Month: July 2013
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‘Cli-fi’ gains traction as new literary form
Dan Bloom discusses the emergence of “cli-fi” as a literary genre focusing on climate change, highlighting its growing popularity, the need for intelligent discourse, and its potential impact on environmental discussions and narrative forms.
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Inspiration: Sci-fi Is About Now, Not Later
The author explores how science fiction reflects contemporary issues rather than predicting the future, emphasizing personal inspirations and societal themes.
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He Said, She Said: Enough ‘said’
The verb “said” is a preferred way to attribute speech in non-fiction, but it doesn’t work in fiction. There’s too much “He said, she said” in fiction, when there are better kinds of dialog tags. I’ve had enough with “said.” Way back when I was first learning journalism, an editor told me never to use…