for writers
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Why Memoir As Speculative Fiction Sells
Read more / watch…: Why Memoir As Speculative Fiction SellsIn this live workshop clip, award-winning story-teller and published author, Sage Tyrtle explains how she got a memoir story published by transforming it into speculative fiction.
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Get Published Using The Murder Mystery Formula
Read more / watch…: Get Published Using The Murder Mystery FormulaIn 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.
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How I Create A Character Who Can Lead My Short Story
Read more / watch…: How I Create A Character Who Can Lead My 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…
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Write More Innovative Stories
Read more / watch…: Write More Innovative Stories“This is one of the things that I think is just about as important as it could be. Because a lot of the time when you’re creating an innovation in an art form, what you’re doing is borrowing from another art form,” says New York Times best-selling author, Carlos Hernandez in this excerpt from a…
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How To Use Setting To Heighten Your Story
Read more / watch…: How To Use Setting To Heighten Your Story“Something I love to see is filtering the setting through the character. Take into account the things your character would see, and pay attention to the things your character wouldn’t see. A librarian and a criminal investigator are going to notice different things and their brains are going to travel down different paths.” Apex Magazine…
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Making (And Fulfilling) Promises In Your Story
Read more / watch…: Making (And Fulfilling) Promises In Your Story“It shows that you’re writing intentionally, that you know what you’re doing, that the reader can trust you, when you make promises… early in the story.” Apex Magazine Managing Editor, Rebecca E Treasure, talks about the power of promises in your story in this excerpt from her live workshop, “Six Powerful Exercises For Polishing Your…
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Collective Point-Of-View: Its Unique Powers And Specific Weaknesses
Read more / watch…: Collective Point-Of-View: Its Unique Powers And Specific Weaknesses“There’s something kind of eerie, and magical and mystical about hearing a story from a collective ‘we’ rather than from one person.” Award-winning storyteller and published author, Sage Tyrtle, explores the power (and the pitfalls) of the collective point-of-view in storytelling.
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THE DIVISIVE SECOND PERSON POV – How, When, And Why To Use It (And When NOT To)
Read more / watch…: THE DIVISIVE SECOND PERSON POV – How, When, And Why To Use It (And When NOT To)“Second person… implicates the reader, and this is part of why it’s divisive.” Award-winning storyteller and published author, Sage Tyrtle, talks about how, when and why to use second person point-of-view (and when not to) in this workshop excerpt.
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The Power of Fear: How Short Horror Stories Can Jumpstart Your Writing
Read more / watch…: The Power of Fear: How Short Horror Stories Can Jumpstart Your WritingThink horror stories are just campy gore-fests? Think again: short horror fiction can be an incredibly effective way to enhance your writing and share meaningful messages in a powerful package. Writers often sideline short stories in favor of novels, but short stories offer many benefits. They can help writers bolster creativity, hone razor-sharp crafting skills,…
