Joanne Harris: How Teaching Shaped Her Writing
In an article for CrimeReads, Joanne Harris (Chocolat) says that her career as a teacher shaped her writing.
Early in her teaching career, Harris taught...
Worldbuilding in Hard and Soft SF
In a post on Writers in the Storm, Joseph Lallo tackles worldbuilding for science fiction novels, which can be a lot of fun while...
Build Your Own Literary Canon
In a recent post, Moriah Richard continues Writer's Digest's series of articles on what not to do. This time, they recommend that beginning writers...
How Much Does an Editor Cost?
In a helpful post on DIY MFA, Jeannette Smith breaks down what you can expect to pay a professional editor for helping you develop,...
You Gotta Give ‘Em Hope
In a post on the SFWA blog, Holly Schofield wonders if modern science fiction needs to be continually dark or if we can expect...
Be Yourself to Find Your Voice
In a post on Writer's Digest, Robert Lee Brewer says there's only one way to discover your writing voice: Write.
"There is only one true way...
Writing Requires Learning, Practice, and Repetition.
In a post for Lit Hub, Jessie Greengrass (The High House) says what many writers refuse to acknowledge and others constantly whine about: writing...
Audiences Buy Concepts, but Embrace Characters
In a post on Killzone, Garry Rodgers describes one of his former partners from his time as a police detective and a list of...
What do Genre and Media Promise to the Reader?
In this week's podcast, the Writing Excuses hosts continue talking about reader expectations, saying that your genre and medium make promises you should keep....
How Do We Write About the Monsters Inside Us?
Writers and readers both love stories about extra-fictional characters - beings that don't exist in our world. Hobbits, superheroes, sparkling vampires, talking animals, Jedi...
