About This Writing Stuff...

This week, Neil Gaiman explains why he doesn't entirely mind piracy.  Jody Hedlund warns against killing off your protagonist while Jami Gold exposes ways to make our characters vulnerable.  From Writer Unboxed, we learn methods for forcing words onto the page as well as thwarting your characters.  Kristine Kathryn Rusch stresses the importance of storytelling over beautiful prose and Bob Greenberger examines science fiction.

All that and a bit more.  Enjoy!



In Which I Get Brutally Honest and Try to Explain Formatting and Why It's Not Always Up to Me by Kelly Meding

The Cardinal Sin No Writer Should Ever Commit by Jody Hedlund

How to Make Characters Vulnerable to Readers and Does Your Writing Have Rhythm? by Jami Gold

Examining Science Fiction Across the Genres and The Play's the Thing by Bob Greenberger

Frog Marching the Muse: Eighteen Tips to Get Words on the Page by Robin LaFevers

Interview with Gary Zenker, Publisher of Unclaimed Baggage by Tony Conaway

9 Ways to Undermine Your Characters' Best-Laid Plans by Lisa Cron

The Business Rusch: Storytelling by Kristine Kathryn Rusch

Neil Gaiman on Piracy and the Web via Wimp.com (thanks, John Evans!)