by Grahame Turner. Learn how to build a compelling game writing portfolio using creative samples, transferable skills, and strategic presentation. Find practical tips for assembling a portfolio that shows your range and creativity.
by Monica Cross. Discover practical guidance, creative strategies, and production tips for writing science fiction and fantasy plays that inspire theatrical innovation and connect with performers, designers, and audiences alike.
by Michael Solis. After NaNoWriMo’s collapse, explore alternative writing challenges and tools, and learn how a DIY summer challenge revived creative momentum and pushed a draft past the 50,000-word milestone.
by John Dale Beety. Learn how to tailor your game writing portfolio for specific studios or projects with six strategic steps to boost your chances of landing the job.
SFWA’s Writing Dates Program offers weekly online co-writing sessions that foster connection, support, and productivity. In this interview, volunteers share how it began, how it works, and why writers keep coming back.
by Laurence Raphael Brothers. A practical guide to submitting stories for publication, covering markets, formatting, guidelines, contracts, and how to handle responses.
by Austin Conrad. Creating a game writing portfolio can be daunting. This guide offers practical tips for curating, formatting, and presenting excerpts that showcase your strengths across diverse media and writing styles.
by Monica Cross. A sample of standout SFF plays from the last two decades, exploring how theatrical storytelling uniquely elevates speculative genres through staging, structure, and live performance.
by Holly Lyn Walrath. Speculative poetry has just made history with its first Hugo Award. In this interview, winner Marie Brennan explains why this recognition could help readers appreciate poetry as a powerful form of speculative storytelling.
by Deborah Walker. When traditional writing retreats felt out of reach, one author designed her own, exploring London’s libraries, museums, and cafés for a week of creative focus and inspiration.
by Brenda W. Clough. Facing your own mortality isn’t fun, but if you’re a writer or creative, ignoring it could leave your intellectual property in chaos. This article walks you through the essential steps of estate planning and explains why setting things up now is the only way to protect your intellectual legacy.
by J. D. Harlock. Find out how speculative fiction sometimes misrepresents the premodern Arab world, and learn how accurate historical ranks, regional dialects, and naming conventions can help build more culturally grounded fictional settings.
