Concept Sci-fi

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Writing Dialogue by Gary Reynolds provides an introduction into the 'art' of writing effective dialogue in both short stories and novels. It examines; style, pacing, formatting, use of accents, common mistakes, etc.

Getting Published by Gary Reynolds.  Gary Reynolds is the editor of the Concept Sci-fi E-zine.  In this article, he offers some sound advice to authors who want to improve their chances of having their work accepted to any online publication.

How to Write the Perfect Scene by Randy Ingermanson.  Randy Ingermanson (aka "the Snowflake Guy") has kindly agreed to let me reprint this article which covers scene structure, Scenes versus Sequels and Motivation-Reaction Units.  Randy is the author of several popular novels including Premonition and The Fifth Man.

How I Write is a collaborative effort between a number of published authors including; Walter Jon Williams, Nick Sagan, Marianne De Pierres and Sean Williams. If you want to find out how some of your favourite authors approach the art of writing a novel, then this might be just the article for you.

On Writing by Michael Carroll.  Michael Carroll is the author of novels including Absolute Power, The Quantum Prophecy and Sakkara.  His article 'On Writing' is a good introduction to get anyone who is interested in trying their hand at writing ACTUALLY WRITING.

Principles of Angels by Jaine Fenn.  Taro lay still, eyes wide, ears straining, an arm’s length from death.  There it was again, the sound that had woken him: a shrill whistle off to his left. A moment later, it was answered by two longer ones, away to the right. Read more...

Voice of the Whirlwind by Walter Jon Williams. Steward looked down from the window of his descending aircraft and saw a web of Earthbound stars that marched from the mountains right into the rising ocean, stars that blurred with heat shimmer and promise. Read more...

Saturn Returns by Sean Williams. "I want to contact the Continuum," Imre Bergamasc told the Jinc when he was certain he had wrung every last drop of data from the encyclopaedia. Read more...

Earth Ascendant by Sean Williams.  "First Prime?"  A hand touched his shoulder and gently rocked him.  "First Prime, can you hear me?" Read more...

The Grand Conjunction by Sean Williams.  The meeting took place on a world called Saranac, located a safe distance from Sol in the Crux arm and thirty thousand light-years from the new installation in Gabriel.  Read more...

The Beginning of the Affair by Harry Harrison - Not so much an article on general writing technique, but more of a glimpse into how one of science fiction's best writers got into writing.  Well worth a read.