How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy

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HOW TO WRITE SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY Writing for science fiction and fantasy audiences can be the most exciting writing you've ever done. Your readers are curious and want you to take them beyond "The Fields We Know," to help them explore the infinite boundaries of the worlds you create. Here, science fiction great Orsón Scott Card shares his expertise in these genres. You'll learn . . . ¦ what is and isn't science fiction and fantasy, and by whose standards - and where your work fits in ¦ how to build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world your readers will want to explore ¦ how to use the MICE quotient - milieu, idea, character, event - to structure a successful story ¦ where the markets are and how to reach them to get published The knowledge and skills you gain through this book will help you effectively lead your readers into the strangeness you create - one tantalizing step at a time. Orsón Scott Card writes science fiction, fantasy, and historical novels and... Tovább

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HOW TO WRITE SCIENCE FICTION & FANTASY Writing for science fiction and fantasy audiences can be the most exciting writing you've ever done. Your readers are curious and want you to take them beyond "The Fields We Know," to help them explore the infinite boundaries of the worlds you create. Here, science fiction great Orsón Scott Card shares his expertise in these genres. You'll learn . . . ¦ what is and isn't science fiction and fantasy, and by whose standards - and where your work fits in ¦ how to build, populate, and dramatize a credible, inviting world your readers will want to explore ¦ how to use the MICE quotient - milieu, idea, character, event - to structure a successful story ¦ where the markets are and how to reach them to get published The knowledge and skills you gain through this book will help you effectively lead your readers into the strangeness you create - one tantalizing step at a time. Orsón Scott Card writes science fiction, fantasy, and historical novels and stories. He won both the Hugó and Nebula science fiction awards for best növel for two consecutive years - something no other science fiction writer has ever done. In addition, he was the first writer to ever win a Nebula and a Hugó for both a book and its sequel - Ender s Game (1986) and Speakerfor the Dead (1987). He lives in North Carolina. Vissza