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Writers of the Future Workshop
The famous Writers of the Future Workshop, previously only provided to Contest winners, has been made available to anyone wanting to attend. The first workshop was taught by David Farland (Wolverton),...
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The Elements of Scent
Elements crucial to most any medium of storytelling require that who, what, where, when and why are addressed. While they are a good construct, what is really going to breathe life into a world are...
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2nd Quarter Illustrators of the Future Winners
Here is the list of the 2nd Quarter (1 January through 31 March) Illustrators of the Future Contest Winners & Finalists Congratulations to all! Winners: Christina Alberici of Pennsylvania Vlada...
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The Infinite Loop: Editing & Rewriting
There are two main jobs as a writer. The first is generally well known. To be a writer one must write. Put those words down and finish the dang story in whatever state you can. The second job is...
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Exposition – “It’s a Trap!”
Writing Tips #4 in the Series When preparing to submit to Writers of the Future, or to a publishing house, how can you make your piece stand out? The easiest way is to avoid making the same old...
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The Strong Antagonist
Writing Tips #5 in the Series Storytelling has grown from the first years of Writers of the Future. One of the biggest things that science fiction and fantasy storytellers have learned is to create...
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Writer Winners – 3rd Quarter
Writers of the Future 3rd Quarter Winners, Finalists, Semi-Finalists and Honorable Mentions Congratulations to you all! Winners: First Place – Matt Dovey of Horncastle, United Kingdom Second Place –...
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A Writer’s Schedule
Writing Tips #6 in the Series “Seek freedom and become captive of your desires. Seek discipline and find your liberty.” ― Frank Herbert, Chapterhouse: Dune I could submit to Writers of the Future,...
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Down the Research Rabbit Hole
Writing Tips #7 in the Series Writing fiction relies on not only creative abilities for world building, it relies on actual scientific advances to lend credibility to setting and controversy....
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Developing Some Character
Writing Tips #8 in the Series Sentences can be passive or active depending on how you construct them. Characters too, can be passive or active based on how you write them. Are they watching things...
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The End
Writing Tips #9 in the Series One thing can be worse than the empty page—as you come to the last pages of your Writers of the Future entry, or that book you’ve been planning on submitting to Tor—and...
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Self-Advocacy and Publishing
Writing Tips #10 in the Series Once you have written that story what do you do with it? Obviously you are going to head over to the submit page for Writers of the Future, but after that, what? If...
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Writer Winners – 4th Quarter
Writers of the Future 4th Quarter Winners, Finalists and Semi-Finalists Congratulations to you all! Winners: First Place – Jon Lasser of Washington Second Place – Stephen Merlino of Washington Third...
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To Read or to Write: That is the Question
Writing Tips #11 in the Series Close last year’s Writers of the Future anthology, put the book down for a few, and write. But… But… you need to study the past winners to see what wins the contest,...
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Writers of the Future 4th Quarter Honorable Mentions
The last quarter of the Writers of the Future Contest was one of our largest on record and it shows in the extensive list of Honorable Mentions for the quarter that ended on September 30th, 2015....
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Day 1 – Writers of the Future Volume 32 Workshop
Every year the Writers of the Future workshop expands its horizons. It brings in NYT bestselling authors from around the world, hands out wonderful prizes, spends a full week training that year’s crop...
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Day 2 – Writers of the Future Volume 32 Workshop
Day 2 – Writers of the Future Workshop Day two of the workshop began bright and early heading out at 9 AM. Once the writers were gathered in the hotel lobby, they were ushered down Hollywood Blvd and...
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Day 3 – Writers of the Future Volume 32 Workshop
Day 3 – Writers of the Future Workshop Day three kicked off with the arrival of the illustrators at the Author Services building. After they received their tour, the writers and artists settled in for...
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Day 4 – Writers of the Future Volume 32 Workshop
Day 4 – Writers of the Future Workshop Day four began with the writers scrambling to finish their 24-hour stories before the final deadline at 4pm sharp. Many of them gathered on a patio overlooking...
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Day 5 – Writers of the Future Volume 32 Workshop
Day 5 – Writers of the Future Workshop Workshop day five began with the writers gathering to critique the three 24-hour stories that they read the night before. Tim and Dave kicked everyone out who...
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