Taking Control
Taking Control I know a lot of writers who feel that they don’t have control of their writing lives. After all, when you send a
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Taking Control I know a lot of writers who feel that they don’t have control of their writing lives. After all, when you send a
Recently I’ve had a number of my students ask, “What makes a story great?” For example, what sets apart a story that wins major awards
Today I was listening to author Nedi Okorafor—winner of the Hugo, the Nebula, and the World Fantasy award, and she spoke of a method of
It almost would seem to go without saying that a perfect story would be engrossing. Yet I find that rather than just enumerate the virtue,
You’ve all experienced this: you went to a movie that was based on a book, and on the way out of the theater you heard the comments
I see a lot of trends in today’s literature. Perhaps the biggest one is that every writer seems to be in a rush. Many new
A story needs to be honest. Now, that isn’t quite the same as saying that a story must be true. Obviously when we are writing
Artist Zaria Forman, source: The Daily Mail I judge stories for the world’s largest fantasy and science fiction writing contest. When I’m judging, the first