Author: Lavie Tidhar

Lavie Tidhar is author of numerous novels such as Osama, A Man Lies Dreaming, Central Station, Neom, and Maror. His awards include the World Fantasy and British Fantasy Awards, the John W. Campbell Award, the Neukom Prize and the Jerwood Prize, and he has been shortlisted for the Clarke Award and the Philip K. Dick Award. A prolific author of SF short stories, he has published more than two hundred, everywhere from Tor.com (where he created the popular Judge Dee series of vampire mysteries) to Analog, Asimov’s, Clarkesworld and Apex. As editor, he created the five-volume Apex Book of World SF series and edited the three volumes of The Best of World SF. Currently an honorary visiting professor and writer in residence at the American International University in London, he has taught both undergraduate and graduate courses on fantasy fiction and creative writing.

  • Get Published Using The Murder Mystery Formula

    Award-winning author, Lavie Tidhar, talks about how he learned to love writing formula fiction and why you should try it.

    In this excerpt from his workshop, “Mastering Plot and Structure,” award-winning author, Lavie Tidhar, talks about how he learned to love writing formula fiction and why you should try it.

    Lavie Tidhar

  • How I Create A Character Who Can Lead My Short Story

    The short story is usually driven by a single main character. So it's important for that character to be potent enough to hold up under the weight of such responsibility. How do published authors, like Lavie Tidhar, approach this challenge? "Names are actually incredibly, incredibly important. It’s something not enough people pay attention to. Names tell you pretty much everything about a person. It tells you where they’re from, what culture they’re from, what period of time they’re from," says award-winning author Lavie Tidhar in this excerpt from his workshop on writing the Science Fiction short story.

    “Names are actually incredibly, incredibly important. It’s something not enough people pay attention to. Names tell you pretty much everything about a person. It tells you where they’re from, what culture they’re from, what period of time they’re from,” says award-winning author Lavie Tidhar in this excerpt from his workshop on writing the Science Fiction…

    Lavie Tidhar

  • What Is Plot? (The Hidden Design)

    Award-winning author Lavie Tidhar shares the hidden design within his story plot that goes beyond just a sequence of events.

    Lavie Tidhar

  • How I Begin A Story – Even If I Don’t Know What It’s About

    Award-winning author Lavie Tidhar takes you through the ingredients he uses to begin a story even when he has no idea what the story is going to be about.

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  • Incidental Worldbuilding Using Details – Lavie Tidhar

    Watch this excerpt from one of award-winning author Lavie Tidhar’s workshops for Reach Your Apex, “Writing The Story: From Conception To Sale.” Lavie talks about using details within brief descriptions to convey outsized information about the world in which your characters live. This is an especially valuable technique for short stories where space is limited.…

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  • How To Get New Ideas For Science Fiction – Lavie Tidhar

    This video clip is an excerpt from one of award-winning author Lavie Tidhar’s workshops for Reach Your Apex, “Writing The Sci Fi Short Story.” Here, Lavie talks about the challenge and importance of coming up with new ideas when writing science fiction. He offers a quick method for generating fresh science fiction story ideas. Lavie…

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  • How To Start Your Story – Lavie Tidhar

    This video clip is an excerpt from one of award-winning author Lavie Tidhar’s workshops for Reach Your Apex. During the Q&A section, a member of the class asked Lavie about how he likes to start his stories and books. (Our apologies: regrettably, text captions are not available for this video.) Lavie Tidhar’s next workshop

    Lavie Tidhar

  • In Defense of Failure

    Old black and white photo from the early twentieth century of a small bi-plane stuck in branches of a large tree.

    Before I ever started publishing, I met a short story writer who opened my eyes to the process of submissions. It turned out, you see, that you could write a short story, and send it to a magazine. Someone at the magazine would then actually look at your story and then send you a rejection…

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