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One of the most creative and unique writers in the business is Jeff VanderMeer. He's most famous for his Southern Reach series, but he has a vast bibliography of amazing work. One of those is his nonfiction classic Wonderbook: The Illustrative Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction.

Instructor Darian Bianco has created a four-week asynchronous course that uses Wonderbook as its guiding light. Videos, slideshows, and expert feedback are all on the table as you learn from Jeff VanderMeer, Darian Bianco, and the long list of brilliant minds who contributed to Wonderbook.

If you sign up by midnight ET, you'll save $20 on the enrollment fee!

Starts October 21st

Wonderbook: An Ansychronous Guide to Genre Writing

FROM THE ARCHIVES: Writing to Themes for People Who Hate Themes

by Leah Ning


Writing to theme has always felt boring and restrictive to me as a writer. Being made to conform somehow, especially when I wasn’t a fan of the given theme, felt like it constricted my creative process. Why would I write about this thing I don’t care about when I have so many other ideas that I do care about?

Spoiler alert: you turn the theme into something you are interested in.
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