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This section contains information about the act of writing, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, UX or Design or something else. For literature, poetry, etc. see [[:Category: Reading]] | This section contains information about the act of writing, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, UX or Design or something else. For literature, poetry, etc. see [[:Category: Reading]] | ||
==Ideas== | ==Ideas== | ||
* [[Writing idea generation]] | * [[Writing idea generation]] | ||
* [http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/stories-weve-seen-too-often/ Stories we've seen too often] at Strange Horizon | |||
* [http://strangehorizons.com/submit/fiction-submission-guidelines/horror-stories-weve-seen-too-often/ Horror stories we've seen too often] at Strange Horizon | |||
==Research== | ==Research== | ||
* [https://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] -- And if you're not giving money to Wikipedia for the work you're getting from Wikipedia, you're part of the problem. | * [https://www.wikipedia.org Wikipedia] -- And if you're not giving money to Wikipedia for the work you're getting from Wikipedia, you're part of the problem. | ||
==Story Structure== | ==Story Structure== | ||
* [[Story Structure]] | * [[Story Structure]] | ||
==The hard bits: the actual words== | ==The hard bits: the actual words== | ||
* [https://www.invisionapp.com/blog/web-copy-writing-techniques/ Web Copy Writing Techniques] | * [https://www.invisionapp.com/blog/web-copy-writing-techniques/ Web Copy Writing Techniques] | ||
=== Naming things=== | === Naming things=== | ||
* [[Name Generators]] | * [[Name Generators]] | ||
==Editing== | |||
==Editing, Business, and Selling== | |||
* [[Beta Readers]] | * [[Beta Readers]] | ||
* [https://www.shunn.net/format/story.html William Shunn: Manuscript Format] - for short stories | * [https://www.shunn.net/format/story.html William Shunn: Manuscript Format] - for short stories | ||
* [https://medium.com/@aidan_c_doyle/what-ive-learned-from-reading-slush-at-podcastle-46ec0cd8a27c What I've learned from slush reading at Podcastle] - everything from cover letters to titles to ways to stay out of the rejection pile | |||
* [https://www.shimmerzine.com/2011/03/16/confessions-of-a-slush-reader-why-should-i-care/ Confessions of a slush reader: why should I care?] - how to help the reader give a damn about your story | |||
* [http://www.sfwa.org/2016/05/zen-art-short-fiction-titling/ Zen in the art of short fiction titling] by John Joseph Adams, who many in the field have told me is the best titler in science fiction | |||
* [http://neil-clarke.com/the-truth-about-short-story-titles/ The truth about short story titles] by Neil Clarke | |||
* [http://neil-clarke.com/top-ten-most-common-short-story-names/ The top 10 most common short story names] at Clarkesworld | |||
* [https://catvalente.livejournal.com/590003.html Adventures in Editing] in which Cat Valente goes off about boring first paragraphs | |||
* [http://www.writeintoprint.com/2012/09/self-editing-4-fiction-1-intro.html Self Editing 4 Fiction] is 8+ articles on how to do your own editing | |||
* [http://www.malloryomeara.com/blog/2019/7/29/things-i-wish-i-knew-before-my-book-came-out Things I wish I knew before my book came out] by Mallory O'Meara | |||
* [http://www.sfwa.org/other-resources/for-authors/writer-beware/ Writer Beware] - a resource for keeping up with what publishers are playing fast and loose with the "rules" of good business practice. | |||
* [https://alexshvartsman.com/2016/05/09/how-to-write-a-proper-short-story-cover-letter/ How to write a proper short story cover letter] | |||
==Tools== | ==Tools== | ||
Revision as of 20:08, 3 August 2019
This section contains information about the act of writing, whether it's fiction or nonfiction, UX or Design or something else. For literature, poetry, etc. see Category: Reading
Ideas
- Writing idea generation
- Stories we've seen too often at Strange Horizon
- Horror stories we've seen too often at Strange Horizon
Research
- Wikipedia -- And if you're not giving money to Wikipedia for the work you're getting from Wikipedia, you're part of the problem.
Story Structure
The hard bits: the actual words
Naming things
Editing, Business, and Selling
- Beta Readers
- William Shunn: Manuscript Format - for short stories
- What I've learned from slush reading at Podcastle - everything from cover letters to titles to ways to stay out of the rejection pile
- Confessions of a slush reader: why should I care? - how to help the reader give a damn about your story
- Zen in the art of short fiction titling by John Joseph Adams, who many in the field have told me is the best titler in science fiction
- The truth about short story titles by Neil Clarke
- The top 10 most common short story names at Clarkesworld
- Adventures in Editing in which Cat Valente goes off about boring first paragraphs
- Self Editing 4 Fiction is 8+ articles on how to do your own editing
- Things I wish I knew before my book came out by Mallory O'Meara
- Writer Beware - a resource for keeping up with what publishers are playing fast and loose with the "rules" of good business practice.
- How to write a proper short story cover letter
Tools
Tools I use
- Apple Pages
- Microsoft Word
Tools I haven't tried
- After the Deadline promises to be a better spellchecker and grammar checker. I haven't tried it but it does have a demo section on the site.
- Hemingway App is a much-loved product for looking at your writing style, detecting things like weak verbs, complex words, and other things that make your writing harder to read. It includes a reading level calculator.
- Readable is another product I haven't tried, but it appears to do roughly the same things as After the Deadline and Hemingway.
- Wonderdraft is a fictional map creator.
Pages in category "Writing"
The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total.