Resources
From Category: Advice for Writers
To Everyone Who Wants Me to Read Their Writing and Tell Them What to Do
Publishing professional Jane Friedman on the benefits and limits of feedback | Visit source
To Go Big or Come Home: On the Writing Life with Major and Indie Publishers
Barrelhouse editor Tom McAllister on the pros and cons of small press publishing | Visit source
To Trope or Not to Trope
Stories that self-consciously subvert genre conventions | Visit source
Transcending Flesh in Fiction and Fantasy
How to write body-modification speculative fiction that is sensitive to transgender issues | Visit source
Turkey City Lexicon
Witty and informative list of bad prose habits, geared for sci-fi writers but useful for all | Visit source
Turning Off the TV in Your Mind
Speculative fiction author Lincoln Michel on the differences between cinematic and written storytelling | Visit source
Using Subtext to Add Depth to a Scene
Managing Editor's blog: What you haven't written may be as important as what you have
What Is Creative Nonfiction?
Craft essays on the genre, from the magazine Creative Nonfiction | Visit source
What Type of Book Editing Do You Need? And When?
Differences between copyediting, proofreading, and structural edits explained | Visit source
When Grief Becomes Surreal
Novelist Tobias Carroll on techniques for writing extreme emotional states | Visit source
Why Write Characters of Color?
Craft essay by fiction writer Lillian Li | Visit source
Write an Artist Statement People Will Want to Read
Grant application advice from the Massachusetts Cultural Council | Visit source
Write More Than One Book—Your Current Draft Will Thank You
Managing Editor's blog: Refocus your manuscript by saving some material for other projects
Writer Advice
Writers' resource site hosts contests with modest prizes | Visit source
Writer’s Digest Tips on Writing a Standout Self-Published Book
Winning advice from Writer's Digest self-published book contest judge AJ Wells | Visit source
Writing Better Trans Characters
Science fiction critic Cheryl Morgan's advice on authentic representation | Visit source
Writing Women Characters as Human Beings
Advice on avoiding stereotypes in fantasy, historical, and contemporary fiction | Visit source
