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Introduction (Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy)
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Ian Randal Strock
&
Gardner Dozois
&
Tina Lee
&
Stanley Schmidt
&
Sheila Williams
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Essay
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| 5 |
On the Writing of Speculative Fiction
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Robert A. Heinlein
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Essay
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| 12 |
Living the Future: You Are What You Eat
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Gardner Dozois
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Essay
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| 28 |
Plotting
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Isaac Asimov
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Essay
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| 33 |
Dialog
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Isaac Asimov
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Essay
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| 38 |
You and Your Characters
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James Patrick Kelly
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Essay
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| 50 |
Seeing Your Way to Better Stories
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Stanley Schmidt
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Essay
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| 62 |
Turtles All the Way Down
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Jane Yolen
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Essay
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| 76 |
Learning to Write Comedy or Why It's Impossible and How to Do It
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Connie Willis
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Essay
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| 91 |
Good Writing is Not Enough
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Stanley Schmidt
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Essay
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| 105 |
The Creation of Imaginary Worlds: The World Builder's Handbook and Pocket Companion
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Poul Anderson
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Essay
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| 129 |
The Creation of Imaginary Beings
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Hal Clement
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Essay
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| 147 |
How to Build a Future
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John Barnes
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Essay
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| 185 |
Building a Starfaring Age
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Norman Spinrad
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Essay
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| 200 |
The Ideas That Wouldn't Die
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Stanley Schmidt
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Essay
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| 211 |
The Mechanics of Submission
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Sheila Williams
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Essay
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| 221 |
Revisions
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Isaac Asimov
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Essay
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| 226 |
Writing for Young People
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Isaac Asimov
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Essay
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| 231 |
New Writers
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Isaac Asimov
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Essay
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| 236 |
Authors vs. Editors
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Stanley Schmidt
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Essay
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| 250 |
Market Listings
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Ian Randal Strock
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Essay
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| 261 |
Appendix: Guidelines: Analog
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Stanley Schmidt
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Essay
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| 263 |
Appendix: Guidelines: IAsfm
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Gardner Dozois
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Essay
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