Backlist Plug: Algis Budrys’s WRITING TO THE POINT


In this instalment of out Backlist Plug series, we wanted to draw your attention to Algis Budrys‘s WRITING TO THE POINT. Considered one of the best writing guides, it is published by WordFire Press. Here’s the synopsis…

The classic work of writing instruction back in print! The complete, concise guide to writing fiction that sells from one of the most popular instructors of the Writers of the Future and Clarion workshops. Get a master’s competitive edge in the writing business. Bestselling writer, editor and renowned writing teacher Algis Budrys, known as “AJ” to his many students, has distilled his fifty years of success into Writing to the Point. Write better stories. Fix mistakes in your current stories. Writing to the Point contains all the writing articles that appeared in the classic tomorrow Magazine, re-edited and expanded. Algis Budrys has taught hundreds of people at scores of workshops, and was a well-known critic, editor, and author in his own right.

Budrys was a master science fiction storyteller. A handful of his novels are available as eBooks via Open Road Media: ROGUE MOON, MICHAELMAS, WHO?, FALLING TORCH, THE FURIOUS FUTURE (a short story collection), and HARD LANDING.

Out Now: WRITING TO THE POINT by Algis Budrys


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WRITING TO THE POINT: A COMPLETE GUIDE TO SELLING FICTION, Algis Budrys‘s classic guide, is now available as an eBook. Published by WordFire Press, here’s the synopsis…

The classic work of writing instruction back in print! The complete, concise guide to writing fiction that sells from one of the most popular instructors of the Writers of the Future and Clarion workshops.

Get a master’s competitive edge in the writing business. Bestselling writer, editor and renowned writing teacher Algis Budrys, known as “AJ” to his many students, has distilled his fifty years of success into Writing to the Point. Write better stories. Fix mistakes in your current stories.

Writing to the Point contains all the writing articles that appeared in the classic tomorrow Magazine, re-edited and expanded. Algis Budrys has taught hundreds of people at scores of workshops, was a well-known critic, editor, and author in his own right.

In addition to being the author of such SF classics as ROGUE MOON (published by Gollancz), WHO? and MICHAELMAS, Budrys was also a highly sought-after manuscript doctor. WRITING TO THE POINT is a fantastic guide to writing by one of SF great authors and editors. Gollancz’s SF Gateway has also published an omnibus containing three of his critically acclaimed novels: THE IRON THRONE, the aforementioned MICHAELMAS, and HARD LANDING.

You can learn more about Algis Budrys here.

‘AJ’s information is, and always has been, solid gold. Every writer can learn from this book.’ — New York Times bestselling author Kevin J. Anderson

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Zeno represents Algis Budrys on behalf of his estate.