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A how-to Guide to writing a new short story every week.
Emily Wenstrom discusses Ray Bradbury’s process for cranking out a new short story every week. Don’t expect to write novellas this way, but for flash to ~2,000 word pieces, it might work for you. Read about it here.
A handy list of primary character flaws and the secondary flaws they compensate for.
World building is an essential part of any work of fiction. But especially for science fiction or fantasy, it's the lifeblood of storytelling. But when world building fails, it can wreck your whole story, and leave your characters feeling pointless. Here are seven deadly sins of world building.
David Farland is an accomplished author and the gatekeeper of the Writers of the Future contest: all entries go through him first. He posts a regular series of Writing Tips on his blog. Farland's tips are mostly geared toward newer writers, but there's good stuff there for everyone--and if you're planning to enter the contest, knowing the kinds of things the judge loves and hates can't hurt. Check out his writing tips here.
Liam Meilleur is the editor-in-chief of the Harpur Palate literary journal, a submissions editor for Uncanny Magazine, and a PhD student at Binghamton University, where he teaches for the English department. In 2013, he graduated from Clarion West program, and he has an MFA from the University of New Orleans. This Tumblr is part of his blog about the adventures of a genre writer in the literary world of academia: a Rainy Day in Eden.
You can also follow the blog on Twitter at @RDE_Blog
Dragon Naturally Speaking is speech recognition software that's exponentially superior to the voice-to-text option that comes with Windows (found under "Ease of Access" in settings). The more you use it, the more it acclimates to your voice and accent. I like to use it to "write" on long drives.
Scrivener is a word processing platform designed specifically for writers. Instead of having a directory littered with dozens of drafts, research notes, ideas, and storyboards, Scrivener lets you work through the entire creative process in one neatly organized place. This is my go-to software for revising.
The Critique Circle is another workshopping community, but unlike LitReactor, no payment is required to access the workshopping portions of the site. Like LitReactor, submitting a story to the workshop costs points that are earned by giving feedback on other stories. Also like LitReactor, the quality of the feedback can be pretty variable, but the site gets a lot of traffic and the forums are always active.
LitReactor offers a free public forum, topical articles, and quite a few craft essays--some of which are exceptionally good. For paying members, the site also offers a workshopping community where offering helpful critiques of other's writing allows you to earn the points needed to submit one of your own stories. The quality of the workshop feedback can be pretty hit or miss, but I met some of my most trusted readers here.
In which Brandon introduces his winter 2012 class at Brigham Young University on creative writing for science fiction and fantasy authors. Next up: "Ideas ar...
Brandon Sanderson teaches a college course on writing speculative fiction novels (including a class dedicated to the business end of the equation). Even if you're not a fan of his writing, Sanderson is an excellent teacher; I can't recommend his lectures highly enough.
The writer's guide to horses to help you write realistic scenes. Find out how far a horse can travel, how long a horse can gallop, and more.
