Archive for February, 2007
Saturday, February 10th, 2007
Critique Resource from Critters.org
I stumbled across this resources page on Critters.org when checking out the service they provide.
Resources Page on Critters.org
http://www.critters.org/resources.html
The page provides a comprehensive set of links to articles on Critiquing, many of which are written by science fiction authors, for emerging and established writters. There’s a great deal of information that they’ve gone to […]
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Friday, February 9th, 2007
Clarion South: Week Five Learnings
The same applies as I wrote in the Clarion South: Week 1 Learnings:
Ok, so these are some of the general learnings I took away from all of our sessions with this week. Though this doesn’t include the handouts, these are the observations I made during the crit sessions which resulted from some of the […]
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Thursday, February 8th, 2007
Timeline of Trends and Events
Can you imagine what it would be like if someone researched all of the major developments and trends of the last several hundred years and plotted these on one graph? Well, this is exactly what Peter von Stackelberg at FuturesWatch has done. The timeline includes everything from the development of steam engines through […]
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Tuesday, February 6th, 2007
Mid Week Clarion South Update
I’ve just finished (well to first draft) another story which is due in today. I’ve been working on it this last week. For a first draft I quite like it. It’s about a boy that goes to hospital (think I mentioned it in another post) and meets a nurse who never wants […]
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Saturday, February 3rd, 2007
Pan’s Labyrinth and Sunday Stories
Sunday afternoon and I’m back from the city. We went to see Pan’s Labyrinth (fantasy). An excellent film, way scarier than I expected! Full of imaginative wanderings to give us writers some more fuel for our work. Definitely recommended viewing, but not one to take the niece/nephew to.
The weeks […]
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Week 4 and lessons for Clarion students
On the last day of Week 4 of Clarion South, Gardner Dozois presented some thoughts on life after the workshop to the class of 17 students. Below I’ve included my summary of the learnings. Most of these fantastic lessons are relevant to all writers, not just the people who’ve attended Clarion, which is […]
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Friday, February 2nd, 2007
Robert Heinlan’s Six Rules
Science fiction writer Robert Heinlan conceived six rules for writing. These were introduced to the students at the Clarion South workshop during Week 4.
Rule One: You Must Write
Rule Two: Finish What Your Start
Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order
Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market
Rule […]