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Translation vs. Adaptation: The Continuous Struggle for Optimal Ratio
by Elena Kovalenko Editor’s note: This piece is part of the series Perspectives in Translation, where creators discuss the many facets and challenges of translating…
Enriching Characters and Sociopolitics with Digital Currencies
by Libby Schultz The future of digital currencies offers science fiction writers a unique opportunity to enhance their worlds. As a fintech founder and entrepreneur…
The Many Alt-Histories of World War II
by Jeremy Zentner Editor’s note: This piece is part of a rolling series, Writing from History, in which creators share professional insights related to the…
Only as Good as Our Tools: Drafting by Hand and Fountain Pens
by Carrie Finch Editor’s note: This piece is part of an occasional series titled Writing by Other Means, in which authors share personal experiences and…
The Revolution Will Be Fantasized
by Samuel Poots Editor’s note: This piece is part of a rolling series, Writing from History, in which creators share professional insights related to the…
The Dangers of Writing on Someone Else’s Heartstrings
by Marie Croke Editor’s note: This piece is part of a rolling series, Writing from History, in which creators share professional insights related to the…
Using Archives to (Re)Write History
by Anneke Schwob Editor’s note: This piece is part of a rolling series, Writing from History, in which creators share professional insights related to the…
Writing Alt-History? Read the Primary Sources
by Austin Conrad Editor’s note: This piece is part of a rolling series, Writing from History, in which creators share professional insights related to the…
Sudden: Writing on the Go
by Eugen Bacon Editor’s note: This piece is part of an occasional series titled Writing by Other Means, in which authors share personal experiences and…
QA and Storytelling in Video Games
by John Ryan Editor’s note: This piece is part of our Playtesting Game Narratives series, curated by SFWA’s Game Writing Committee. When you hear about narrative…
Playtesting TTRPG Stories
by Austin Conrad Editor’s note: This piece is part of our Playtesting Game Narratives series, curated by SFWA’s Game Writing Committee. Tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) are…
Playtesting Card Games
by Marie Vibbert Editor’s note: This piece is part of our Playtesting Game Narratives series, curated by SFWA’s Game Writing Committee. Every three months, the Cleveland…
Playtesting Narrative Content in Board Games
by Will McDermott Editor’s note: This piece is part of our Playtesting Game Narratives series, curated by SFWA’s Game Writing Committee. Writing narrative content for board…
Quark – A SFWA Public Digest
A quark (/kwɔːrk, kwɑːrk/) is a type of elementary particle and a fundamental constituent of matter. In an effort to maintain transparency and foster communications…
The Inexorable Growth of BIPOC in Publishing
by Emily Jiang AN INTRODUCTION OF SORTS: To Boldly Go Where I Have Never Gone Before “We often fear what we do not understand. Our…
Introduction to Game Writing and Playtesting
by John Dale Beety Editor’s note: This piece is part of our Playtesting Game Narratives series, curated by SFWA’s Game Writing Committee. In science fiction and…
The Past Is Not as Rosy as You’ve Been Led to Believe
by Jeff Reynolds A game we authors enjoy is “discuss how the short story market used to pay so well you could make a living…
Game Writing with Text Adventure Games
by Misha Grifka Wander When I teach video game analysis to college students, I sometimes tell them that they’re going to make their own games—and…
(Temporarily) Computer-Free Writing
by N. R. M. Roshak Editor’s note: This piece is part of an occasional series titled Writing by Other Means, in which authors share personal…
Dance the Exotic Dance for Me!
by Yoon Ha Lee When I was a kid in the 1980s and 1990s, I adored classical mythology, Arthurian mythology, the Cthulhu mythos. I was…
A Brief History of SFWA: The Beginning (Part 2)
by Michael Capobianco Editor’s note: This piece is the second in a two-part overview of the first year of SFWA, curated by a member of…
A Brief History of SFWA: The Beginning (Part 1)
by Michael Capobianco Editor’s note: This piece is the first in a two-part overview of the first year of SFWA, curated by a member of…
Whoops, I Wrote a Story: How to Make App Addictions Work for Your Writing
by Marie Croke Editor’s note: This piece is part of an occasional series titled Writing by Other Means, in which authors share personal experiences and…
Discovery Writing Through Gaming
by Austin Conrad How do you move forward when stuck on telling a story? Sometimes the best way is to play your story at the…
Phoning It In: Finding Time to Write in Unexpected Places
by Priya Chand Editor’s note: This piece is part of an occasional series titled Writing by Other Means, in which authors share personal experiences and…
The Ballad of the Slush Reader: What I’ve Learned (And What I Want to Know) about Reading Slush
by Nelly Geraldine García-Rosas Introduction – In Which I Rant a Little First, let me get this off my chest; I don’t believe that reading…
The Poet’s Toolbox: Three Strategies for a Vivid Prose Voice
By Ursula Whitcher Writing poetry allows for rapid experimentation with language on a fine scale. Though there’s lots of mystique around being a poet, the…
Gamifying Your Writing Goals
By Gideon P. Smith We all have writing dreams, but they often remain dreams without solid productivity goals to turn them into reality. Unfortunately, as…
FROM THE ARCHIVES: Top Tips from THE INDIE FILES
by SFWA Publications Crew Independent publishing can feel as daunting as it is empowering. Monthly at the SFWA Blog, THE INDIE FILES has offered tips…
How to Rewrite a Story for a Different Call
By Dannye Chase So you’ve got a solid story and a perfect publication. The problem? They don’t quite match up. Have no fear! If you…