Stalled Careers, Writer’s Block, and Monsters Under the Bed
So you’ve been published but no one wants your book because of previous bad sales? Melisa Michaels offers some sage advice on how to get back into the bookstores.
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A 12-Step Program for Writers
A tongue-in-cheek commentary on assumptions writers should avoid.
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 and is populated by aspiring writers. (Note: SFWA does not endorse paid writer services.) Critters Workshop is an on-line workshop/critique group for serious Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror writers. Several thousand members, from aspiring to award-winning pro, with a friendly atmosphere […]
Writers’ Workshops
by James Patrick Kelly © 1988 by James Patrick Kelly, First published in The Bulletin of The Science Fiction Writers of America You don’t believe in writers’ workshops — never have. Maybe you had a bad experience in college. Some reedy creative writing type sneered at sci-fi and said you probably ought to think about […]
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 focus on the special needs of the science fiction workshop. Having an accurate and descriptive critical term for a common SF problem makes it easier to recognize and discuss. This guide is intended to save […]
A Checklist for Critiquing Science Fiction
by David Alexander Smith Theme and meaning. Does the story move us? So we emerge from our fictional journey emotionally engaged, or wiser than we went in? Do we remember the story after we’re done? Along the way, does the story force us to think? Do we re-examine, or see afresh, things we take for […]
Some Notes on Critiquing Method and the CSFW Critiquing Manifesto
by David Alexander Smith Those of us who’ve been in the Cambridge SF Workshop for some time have developed an approach to critiquing that we find serves us well. These principles — our Critiquing Manifesto — help us work together to create the best fiction we can. 1. Why Are We Here? Often workshops founder […]
Being a Glossary of Terms Useful in Critiquing Science Fiction
by David Smith This is only a partial list of the terms we have found most useful in critiquing sf. The glossary is issued now and then … but it is a living document. Amendments are welcome. If you use additional terms, or have better examples than those listed here, please suggest them. Action outline […]
Seeking Blog Editor
We’re currently seeking an editor for the Craft of Writing blog. Duties would entail writing and soliciting posts on writing technique, with the aim of enlightening all who read them. If you think you may be a good match for this position, please contact Mary Robinette Kowal.
Manuscript Preparation
Article by science fiction writer Vonda N. McIntyre on manuscript preparation for SF/F genre fiction authors.
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