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Leave Science Fiction Undated

This week was the tenth anniversary of McFly Day, the day Marty McFly, in the film Back to the Future II, arrived in his own future: October 21, 2015. Yeah, not only has it been thirty-six years since that movie came out, it’s ten years after the “future” segments take …

Edit Your Novel Like a Pro; Teaching writers what editors know. An online course in which you'll learn a systematic method for revising your book across ten elements of fiction.

New Home for Edit Your Novel Like a Pro

As part of my partnership with the fine folks over at Kaleidoscope Publishing, my Edit Your Novel Like a Pro online course is now being hosted on their website. This allows them to provide the course to their authors, while still keeping it available to the public. If you’ve ever …

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Improve Your Writing Through Deliberate Practice

Just like playing a sport or a musical instrument, writing is a craft that must be practiced. You may have heard that you have to write a million words before you get good. I don’t know who first said that; the principle has been attributed to Ray Bradbury, Jerry Pournelle, …