Elmore Leonard’s 10 Rules for Writing
A good read, and he says some interesting stuff, especially this part: 3. Never use a verb other than “said” to carry dialogue. The line of dialogue...
Nathan Bransford’s Advice on How to Write a Novel
Advice from the blog of literary agent Nathan Bransford on how to write a novel: http://blog.nathanbransford.com/2010/08/how-to-write-novel.html A nice collection of notes and tips for would-be novel writers...
Creating a Writer’s Step Sheet in Powerpoint
Since some people love their powerpoint, I thought I’d share the following I found on how to make a writer’s step sheet using it. Enjoy! From eZinearticles.com:...
Why is Twilight Popular? A Short Animated Explanation
The Lego Brick effect he’s talking about is called “Masking“, and is extensively explained in Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, a book I highly recommend everyone read. I...
Genre Fiction Generator 2000
Care of David Ault and Fiona Thraille comes the solution to all your plotting needs! Stuck on what to write, dear friend? Never fear! The Genre Fiction...
To Free or Not to Free 2- The Revenge
Last night I was chatting with a friend and discussing the audiobooks conundrum mentioned earlier this week- if you give the audiobook away for free, will they...
How to Write a Book in 3 Days, by Michael Moorcock
I stumbled across this article today, it’s a collection of advice from Michael Moorcock about how one would write a book in 3 days if one had...
The Lester Dent Master Formula for Pulp Fiction Writing
Here’s the formula that Lester Dent used for writing his stories that I found online. It seems to move around, so I thought I’d post it here...
12 Tips to Being a Super-Prolific Short Story Writer
An interesting article on how to be productive that I found on Io9.com tonight. http://io9.com/5457388/12-secrets-to-being-a-super+prolific-short+story-writer Although in the end the real secret is just write- lots! Rob
The Hard Balance- Accessibility versus Readability in SF and Fantasy
Something I had to struggle with when I started to write Twin Stars was the simple question of how much Science Fiction I wanted to put into...
January 18, 2010
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