Links for Fiction Writers

story starters

SOME IDEAS TO GET YOU STARTED

Some writers on "What Makes A Good Story"

exerpts from "Writers  Ask"--famous writers on all kinds of aspects of writing  

Elmore Leonard on Writing

The New York Times Series "Writers on Writing"

"A JURY OF HER PEERS"-an interactive site with a story and discussion of elements of story              

on cliches

a list of cliches

Showing and Telling                                                        

Settings

Dialogue

Where are you going where have you been study guide

Help with Grammar, Style, Punctuation

Grammar Slammer

A Science Fiction Writer (Robert J. Sawyer) discusses point of view

Alex Keegan talks about common problems with POV

CHARACTERIZATION

Ever thought about writing Flash Fiction?

10 laws of bad science fiction

14 story revision questions

STYLE CHECKLIST FOR REVISION

humorous look at submitting manuscripts (don't take this seriously!)

http://www.writersdigest.com/

submitting to Glimmertrain (a literary magazine)

publication opportunities for Science Fiction and Fantasy writers

query letter help

an essay on manuscript format

how to submit a story manscript

rules for submitting a manuscript

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