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Q&A with Bestselling Author and Writers of the Future Judge, Mike Resnick
Mike Resnick has 5 Hugo Awards and has won numerous other awards from places as diverse as France, Japan, Spain, Croatia and Poland. He is also first on the Locus list of all-time award winners,...
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Persistence
David Farland speaking to several of the 2017 Writers of the Future winners: (l-r) Stephen Lawson, Ziporah Hildebrandt and Molly Atkins There is a myth among the general public that the greatest...
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Focus on Eric James Stone
Eric James Stone with his novel “Unforgettable” Eric James Stone is one of the few people who’ve managed to appear in two editions of the Writers of the Future anthology, putting “Memory” into Volume...
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David Farland at Nellis AFB to Promote Writers of the Future
David Farland with Lawrence Simmons Jr, General Manager of the Nellis AFB Exchange Writers of the Future Coordinating Judge David Farland visited the Nellis Air Force Base just outside of Las Vegas,...
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Meet the winner – Jake Marley
Next in this year’s Meet the Winners series, please welcome Jake Marley! Stuart: Welcome Jake! Jake: Hi Stuart! Stuart: Introduce yourself. Tell us something that might surprise your friends. Author...
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Writing the Future: Thoughts on the Writers of the Future Contest
Jake Marley on stage with the Golden Pen Award I can admit that when I first heard about the Writers and Illustrators of the Future contest, I was skeptical. On the surface it seemed too good to be...
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What Makes a Story Great?
Recently I’ve had a number of my students ask, “What makes a story great?” For example, what sets apart a story that wins major awards from one that doesn’t? What makes one story monumental, a...
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Grounding Your Reader
One reader asked me to discuss a bit about what I call “grounding” the reader. Quite simply, grounding is the fine art of letting the reader know what is going on. You need to focus on some basics:...
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Illustrators of the Future Contest – 2nd Quarter 2017 Winners
The judging results are in! And here are the winners for the Illustrators of the Future Contest—2nd Quarter 2017 Congratulations to you all! Winners: Adar Darnov from New Jersey Reyna Rochin from...
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Check Out How SD Comic Con Welcomed Writers of the Future
Andrew and Jake signing books for fans at SDCC. Over 500 Comic Con attendees had an opportunity to meet Writers of the Future Volume 33 winners Jake Marley and Andrew L. Roberts to get an autographed...
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Writers of the Future Contest – 2nd Quarter 2017 Winners
The judging results are in! And here are the 2nd Quarter 2017 Writers of the Future Contest winners. Congratulations to you all! Winners: First Place – Vida Cruz from the Philippines Second Place...
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Parts to a Story – From the inciting incident to the denouement
I earlier talked about the first four parts of a story—setting, character, conflict, and theme. These are all parts that you often think about in brainstorming. Often, before starting a short story, I...
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The Fine Destinction between Cooks and Chefs
This essay was originally published in Writers of the Future Volume 32. A lot of people want to give you writing advice. I’ve felt it—trust me, I’ve been there. During my long years trying to break in...
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Multidimensionality: The Value of Subplots
Very often when reading slush for the Writers of the Future contest, I come upon stories that at first glance seem to be perfectly acceptable. They presented a protagonist who had a problem to...
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Are We at the End of Science Fiction?
Orson Scott Card In 2006, Writers of the Future judge Orson Scott Card addressed a very simple if not vital question which was published in Writers of the Future Volume 22 Are We at the End of Science...
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“Boosting” Your Prose
“Boosting” Your Prose I earlier mentioned that when I used to write for competitions, I would make lists of ways that judges might look at my work in order to grade it. For example, some judges might...
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Can You Draw a Dragon? How Illustrators of the Future Inspires Students
Larry Elmore & Rob Prior onstage painting a dragon at the Writers of the Future Vol 33 awards ceremony I am teaching in a home school environment and have students who are artists at heart. Each...
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SF Illustration as Art by Frank Kelly Freas
Frank Kelly Freas and Ray Bradbury at the inauguration of Illustrators of the Future Frank Kelly Freas was the first coordinating judge of the Illustrators of the Future Contest. Already a well...
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Meet the Winners – Jeremy TeGrotenhuis – 1st Q 2017
Hello there! A couple of years ago I decided to stop blogging in order to focus on improving my fiction, and, well, I just won Writers of the Future, so that seems to have worked. Given that, I figure...
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Your First Five Pages
A writer pointed out today that when you send a novel to an agent or publisher, they normally ask for the first five or ten pages, just so that they can gauge your writing skill. If those pages don’t...
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