Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: How to Create Out-Of-This-World Novels and Short Stories
Card, Orson Scott; Athans, Philip; Lake, Jay
Language: English
Published by Writer's Digest Books, 2013
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- Title
- Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction: How to Create Out-Of-This-World Novels and Short Stories
- Author
- Card, Orson Scott; Athans, Philip; Lake, Jay
- Publisher
- Writer's Digest Books
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Good
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1599631407
- ISBN 13
- 9781599631400
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Item weight
- 1.33 pounds
In Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction, master authors offer advice on world building, character creation, and storytelling techniques in speculative fiction.
Combining two Writer's Digest classics, Orson Scott Card's How to Write Science Fiction & Fantasy and The Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference, along with two new selections from award-winning science fiction and fantasy authors Philip Athans and Jay Lake, this book provides the best of all worlds. You'll discover:
• How to build, populate, and dramatize fantastic new worlds.
• How to develop dynamic and meaningful themes that will expand the cannon of sci-fi and fantasy storytelling.
• Exciting subgenres such as steampunk, as well as new developments in the sci-fi and fantasy genres.
• How to imbue your tales with historically accurate information about world cultures, legends, folklore, and religions.
• Detailed descriptions of magic rituals, fantastic weapons of war, clothing and armor, and otherworldly beasts such as orcs, giants, elves, and more.
• How societies, villages, and castles were constructed and operated on a day-to-day basis.
• Astounding methods of interstellar travel, the rules of starflight, and the realities and myths of scientific exploration.
• How to generate new ideas and graft them to the most popular themes and plot devices in sci-fi and fantasy writing.
To create credible and thrilling fiction, you must ground your stories in rules, facts, and accurate ideas. Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction will guide you through the complex and compelling universe of fantasy and science fiction writing and help you create stories for the next generation of readers and fans.
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About the Author
Philip Athans is the founding partner of Athans & Associates Creating Consulting and the New York Times best-selling author of Annihilation and a dozen other fantasy and horror books, including The Guide to Writing Fantasy & Science Fiction, The Haunting of Dragon's Cliff and Devils of the Endless Deep. Born in Rochester, New York, he grew up in suburban Chicago, where he published the literary magazine Alternative Fiction & Poetry. His blog, Fantasy Author's Handbook, is updated every Tuesday, and you can follow him on Twitter (@PhilAthans).
Jay Lake is the author of the Mainspring and Green series from Tor, as well as several independent press novels and numerous short stories. In 2013, his steampunk novella, "The Stars Do Not Lie," was nominated for the Nebula, Hugo, and Locus awards. He lives and writes in Portland, Oregon.
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