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Writing • Speculative Fiction

On these pages you will find a selection of my writing. Short stories, excerpts from novels and writing about the writing process.

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How long is a novel?

2 November 2017 By Robert Atkin Leave a Comment

How long is a novel?

I’ve posted the suggested word count limits for different types of writing and I’ve included some examples under each type. I’ve mainly written this post as a reference for myself, but I hope that you will find it useful too.

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Flash Fiction, NaNoWriMo, Novel, Novelette, Novella, Short Story, Word Count, Writing

On Speculative Fiction: What constitutes speculative fiction?

2 November 2017 By Robert Atkin Leave a Comment

On Speculative Fiction: What constitutes speculative fiction?
This post is taken from a chapter of a short book called “On Speculative Fiction” that I am working on. If you would like to know when the book has been published and receive a free copy of the eBook, please sign up here:

Filed Under: Speculative Fiction, Writing Tagged With: Dystopian, Fantasy, Genre, Sci-Fi, Science Fiction, SciFi, Speculative Fiction

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Robert Atkin is a writer, website designer, theology student, father and husband. At present he runs a website design business and is researching for a couple of books. This website is a collection of essays and other writing projects. Read More…

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