Dimensionfold PublishingWriting science fiction is not always straightforward. There are many traps to be avoided and expectations to meet. (1) As a reader of sci-fi, what do you think is the biggest mistake authors in the genre make? Not having a point. Now this is not specifically a SF problem, it crops up in lots of […]
Many readers eschew technical details. I have already been accused of being too technical. In other words, the computational aspects of my story require a certain hardness, so I do write HARD SF, and for consistency I need to maintain this level if possible as these hard readers are the readers who will stick with me. […]
I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Eric Klein for his Feature Friday Futures column. Here’s the transcript: Today we have Ken Goudsward with us to tell us about his novel “Symphony Of Destruction”, book 1 of The Spindown Saga. Hi Ken, let’s get right into it Why did you choose this setting? […]
Thinking about story structure a lot this week. The heroes journey, save the cat, the three acts. These seem a bit too formulaic to me. Not that they can’t work though. I guess the biggest issue is that there’s no explicit need for theme. They could to easily become just a series of actions with […]
“If you don’t develop your theme and your protagonist’s character arc as two halves of the same whole, the story is likely to feel inorganic.” – K.M. Weiland Once again, K. M. has outdone herself with amazing tips for great story writing. Here, she shares with us a new tool she developed called a Truth […]