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A Guide to Critiquing a Story: Seven Vital Elements Every Story Must Have

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Frequently authors ask if I have a “form” that I used to help me critique a story. Given the large number of things that I look at in a story, any form that I had would simply be too long to be workable. Yet it makes sense to try to codify the critiquing process.
Vida Cruz, WotF 2nd Quarter 2017 winner

Meet the Winners – Vida Cruz – 2nd Q 2017

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When it comes to writing advice, many writers will tell you not to stop writing. I’m going to be contradictory for a bit and tell you that yes, you should stop—at the right time, for the right reasons.
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle at a book signing

Building Plausible Futures by Jerry Pournelle

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This article by Dr. Jerry Pournelle was originally published in Writers of the Future Volume III. Timeless advice then and now.
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Writers of the Future Contest – 3rd Quarter 2017 Winners

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The judging results are in! And here are the 3rd Quarter 2017 Writers of the Future Contest winners.
Roberta and Jerry Pournelle

Jerry Pournelle Leaves a Legacy of Helping New Writers (1933-2017)

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L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Contest Pays Tribute to Jerry Pournelle (1933 - 2017). Jerry leaves a legacy of helping new writers.
Now, back to the story.

Back to the Story

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What defines "good" writing when it comes to a story? That's a question I have to ask time and again as I'm judging contest entries.
Emily Goodwin, Pat Henry and John Goodwin

Dragon Con 2017 – Day 4

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And here's the final wrap up from Dragon Con 2017.
Battlefield Earth characters in the Dragon Con 2017 parade

Dragon Con 2017 – Day 2

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Another great day at the Atlanta Dragon Con! It all started with the Dragon Con Parade and our entry featuring Battlefield Earth.
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Avoiding Cliché Openings

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Many years ago, Damon Knight, a fine writer and editor, wrote a book on how to write short fiction. Damon talked a bit about avoiding clichés.
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The Illustrators of the Future by Will Eisner

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While my own career has been spent in the practice of sequential art, a form that arranges images and text in an intelligent sequence to tell a story, I have nonetheless always been professionally involved in the fundamentals of illustration. I, therefore, feel I have accumulated enough experience with which to endow my advice with some credibility.