Style is the rocket
‘Don’t mock the afflicted.’ This is a good rule, but it needs a rider: ‘Unless they choose to afflict themselves, and treat their affliction as cause for pride.’ Colour-blindness is not funny; but a...
View ArticleIsaac Asimov on self-assessment
As reported in Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s combox: Dear Dr. Asimov, When do you know that a story is good enough to be published? —Edward Willett Dear Mr. Willett: When it is published. —Isaac Asimov
View ArticleOne problem with writing fast
A lively discussion has erupted at The Passive Voice, in response to a rant by one of the usual suspects telling self-published writers to slow down and not write so much. Fast writing is not...
View ArticleHeinlein’s Rules vs. Amazon’s game
While I am tilting at windmills, I am minded to try a joust with that famous contraption called ‘Heinlein’s Rules of Writing’. What moves me to do this, chiefly, is the tub-thumping in favour of those...
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