Tag Archive for: Tips on Writing

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You Don’t Need to Fit In

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Hey, you. Yes, you, the one fretting in front of the computer because you’re too nervous to start on that story.
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More than Fame or Fortune

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Writing tips from bestselling author, Dave Farland on what motivates a writer to write.
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Giving Up

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Sometimes it seems that your life has a theme. In the past couple of weeks I’ve heard from several authors the words “I’m thinking about giving up.” I worry about that. No one ever won a race by giving up.
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Questions of Balance

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Writers of the Future Coordinating Judge, David Farland, passes on his tips on writing stories that are well balanced.
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Avoid Hesitation

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When you sit down to write a story or the opening to a scene, you’re presented with a problem: how to begin? As a contest judge, I see too many tales that don’t work—right from the very first sentence.
Dr. Yoji Kondo talking to the writer winners at the Writers of the Future Workshop, 2006

On Writing Science Fiction by Dr. Yoji Kondo

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"On Writing Science Fiction" is an article by Dr. Yoji Kondo with tips on writing. It originally appeared in Writers of the Future Volume 14.
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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 Workshop 2017 – Day 2

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I came back to the Writers of the Future this year because I…
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Mega-Best-Selling Author Reveals Secret of Getting Started as a Writer

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With over 200 million copies of his works in print, the late L. Ron Hubbard is the author of dozens of international bestsellers. A newspaper reporter once asked Hubbard if he had any advice for budding writers, to which he replied ...
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To Read or to Write: That is the Question

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Writing Tips #11 in the Series Close last year’s Writers…