writing technique

4 min read 2022-10-05 02:24:48

Imagination Without Images: Aphantasia and SFF Readers and Writers

By Kim Zarins When I was a child, I snuck out to the backyard, made a little circle of stones, and jumped inside the circle. The goal was to get to

3 min read 2022-07-26 23:30:39

by Hunter Liguore Creating new characters takes a careful eye. When an idea comes, we might rely on familiar images to fashion characters that

4 min read 2022-06-28 23:30:21

By Anessa Kemna Science fiction and fantasy should be the perfect places for disability representation. Writers make the rules in their worlds.

3 min read 2022-06-16 23:30:55

by R. K. Thorne Worldbuilding is a fun aspect of writing fantasy and science fiction. It is so tempting to get lost in drawing maps, hoarding

3 min read 2022-05-25 20:02:59

Writers who are serious about improving their craft will read books, follow writing blogs, attend conferences, take courses, and much more. At

4 min read 2022-05-10 23:30:47

by Marie Brennan Recently, I’ve seen a number of online discussions about stories without conflict, especially stories from outside the Western

3 min read 2022-04-12 23:30:03

By Kathy Flann We think of humor as something that just … happens. Yet, as someone who writes both humor and fiction, I’ve learned that each is a

3 min read 2022-03-15 22:30:08

By Maria Haskins Writing flash fiction—commonly defined as a story of no more than 1,000 or 1,500 words—can seem daunting at first try. Or

3 min read 2022-03-01 23:30:06

By Kahina Necaise Convincing fiction is about cause and effect. That’s why, in my work as an editor, the two questions I ask most often while

2 min read 2022-01-22 08:37:12

This is the latest article from Neil on writing. If you want to create compelling, unputdownable writing. And feel fulfilled by the process, read

11 min read 2021-12-29 00:00:20

by Yilin Wang Note: This article first appeared in The Bulletin #216 in October 2021. When I tell other writers who are not familiar with Sinophone

7 min read 2021-11-30 05:23:17

by Valerie Valdes Note: This article previously appeared in The Bulletin #216 in October 2021. You open the SFWA Bulletin to start reading an article

1 min read 2021-10-05 20:00:01

by Nick Wood (NW) & Isiah Lavender III (IL) After finishing a working stint as a psychologist in Aotearoa, New Zealand, I (NW) visited the

1 min read 2021-08-10 20:00:52

by Eleanor Konik Often, speculative fiction relies on common government types, like monarchies and republics, because they’re familiar to

1 min read 2021-07-27 20:00:44

by Naomi Norbez With the release of Cyberpunk 2077 a few months back, there has been some debate about what it means to be cyberpunk, and how that