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An index of discussions concerning problems and opportunities that writers commonly encounter. Everything in green is a link and will open in a new window.
All the articles are interesting and informative. The ones marked with a red star were written to deal with the problems most frequently encountered in submissions and are the ones most often cited in critiques.
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★ The Review Readers’ Checklist A concise summary of the 12 most common problems encountered in submissions, with solutions. | |
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Effective Prose Style : Mark Twain What Was Mark Twain’s Real Target? : Bertil Falk, Gary Inbinder, Don Webb | |
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Code and Message : Bill Bowler Finding a Writing Voice : David H. Fears The Five Stages of a Writing Workshop : Kenneth Nichols The Meaning of Stories : D. M. Paramskas |
Rejections : Jerry Wright Science Fictional Politics : Bill Bowler ★ Speedways to Literary Oblivion : Don Webb What Do Editors Want? : discussion |
Composition | |
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Action and Plot : Don Webb The Dead Narrators’ Unsociety : Don Webb ★ Dramatizing Stories : Ed Kyatt and Don Webb Endings : Don Webb ★ Equivocal Conclusions : Jean de La Fontaine Figurative Language : Don Webb The Larger Story : Bill Bowler, Gary Inbinder, Don Webb Loose Ends : David J. Rank, Don Webb Narration and Point of View : Bill Bowler Narrative Time : Bill Bowler Narrative Voice : Clyde Andrews, S. Michael Leier, Don Webb Plotting and Characterization : discussion ★ Subtlety and Symbol : Don Webb Pastiches : Don Webb |
★ Choosing Names Naming Characters : Cheryl W. Ruggiero, Don Webb ★ When East Isn’t East : Don Webb Titles, Audience, and Culture ★ What’s in a Title? : Don Webb★ Who’s Your Audience? : Don Webb ★ Brand Names and Cultural References : Don Webb What Were the Songs of Yesteryear? : Don Webb |
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Prose Genres The Art of Flash Fiction : Gloria WattsThe Revenge Fantasy : Don Webb Short Fiction vs. Novel : Carmen Ruggero Space Aliens as Metaphor : Don Webb Story vs. Vignette : Thomas F. Wylie & Don Webb Poetry Beasts of My Land : Michael MurryGaelic Bardic Verse : Michael Murry |
Grammar and Mechanics ★ Narrative Tenses : Don Webb Commas
California, Here I Comma : Don Webb
★ Comma Collisions : Don Webb ★ Style Manual The Million-Dollar Commas : Clyde Andrews Those Commas of Yore : Gary Inbinder Capitalization : discussion |
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A Perspective from the Past : Bill Bowler, Harry Lang High School Honey: Confessions of a Conflicted Author : Bill Bowler Promotion: Three Case Studies : Don Webb Bewildering Stories’ Tenth Anniversary : Don Webb | |
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