Writing sci-fi, fantasy, & horror

Rick Dakan

Book - 2022

"Aspiring writers of science fiction, fantasy, and horror look no further in your quest for a guide to help you transport your audience to faraway lands or alternate timelines. As you envision distant futures and write about new worlds, this handy guide is here to help you improve your technique. You'll find out how to see your work through the eyes of your audience (is that a magic power or a horror plotline?), so you can perfect your characters, build mystery, create conflict and resolution, write realistic space battles--and, of course, get published! Turn your wildest imaginings into captivating prose"--Back cover.

Saved in:

2nd Floor Show me where

808.3876/Dakan
1 / 1 copies available
Location Call Number   Status
2nd Floor 808.3876/Dakan Checked In
Subjects
Genres
Handbooks and manuals
Published
Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Inc [2022]
Language
English
Main Author
Rick Dakan (author)
Other Authors
Ryan G. Van Cleave, 1972- (author), Ann VanderMeer (writer of foreword)
Item Description
Includes index.
Physical Description
xviii, 406 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
ISBN
9781119839095
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Getting started: the basics of story
  • Part 2: Worldbuilding: journey to other worlds
  • Part 3: Science fiction: journeys into the future
  • Part 4: Fantasy: journeys into the imagination
  • Part 5: Horror: journeys into fear
  • Part 6: The journey from writing to publication
  • Part 7: the part of tens.