Category Archives: Craft of Writing

Three-Act Structure

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Jeff Kirvin

The three act structure has been with us for thousands of years, used by storytellers around cave fires long before Aristotle named it and wrote it down. Beginning, middle and end is hard-coded into how human beings tell stories. Which … Continue reading →

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No school like the old-school

Posted on August 12, 2010 by bob

I’ve come to the conclusion that I’m a writer. Most of you are probably going, “Well, duh. You’re a member of a writer’s group. Use your head, man.” While I do sometimes have conflicting feelings on whether I really should … Continue reading →

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Around the Interwebs

Posted on July 29, 2010 by Kathleen

A couple of agent blogs have come to my attention in the last few days, and since I had commentary on both, I thought I’d mention them here. The first is by outstanding agent Nathan Bransford. This post was brought … Continue reading →

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Ariel’s Article 1

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Ariel

I count myself as a novice writer. I’ve been scribbling things for a long time, but I’ve only really started working on my ability recently. And of course I’ve had some bad habits to break. Although one that I didn’t … Continue reading →

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Writing What You Know

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Kathleen

Once, I attended a panel at a World Science Fiction Convention where the writers were quite big names. They were all ladies, and while I won’t tell you who they were, they all had covers with Luis Royo artwork on … Continue reading →

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Pilfering from History

Posted on July 15, 2010 by smallsight

I’m very proud of my city of Grastelyn. Its government is what I call a “snobtocracy” – the privilege to rule is judged by hereditary electors based on a candidate’s achievements in the arts and sciences. It’s sophisticated yet effete, … Continue reading →

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