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Breathing Life Into a Lump of Clay

What writing for Analog taught me about idea versus Story

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Monalisa Foster
May 28, 2025
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LibertyCon schedules are out1 and I was thrilled to see the panel on writing for Analog Magazine. For a while now I’ve been wanting to do a post on idea versus story and why an idea isn’t worth the paper it’s written on. My experience with selling to Analog is the perfect vehicle for this.

Actual picture of me bringing a story to life.

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