Wendel's Worlds

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Brad Wendel / February 16, 2020

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When it comes down to it, the reason that science fiction endures is that it is, at its core, an optimistic genre. What is says at the end of the day is that there is a tomorrow, we do go on, we don’t extinguish ourselves and leave the planet for the cockroaches. J. Michael Straczynski
I work on the assumption, or let it be the fear, that the reader will stop reading if I stop being interesting. Clive James
Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe. Paul D Filippo
Originality is the fine art of remembering what you hear but forgetting where you heard it. Laurence J. Peter
You can solve most of your writing problems if you stop after every sentence and ask “What does the reader need to know next?” WM Zinsser