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Daily Archives: March 30, 2008

Archive Seasons 1-6, Season 01, Theory and Technique

Writing Excuses Episode 8: Sci-Fi Genre

March 30, 2008 Writing Excuses 20 Comments

In the first of our series on genres, we discuss why people write Sci-Fi, what you need to know to write Sci-Fi, and how much we all love unicorns.

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