Every morning, after I’ve secured the intravenous drip from the coffee pot into my arm, I knock out a couple of hours of fiction writing. That’s not exactly surprising as I’m a science-fiction author ...

Creative writing is unique for a few reasons. This guide addresses things unique to writing fiction. The thing/character that is battling the protagonist. The antagonist does not have to be a person, ...

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 ...

Newsrooms have trained a surprising number of novelists. Deadlines, tight word counts and the habit of chasing facts all ...

Earlier this year, I shook a strategy leader out of her deeply held convictions by asking three questions that made her stop and think. It shifted the tenor of the discussion, and after a more ...

The best books on writing tend to be well — if not beautifully — written. But great books about writing great fiction often contain truths that apply just as much to living. (Jacques Julien / Moment / ...

The creative process of writing science-inspired fiction can be rewarding — and the untapped niche is rich in opportunities for originality. When Steve Caplan was a graduate student in the late 1990s, ...

You may have a karaoke song that you love belting out at the top of your lungs, but writer Elizabeth McCracken is definitely not someone who wants to grab the mic and get up on stage. So, Elizabeth, ...

What does the future hold? In our new series “Imagining the Next Future,” Polygon explores the new era of science fiction — in movies, books, TV, games, and beyond — to see how storytellers and ...