“*Take as Needed”  By Hiromi Goto

Pocket Workshop

Table of Contents

• “Introduction” by Neile Graham
• “Being and Becoming a Writer” by Karen Lord
• “We All Have to Start Somewhere: Finding Your Process and Making it Work for You” by Tina Connolly and Caroline M. Yoachim
• “Setting the Scene” by Nancy Kress
• “Thickening the Plot” by Samuel R. Delany
• “Some Thoughts on Exposition” by Tobias Buckell
• “The Devil Is in the Details” by Connie Willis
• “Coincidentally . . .” by Stephen Graham Jones
• “Channeling Voices” by Andy Duncan
• “Status” by Helen Marshall
• “Neowise” by Paul Park
• “The Old Marvellous” by John Crowley
• “The Three Laws of Great Endings and My Two Shameless Hacks” by James Patrick Kelly
• “Diversity Plus: Diverse Story Forms, Not Just Diverse Faces” by Henry Lien
• “Researching Imaginary Worlds” by Ken MacLeod
• “Something to Cry About” by Nisi Shawl
• “The Narrative Gift as a Moral Conundrum” by Ursula K. Le Guin
• “Tapping the Source” by Elizabeth Hand
• “Feed Your Engine” by Jack Skillingstead
• “Congratulations on Learning to Juggle — Now Get on the Unicycle” by Daryl Gregory
• “Writing in the Age of Distraction” by Cory Doctorow
• “Going Through an Impasse: Evading Writer’s Block” by Eileen Gunn
• “On Mentors and Mentees” by Cat Rambo
• “Pitfalls of Writing Science Fiction & Fantasy: General Useful Information & Other Opinionated Comments” by Vonda N. McIntyre
• “Positive Obsession” by Octavia Butler
• “* Take As Needed” by Hiromi Goto
• “Matters of Life and Death” by Susan Palwick
• “Proverbs of Hell for Writers” by Ian McDonald