Category: Novels
The Ethics of Writing Science Fiction
Posted by Gary Stuart | Mar 6, 2019 | Novels | 0
The Ethics of Writing Novels about True Events
by Gary Stuart | Jul 7, 2020 | Novels | 0
The ethics of writing novels about true events is a subject I’ve touched on in previous blogs.[1]...
Read MoreThe Ethics of Writing Science Fiction
by Gary Stuart | Mar 6, 2019 | Novels | 0
Science fiction is fun, they say. Fans call it sci-fi—hard to pronounce and chew gum at the same...
Read MoreIs It Ethical to Write School Killing Stories?
by Gary Stuart | Nov 13, 2018 | Novels | 0
“I wonder if, before we were born, we were as afraid of life as we are now of death?” Jay Williams...
Read MoreIs it Ethical to Steal Another Writer’s Words?
by Gary Stuart | Oct 9, 2018 | Novels | 0
“Originality is undetected plagiarism.” William Inge T.S. Elliot[1] famously said, “Mediocre writers borrow, great writers steal.” As always, he put it plainly. Ralph Waldo Emerson put it obliquely: “Commit a crime and the earth...
Read MoreAre There Ethical Norms in Fiction Writing?
by Gary Stuart | Oct 9, 2018 | Novels | 0
“What can be said, lacks reality. Only what fails to make its way into words exists and counts.” E.M. Cicoran Ron Hansen’s[1] essay, “The Ethics of Fiction Writing,” is provocative and dead-on: “The first principle of the...
Read MoreDo All Novelists Have Ethical Tricks of the Trade?
by Gary Stuart | Sep 2, 2018 | Novels | 0
Probably. Well, it’s probable that all successful novelists, who’ve actually published novels,...
Read MoreIs it ethical to use a real person as a major character in a novel?
by Gary Stuart | Sep 2, 2018 | Novels | 0
It could be maddening. It was maddening at many levels when Alex Pheby,[1] the author of...
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