How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy

Learn to write science fiction and fantasy from a master

You've always dreamed of writing science fiction and fantasy tales that pull readers into extraordinary new worlds and fantastic conflicts. Best-selling author Orson Scott Card shows you how it's done, distilling years of writing experience and publishing success into concise, no-nonsense advice. You'll learn how to:

   • utilize story elements that define the science fiction and fantasy genres
   • build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world your readers will want to explore
   • develop the "rules" of time, space and magic that affect your world and its inhabitants
   • construct a compelling story by developing ideas, characters, and events that keep readers turning pages
   • find the markets for speculative fiction, reach them, and get published
   • submit queries, write cover letters, find an agent, and live the life of a writer


The boundaries of your imagination are infinite. Explore them with Orson Scott Card and create fiction that casts a spell over agents, publishers, and readers from every world.

Orson Scott Card is one of the biggest names in science fiction and fantasy. He won both the Hugo and Nebula science fiction awards for best novel for two consecutive years--something no other writer has ever done. In addition, he was the first writer to ever win a Nebula and a Hugo for both a book and its sequel, Ender's Game and Speaker for the Dead. His current best-seller is Shadow of Hegemon. He lives in North Carolina.