Maxwell Alexander Drake has longer hair than most of the men and women he meets. He regularly dresses in cargo shorts and a T-shirt. In a loud clear voice, he tells his students, “Let’s get started.” ...

What are the rules for storytelling in fantasy writing? When thinking about stories, the ultimate test for storytelling rules lies in the world of fantasy and fiction writing. In these magical worlds ...

V.E. Schwab knows a lot about monsters. When Schwab spoke to CBS News, she admitted that most of her popular works of fiction thrive because of their grittier takes on young adult fantasy. In a genre ...

Creative writing is something everyone’s tried with varying success. But anyone who’s serious about it knows it’s a trickier endeavor than meets the eye. With The Creative Writing Course Bundle, you ...

Want to be a science fiction or fantasy writer? You’d better sit down. That’s the advice from Cat Rambo, a Seattle writer with more than 200 published short stories to her credit. “I would suggest ...

Anyone can create stories, but not all can craft a tale that everyone wants to read. Fiction writing is associated with fantasy and imagination. People with great imaginations are capable of writing ...

In a workshop to discuss how academic and creative writing are related, my colleagues and I spent most of our time talking about guilt. All of us felt guilty about the hours we had spent writing ...

Sometimes we’re apt to see fantasy and science fiction as eternally under siege and in danger of being driven out by a harsh, unforgiving market. But many SF/fantasy authors are doing incredibly well, ...

“When I moved to Austin in 1998,” says Christopher Brown, who presents his dystopian debut novel, Tropic of Kansas, at BookPeople this Friday, “it was partly because I could tell that there was a rich ...