British writer Paul McAuley wrote an interesting article about the depiction of science in science fiction. He makes the point that it’s in the nature of fiction to tend towards depicting sudden revelations rather than gradual processes: You know the kind of …
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When you’ve just written something it’s hard to get a distance from it. Typos are easy to miss. The best way to distance yourself from your work is to put it aside for a while. But if you have a …
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Even if your main interest is in writing novels and/or short stories, you should still consider writing some non-fiction pieces. Why? If you’re a beginning writer, getting a non-fiction piece professionally published is usually a lot easier than getting paid …