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How To Get New Ideas For Science Fiction – Lavie Tidhar
Read more / watch…: How To Get New Ideas For Science Fiction – Lavie TidharThis 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
Read more / watch…: How To Start Your Story – Lavie TidharThis 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
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White Tree
Read more / watch…: White TreeSecond prize winner, “White Tree” from our Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest of July 2025, by Jacob Seinemeier.
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The Power of POV – Hansel and Gretel Retold Four Ways
Read more / watch…: The Power of POV – Hansel and Gretel Retold Four WaysJoin award-winning storyteller and author, Sage Tyrtle, in a delightful demonstration of the power of point-of-view: a retelling of Hansel and Gretel from four different points of view.
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Suck the Marrow Clean
Read more / watch…: Suck the Marrow CleanThird prize winner, “Suck The Marrow Clean” from our Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest of July 2025, by J. Needham.
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Scar Tissue
Read more / watch…: Scar TissueThird prize winner, “Scar Tissue” from our Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest of July 2025, by Elijah J. Mears.
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The Cons Of Counting Eggs
Read more / watch…: The Cons Of Counting EggsThird prize winner, “The Cons Of Counting Eggs” from our Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest of July 2025, by Matthew C. Brown
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Announcing The Weird West Quick Draw Flash Fiction Contest Winners
Read more / watch…: Announcing The Weird West Quick Draw Flash Fiction Contest WinnersAnnouncing the winners of our Weird West Quick Draw flash fiction contest.
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Using Constraint To Quiet Your Inner Critic And Free Your Creativity
Read more / watch…: Using Constraint To Quiet Your Inner Critic And Free Your CreativityJoin award-winning storyteller, Sage Tyrtle, in a quick exercise that’ll demonstrate the power of using constraints to unlock your creativity.
