Articles on almost every aspect of writing proliferate online and in periodical print media. Here we'll point you to some of the best we run into.

online this month
compiled by Sherry

Seven Tips to Help You on the Road to Publication by Suzan L. Weiner

Avoiding as many bumps in that road as you can...

How To Write With Style by Kurt Vonnegut

It's always nice to hear a little advice from a master...

Showing, Not Telling by Robert J. Sawyer

The Canadian SF master explains it all...

Setting by Lori Handleland

The importance of place...

permanent listings

Articles so good we're just going to leave 'em here...

Proper Manuscript Format by William Shunn
Everything, and we mean everything, you should need to know to send out professional work. Don't mail another submission until you read this!

Voluntary Service by Philip Pullman
Can literature change the world? Or should it be above the concerns of society? Philip Pullman argues that while writers have wider duties, they must be faithful servants of their stories.

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