Posts Tagged ‘poe’
What if every speculative invention & gimmick you wrote, also came packaged with a reasonable explanation as to why it was possible? If you’re a hard science fiction writer, this probably sounds like an immense blessing. Say goodbye to worrying how you can make the physics work out. It’s now easy to think up second-order […]
Filed under: CHARACTERIZATION, EXPOSITION | 8 Comments
Tags: a voyage to arcturus, alfred bester, ann beattie, david lindsay, edmund burke, eric jourdan, gay novels, kafka, moliere, poe
Totalizing Claims
01Mar12
Are you worried that your secondary-world fantasy seems too modern, enlightened, and progressive? Are your characters overly aware and critical of the ideology of their setting, creating a frame-breaking Mary Sue effect by which they act as mouthpieces for your contemporary opinions about race, class, and gender? Do you sometimes struggle to write characters who, […]
Filed under: WRITING STYLE | 1 Comment
Tags: Balzac, gene wolfe, K J Bishop, poe
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