Writer's School
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
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