Our list of great sites for beginning speculative fiction writers.
Writer’s Knowledge Base
Huge database of more than 40,000 articles about writing. Always my favorite place to start to research any writing problem (other than Google, of course). These are the best articles, from the top writing blogs. I also subscribe to Elizabeth Spann Craig’s weekly list of the best new writing-related articles, called Twitterific Writing Links, which then all get added to this database.
Save the Cat!
Lots of good examples of how the STC framework works for a variety of popular movies and books.
Mythcreants
My all-time favorite writing advice site, since it’s about speculative fiction, and also because the editors here seem to care about a lot of the same issues that I do. Latest favorite post: Five common reasons tension is missing.
Fiction University
Lots of great advice articles here, including 5 questions to ask for stronger scenes — 1. Can the protagonist be in any danger? 2. Can the protagonist learn or reveal a secret? 3. Can the protagonist be in conflict with someone, something, or themselves? 4. Can the protagonist make a choice? 5. Can the protagonist fail at something?
Reedsy
Clear accessible writing advice on all the basic topics, like How to write a series and 150+ Useful Character Quirks. They’ve also got a cute plot generator and a really good character name generator.
The article “Writing Advice Sites” originally appeared on MetaStellar, the magazine of speculative fiction.
