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How to write science fiction & fantasy / Orson Scott Card

By: Card, Orson ScottMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cincinnati, Ohio : Writer's Digest Books, 2001Edition: 1st pbk. edDescription: 140 p. ; 23 cmISBN: 158297103X; 9781582971032Other title: How to write science fiction and fantasySubject(s): Science fiction -- Authorship | Science fiction -- Technique | Fantasy literature -- Authorship | Fantasy literature -- Technique | Creative writingDDC classification: 808.3876
Partial contents:
Infinite boundary -- World creation -- Writing well -- Life and business of writing -- Index
Action note: cat ame card pcc 20021107 rlmAwards: Hugo Award (Best non-fiction book), 1991Summary: 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: wield 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
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Includes bibliographical references and index

Infinite boundary -- World creation -- Writing well -- Life and business of writing -- Index

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: wield 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

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Hugo Award (Best non-fiction book), 1991

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