You and Your Characters
An article by James Patrick Kelly on writing stronger characters.
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The Craft of Writing
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Breaking Into Print: What Length Sells Best?
Article by Melisa Michaels on how to build a writing career.
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Making Monsters
An essay by James Patrick Kelly on the writing of his short story ‘Monsters’.
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Writerisms and other Sins: A Writer’s Shortcut to Stronger Writing
Writerisms describes overused and misused language. In more direct words: find ’em, root ’em out, and look at your prose without the underbrush.
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Hardcore Critique Guidelines
Written by Amy Sterling Casil When we criticise work, we are commenting for the purposes of publishability, and our goal
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On Thud and Blunder
An essay by science fiction writer Poul Anderson on the importance of research, or at least of plain common sense and logical thought, in writing heroic fantasy.
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MEDIA TIE-INS: Why They are Nearly Impossible for Beginners To Publish
Written by Roger MacBride Allen Because I have written three STAR WARS novels, and three novels set in Isaac Asimov’s