A Speculative Fiction Writers' Community
You’ve got a chapter done, and you’d like to get it critiqued by the other members. First of all – congratulations! “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” Your work needs to be exported in PDF format. PDF is the acronym for “Portable Document Format.” On my computer or e-reader, it …
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I’m not recommending the software from The Novel Factory; I’m just pointing out some videos they’ve produced about outlining and writing your novel. Videos that – regardless of what you use to write with – give some good info about the process. The software “philosophy” or structure is based in part on Techniques of Selling …
Here’s the video of the interview we did with Kate Hall. Under her own name, she’s authored A Book A Week, and Write To Market. Under her main pen name, Alexis Pierce, she writes reverse harem paranormal romance series.
I’ve come across two random story element generators that you might be interested in. Both are card-based, and come with multiple card types in each deck. Will they create a story for you? Absolutely not! They’re only good for providing a basic structure – one you’re free to embellish into a short story, or even …
By Charles G. McGraw With the enormous hubris that only newly minted authors – Mark Garland and Charles McGraw – could have, one day in Sept.1991 Mark suggested that we should lead a Writer’s Group and share our wisdom with those who had yet to break the plane of publishing. My initial reaction was that …
Back when F3 was founded – when we all rode dinosaurs to the library for meetings – there was one main way of getting published. That is, you submitted your work to a print magazine, or a book publisher, and someone there decided if they were going to put your work out for others to …
Membership in F3CNY is about honing your work, and getting it ready for publication. In order to do that, we provide a workshop-style environment where work is submitted for critique by other members. We help you make your work better, and in turn you provide critiques for others to help them improve their work. As …