Reimagining Conflict
by Marie Brennan Recently, I’ve seen a number of online discussions about stories without conflict, especially stories from outside the […]
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I Feel Funny: Humor Writing Tips for Novelists
By Kathy Flann We think of humor as something that just … happens. Yet, as someone who writes both humor
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10 Hands-On Tips For Writing Flash Fiction
By Maria Haskins Writing flash fiction—commonly defined as a story of no more than 1,000 or 1,500 words—can seem daunting
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Two Essential Questions to Ask As You Self-Edit
By Kahina Necaise Convincing fiction is about cause and effect. That’s why, in my work as an editor, the two
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What Speculative Fiction Writers Can Learn from the Origins and Evolution of the Wuxia Genre
by Yilin Wang Note: This article first appeared in The Bulletin #216 in October 2021. When I tell other writers
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Why Writing Second Person POV Appeals To Marginalized Writers
by Valerie Valdes Note: This article previously appeared in The Bulletin #216 in October 2021. You open the SFWA Bulletin
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SFF Writing for White Goblins: Decolonising your Defaults
by Nick Wood (NW) & Isiah Lavender III (IL) After finishing a working stint as a psychologist in Aotearoa, New
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Unusual Governments to Take Inspiration From
by Eleanor Konik Often, speculative fiction relies on common government types, like monarchies and republics, because they’re familiar to
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Cyberpunk: Writing for Tomorrow
by Naomi Norbez With the release of Cyberpunk 2077 a few months back, there has been some debate about what it
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Using Unreliable Narration to Create Voice
by Priya Chand All narrators are unreliable. If you’re reading this thinking “hey, you’re misusing the term; ‘unreliable narrator’