A snippet from George R.R. Martin’s (published) Tuf Voyaging book. It’s… a lot. Source

Believability in Speculative Fiction

And Why It’s a Useless Metric

If you’re an author who writes anything and risks your mental health by shipping out stories to magazines, publishers, or agents, you may have received feedback like this:

“The story and characterization is good, but the plot just doesn’t seem believable.”