Forum: On Writing

What is more important, substance or style? Discuss with reference to your favourite (or, indeed, least favourite) authors.

I'm on a fantasy reader's list and once in a while subjects come up that are kind of eye opening. The current subject concerns the blurb on the...

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Here's the picture I'm forming of The Path of the Anointed Writer. I may tend toward some excesses of cynicism; please adjust your reading...

I'm at a creative crossroads. What would everyone rather read: 1) A Sci-Fi story with demons, vampires and a reborn Spanish Inquisition. 2) A...

According to a survey by Jim C.Hines, the answer is a resounding no : http://www.jimchines.com/2010/03/novel-survey-results-part-i/ Also some...

I wasn't quite sure which subforum to put this in, but here is where it's ended up :D Yesterday, in my interweb travels, i came across this site:...

Embarrassing as it may be, I still don't know the proper punctuation procedure for the following situation: You have a sentence that ends with a...

Hi everyone. I was thinking about getting a publicist/agent to promote my book. does anyone have any advice on getting a publicists/agent? and where...

Due to the comments section of the Agents posts in the Mythbusters Series (Killing the Sacred Cows of Publishing) Dean Wesley Smith has added a new...

Deam Wesley smith's newest myth buster: http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=816#comments Its about Agents helping your career. Of course, having...

Nathan brought up a good point. Are all markets worth placing in? Are there certain types of markets that just don't add anything to or even...

I am working on the cast of a short story, and as I visualized this character, I considered the traits I wanted/thought of: I needed someone tough...

I thought that I would throw this question out to everyone, at what point does a work of fiction become classified as science fiction or fantasy? I...

I find writing a novel to be a very enjoyable experience. It's a true pleasure to watch my characters grow in depth over the span of 300 pages and...

Hey there everyone. I'm new to this whole writing thing. I just started up a blog, and am working on getting my ideas together to start writing...

First just wanted to discuss my contest submission with someone (Iss10), and then...well, a little shocked that nobody I know on twitter seems to...

Is it possible to write a story in 1st person Omniscient?

http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=879 DWS latest collum. Do you guys ever get stuck in this? I'll admit few of us are at the point where we can...

So this idea came to me froma friends page that I thought might be interesting not only for my work but for all new authors work. What if you...

I've got two things out this week: One, "The Manticore" at M-Brane SF. You need to buy an issue to read it, but it's cheap! You spend more at...

This is part rant, part writing tip. Yesterday I read a historical fantasy that came recommended to me. The beginning had me geared up for a...

So Im Pete Kelly author of The Dawn of the shadow: the shadow series a new hero book out on kindle through amazon. Its a trip being a new author but...