Rogue One – The Missing Scenes (Spoilers)
Something bothered me after watching Rogue One – where was that scene from the trailer? Then, the more I thought […]
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Writers I’ve Known and Their Books
William Kamkwamba is probably the best selling author I’ve known. He was a student at African Leadership Academy back when
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Picking your fights carefully: CBS, Paramount and Star Trek Fans
So it?s not news by now that Star Trek: Axanar, a fan film that Kickstarter loves, is getting sued by
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TV’s Influence on Science Fiction Novels
This is the story of the frozen protagonist, but it’s not fiction. Over at SFF Chronicles, a British science fiction
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Re-writing a Dead Author’s Legacy
I know I’m getting ahead of myself here, worrying about what would happen to my characters after I’m dead given
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Creator Intent versus Reader Ownership
Who owns the meaning of a story? There?s an anecdote about Kurt Vonnegut that may be apocryphal. It goes like
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Writing in the Second Person – On The Rocks
They say that one of the greatest challenges for a writer is to write in the second person (you) present
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A Review of The Wind-up Girl
Science Fiction set in non-Western cultures can be very interesting, and lately I?ve been lucky to find two that are
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Novels versus Novellas (What’s in a word count anyway?)
I once asked a literary agent why some books have ?A Novel? after their title. The fact that it was
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How a Scene Evolves from First Draft to Last
Rewriting a scene is where the magic happens. First drafts are usually crap (although sometimes they have nuggets of brilliance).