shapely plot twist can turn our heads. There is nothing wrong with indulging in the occasional fling-as long as it stops in draft. When time comes to make that final revision, however, you must harden your heart, sharpen the ax and murder your darlings.
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A Tale of Two Art Forms
by Alexandra Elizabeth Honigsberg It’s often said that nothing learned goes to waste. Certainly we as writers find this is
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Doyle’s YA SF Rant
by Dr. Debra Doyle This rant first appeared in the book review section of hwæt!, my zine for Apanage, a
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Doyle’s SF Genre Rant
by Dr. Debra Doyle The temptation, in arguments involving genre fiction and literary taste, is to give up and say,
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The Theory and Practice of Titles
by B.W. Clough Copyright © 1995 B. W. Clough. First published in the Fall 1995 issue of the Bulletin. A
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The Sobering Saga of Myrtle the Manuscript
From March, 1986, until its untimely demise in February, 1989, I was the Editor-in-Chief of Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine, and Editorial Director of its “twisted sister” publication, Night Cry. During that time, we received an average of one hundred manuscripts per week, in addition to a backlog of more than 2000 manuscripts left behind by my predecessor.
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Building New Worlds: Construction and Influences
by Stephen Baxter Copyright © 1995 by Stephen Baxter. First published in the Fall 1995 issue of the Bulletin. Many
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Critiquing in a Workshop Context
by David Alexander Smith Critiquing in a workshop context is a skill worth learning. Some tips for the novice: Before
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Links to Writers’ Workshops
Online Workshops Critique Circle is an online writing workshop for writers of all genres. It has both free and paid memberships
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Writers’ Workshops
by James Patrick Kelly © 1988 by James Patrick Kelly, First published in The Bulletin of The Science Fiction Writers
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Turkey City Lexicon – A Primer for SF Workshops
Edited by Lewis Shiner Second Edition by Bruce Sterling NOT COPYRIGHTED Introduction by Lewis Shiner This manual is intended to