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Are You Experimenting With New Weird Fiction? - A strange monster reads a book, seemingly annoyed.
Writing
Robert Wood

Are You Experimenting With New Weird Fiction?

It shouldn’t be surprising that ‘new weird’ fiction has a relationship to ‘weird’ fiction. In fact, it has a relationship with many other subgenres, including ‘bizarro’ fiction and ‘slipstream’ writing.

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What Makes Fiction Bizarro, And What Makes Bizarro Awesome? - A strange, octopus-like monster reads a book.
Writing
Robert Wood

What Makes Fiction Bizarro, And What Makes Bizarro Awesome?

In this article, I’ll be taking a look at how to identify bizarro fiction and how to use that knowledge to improve your own bizarro writing. We’ll end with a useful exercise you can try at your desk (it involves cowboys,) but for now, our first question is obvious…

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5 Things Authors Forget When Naming Their Characters - A character wearing a confusing name badge looks perplexed.
Writing
Robert Wood

6 Things Authors Forget When Naming Their Characters

Naming characters is a mercurial task. Sometimes, characters arrive in your mind wearing a name badge. Sometimes, their name is so hidden that you get the impression they’re only joining your story to lay low. Generally, experimentation is the answer, but I’m not here today to give you tips on where to find names. That’s

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