Writer's School

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Writing is one of the oldest artforms, but writing fiction is one of the newest. Like any other artform it looks deceptively easy to get into, but once you start the hidden troubles show up. The best authors will tell you that you can't just learn how to write, but this is only partially true. There is a facet to writing that is a learned skill and a facet that you have to be born with.

To the layperson writing is simply stringing words together into a coherent whole. And, to an extent, that is the truth—it's also the part of the art that can be taught. Anyone can learn how to string words together into a coherent sentence and string hundreds of those sentences into a coherent story, but unless you are born with the gift of knowing how to tell a story the end product is, more often than not, bland and built of tiresome cliches and rehashed plots. But if you have been born a storyteller the end product shines, what cliches and rehashed plots it may contain used and retold in such a manner that they seem new again.

This “Writers School” is an attempt to break that mold. Not only is it going to try and teach those people who are born storytellers ways to improve their skills, but it is going to try and teach people how to tell the stories. In here you can find articles on creating believable characters and worlds, tips about how to escape many common pitfalls that snare many writers.

Before Writing

Title Description Author
Making Miracles {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Message at the Center of the Novel {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Pigging Out {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Pornography Trap {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Putting First Things First {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Title Stolen by Evil, Inc. {{#if:Creating and writing villains|Creating and writing villains|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Tail Tale {{#if:Avoiding cliches and common pitfalls of TF fiction|Avoiding cliches and common pitfalls of TF fiction|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Writing Fantasy {{#if:Tips about writing good fantasy|Tips about writing good fantasy|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Learning from the Masters {{#if:Some recommended Science Fiction TF novels to read and take notes from|Some recommended Science Fiction TF novels to read and take notes from|<<Needs a blurb>>}} User:Michael_Bard
Research:It's not just for School anymore {{#if:Getting your facts straight!|Getting your facts straight!|<<Needs a blurb>>}} User:Michael_Bard

Writing the Story

Title Description Author
How's This For Openers {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Lights, Camera, Action! {{#if:Tips about writing good action sequences|Tips about writing good action sequences|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit

After Writing

Title Description Author
The E-Publishing Dilemma {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Getting Published {{#if:Tips and Tricks for those people wishing to get published|Tips and Tricks for those people wishing to get published|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Letter {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit

General Advice

Title Description Author
Beating Block {{#if:Different Methods of Beating Writers Block|Different Methods of Beating Writers Block|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Getting Small {{#if:Age Regression and the world through a childs eyes|Age Regression and the world through a childs eyes|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Going Soft {{#if:Through the eyes of a member of the opposite sex|Through the eyes of a member of the opposite sex|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Horror, the Horror {{#if:Writing Horror Stories|Writing Horror Stories|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
The Proper Tool {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Experience {{#if:Personal adventures and experience breeds better stories|Personal adventures and experience breeds better stories|<<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Why We Write {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit
Writers Groups And Other Support Mechanisms {{#if: <<Needs a blurb>>}} Rabbit

Article Series

The Five C's by Rabbit

  1. Creation
  2. Composition
  3. Critiquing
  4. Completion
  5. Commercialization

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